Professor Jones's primary research interest is Blacks and Southern
politics. His publications have appeared in numerous scholarly journals
including, National Political Science Review, Review of Black Political
Economy, Dædalus, Social Science Quarterly, Annals of the Academy
of Social and Political Science, Journal on Political Repression, Journal
of Social And Behavioral Sciences, and the Indian Journal of Political
Sciences. He (along with Lucius Barker and Katherine Tate) is coauthor
of a textbook, African Americans and the Political System. New
Jersey: Prentice Hall, 1998.
(The text is currently in its fourth edition).
Professor Jones is active with a number of professional organizations,
including the National
Conference of Black Political Scientists (he served as its founding
president, 1969).
