Jen Jones

Ph.D. Student

Contact
Department of History
Website: http://jenmjones.net/
Email: jjone67@clemson.edu

Education
BA, University of South Carolina Upstate (2009); M.L.I.S., Valdosta State University (2021)

Research Interests
U.S. History; United States 1945-1975; Culture, Digital Methods, Technology, Childhood and Youth, Education

Jen M. Jones is a Ph.D. student in the Digital History program at Clemson University. She is interested in Cold War Culture, Technology, Spatial History, Memory, and the History of Childhood. She obtained her bachelor's in History in 2009, where she completed an independent study on the effects of the Sputnik launch on American children. Her research was based on drawings collected by Margaret Mead and Rhoda Metraux before and after 1957. She plans to expand on her original research into children of the Cold War.

In 2021, she graduated with a Masters of Library Science and Information Systems from Valdosta State University. Jen's primary research was on Library Anxiety, Children and Young Adult Literature, and Information Systems. The History of Childhood is an area she would like to explore more. But most of her research will be set during the Cold War era. As a first-year Ph.D. student, she plans to narrow her dissertation topic.

Interested in technology, she plans to expand her research using digital tools. She is interested in archival materials being readily available online and preserved. Currently, she is employed by the Clemson Libraries as a Metadata Specialist concentrating on Clemson's historical photos. She plans to work in both the areas of Digital History and preservation. The goal is to make historical narratives more accessible and interactive.