Jonathan P. Jones, PhD is a graduate from the Program in Educational Theatre at New York University, where he earned both an M.A. and a Ph.D. He conducted his doctoral field research in fall 2013 and completed his dissertation in spring of 2014, Drama Integration: Training Teachers to Use Process Drama in English Language Arts, Social Studies, and World Languages. He received an additional M.A. in English at National University and his B.A. in Liberal Arts from the NYU's Gallatin School of Individualized Study. Jonathan is certified to teach English 6-12 in the state of California, where he taught Theatre and English for five years at North Hollywood High School and was honored with The Inspirational Educator Award by Universal Studios in 2006. Currently, Jonathan serves as Program Administrator for the Program in Educational Theatre and the Music Education Program at NYU Steinhardt. He serves as editor for ArtsPraxis (a peer-reviewed journal emphasizing critical analysis of the arts in society), on the editorial board of Applied Theatre Research and Youth Theatre Journal, as well as Chair-Elect for the board of directors of the American Alliance for Theatre and Education (AATE). Jonathan is recipient of the 2024/25 Steinhardt Teaching Excellence Award. Recent publications include Assessment in the Drama Classroom: A Culturally Responsive and Student-Centered Approach (Routledge, 2024) which was honored with a 2025 AATE Distinguished Book Award, Let Them Speak: Devised Theatre as a Culturally Responsive Methodology for Secondary Students in Routledge Companion to Theatre and Young People (edited by Selina Busby, Charlene Rajendran, and Kelly Freebody; Routledge, 2022), and Editorial: E Pluribus Unum, ArtsPraxis, 11 (1), (2024). Recent speaking engagements include Assessment in the Drama Classroom: A Culturally Responsive and Student-Centered Approach, Workshop Facilitator, AATE National Conference: Rooting Change, Chicago, I.L. (2024), Reimagining Drama Curriculum: The Gradual Release of Responsibility Framework, Workshop Facilitator, AATE Theatre in Our Schools (TIOS), Washington, D.C. (2023), The Bear That Wasn't: A Process Drama Investigating Identity, Workshop Co-Facilitator with David Montgomery, Dorothy Heathcote Now, sponsored by the University of Aberdeen and Midland Actors Theatre (2023), The Last Book in the Universe: A Process Drama Unpacking the Consequences of Book-Banning, Workshop Co-Facilitator with David Montgomery, Dorothy Heathcote Now, sponsored by the University of Aberdeen and Midland Actors Theatre (2023), Assessment in the Drama Classroom, Workshop Facilitator, Dorothy Heathcote Now Online, sponsored by the University of Aberdeen and Midland Actors Theatre (2023), and Classroom Justice: Culturally Responsive, Student-Centered Assessment in the Drama Classroom, Workshop Facilitator, AATE National Virtual Conference: Illumination, Seattle, W.A. (2023). At NYU, Jonathan's courses have included Acting: Scene Study, American Musical Theatre: Background and Analysis, Assessment of Student Work in Drama, Development of Theatre and Drama I, Devising Educational Drama Programs and Curricula, Directing Youth Theatre, Drama across the Curriculum and Beyond, Drama in Education I, Drama in Education II, Dramatic Activities in the Secondary Drama Classroom, Methods of Conducting Creative Drama, Theory of Creative Drama, Seminar and Field Experience in Teaching Elementary Drama, Seminar and Field Experience in Teaching Secondary Drama, Shakespeare’s Theatre, and World Drama. Early in his placement at NYU, Jonathan served as teaching assistant for American Musical Theatre: Background and Analysis, Seminar in Elementary Student Teaching, Theatre of Brecht and Beckett, and Theatre of Eugene O'Neill and worked as a course tutor and administrator for the study abroad program in London for three summers. He has supervised over 50 students in their student teaching placements in elementary and secondary schools in the New York City Area. In addition to his responsibilities at CCNY, Jonathan teaches Fundamentals of Public Speaking, History of Theatre, and Introduction to Theatre at CUNY: Borough of Manhattan Community College and is a Program Administrator at NYU Steinhardt.