Jen Jones

About Jen Jones

Jen Jones, Ph.D. has been an invited speaker both nationally and internationally. She was the Business Ethics Keynote Speaker for over 400 financial professionals in the US and conducted graduate seminars in Canada, Europe, and Asia. She regularly presents at the annual International Leadership Association and International Studying Leadership conferences. Dr. Jones maintains an active research agenda. Her scholarship integrates the humanities with contemporary issues in leadership and organizational ethics. Her work illuminates insights from key figures such as Hazel Barnes, Kafka, Saint Edith Stein, Emmanuel Levinas, Thomas Merton, and Aristotle. Notably, her scholarship on responsible leadership has been cited by numerous scholars and was integrated into an international seminar on ethics of leadership and decision-making. She serves as a reviewer for multiple journals including the Journal of Business Ethics, Business Ethics Quarterly, and Leadership among others. Jones integrates her scholarship in her academic teaching. She is a subject matter expert for the MBA course Leading Change with Organizational Ethics, and the undergraduate courses Corporate Ethics and Social Responsibility, and Organizational Leadership. She has taught internationally in China, India, and Italy, studied in Western and Eastern Europe and Israel, and has taken students on study-abroad experiences in England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Italy, and Greece. In her courses at Seton Hill, Jones integrates community-engaged learning for community revitalization and business as a force for good. She and her students serve the homeless community in Pittsburgh, sponsor a shop local/small campaign, conduct a B Corp assessment simulation, and partner with a global fair trade organization to host a fair trade market. She is a board member of Building New Hope, a fair trade coffee company. Prior to teaching in an academic setting, Jones worked for one of the largest sporting goods retailers in the country as an assistant buyer, handling major brands and accounts. She also worked as a director for a large resort, coaching over sixty staff members and was actively involved in strategic and capital planning. In this role, she designed and operated a team building and leadership development program that provided training for over one hundred corporate clients. Later, she worked as a consultant for two hospital systems to create an organizational culture of care and intercultural competency.

Experience

1. Professor

   Seton Hill University

   Jul 2025 — Present · Greensburg, PA, US

Education

• Duquesne University

  Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Rhetoric: Organizational/Interpersonal Communication & Ethics

  2009 — 2014

• Indiana University of Pennsylvania

  BS, Marketing

  1994 — 1998

• Duquesne University

  MBA, Management

  2003 — 2007