John Jones

John Jones is the Literacy Leader Site Administrator. He provides web support and functionality for the Literacy Leaders.

John Jones grew up in upstate New York, completed his BA in History and Literature at Binghamton University, then attended graduate school in Kansas, earning his MA in Creative Writing and Literature at Kansas State, and an MFA in Fiction at Wichita State University. He started Web development work at Wichita State, first as a content editor and writer for the web site, although he soon took over directing the university's main Web site. From there he moved out to the private sector, working as a web developer and account manager for a web development firm based in Wichita, then returned to the university where he was director of alumni information and networks for the alumni association. He started working for ESSDACK as a consultant on ESSDACK's web community, and has joined the ESSDACK team full time to help develop online tools and community.