Adrienne Jones

Adrienne Jones is a Ph.D. candidate in the joint public policy and sociology program at Duke University. Her research interests include stratification, inequality, and mobility, which she examines through the lens of employment, training, and public policy.

She is particularly interested in the employment and training experiences of Black workers living in the American South. Jones’ dissertation project examines how driver’s license suspensions structure opportunities for mobility among participants of the Durham Expunction and Restoration Project’s Second Chance Driving program.

She received a B.A. in political science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2011 and a master’s degree in public policy from the Sanford School at Duke University in 2014.