The ASPBP May 2025 Webinar, Lab Coats & Listening Ears: Why Community Voices Matter in Research Design and Discovery, will take place at 2 PM EDT on Wednesday, May 28, 2025. The Webinar will be led by Shantoyia (Toy) Jones, of Xavier University of Louisiana, and Shatonda S. Jones, of St. Bonaventure University.
Shantoyia (Toy) Jones, PhD
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Shatonda S. Jones, PhD, MA, CCC-SLP, CBIST (Right)
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| Shantoyia (Toy) Jones, PhD: Dr. Toy Jones is a tenured- Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology and the Director of Women’s Studies at Xavier University of Louisiana. Dr. Jones holds a PhD in Counseling Psychology with a graduate minor in Multicultural Studies from the University of Kansas. Before her role at Xavier, she worked clinically in university counseling centers, hospitals, and sexual assault response centers with survivors of sex trafficking, survivors of political torture seeking asylum, and directly with community stakeholders mobilizing grassroots efforts. As a counseling psychologist, her research focuses on the discovery of new phenomena and developing interventions that will best serve the needs of Black women and girls and the larger BIPOC community. As a qualitative and mixed methods researcher, she explores the interrelatedness and intersection of the following variables: sexual violence, trauma, IPV/DV, exploitation, identity development, sexual health decision-making, joy, pleasure, and sisterhood. She is the founder and principal investigator of the Social- Justice Participatory Action Research Collective (SPARC) and is a National Institutes of Health (NIH) funded researcher. Dear to her is her role as a “big sister” to TRUST, a Black woman affinity and activist support space for BIPOC women on Xavier’s campus. Central to her work as an activist-scholar is affirming Black women and girls’ lived experiences as sources of knowledge and developing community interventions that promote the emotional, psychological, and behavioral health of all BIPOC people. |
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| Shatonda S. Jones, PhD, MA, CCC-SLP, CBIST: Dr. Shatonda S. Jones is an Associate Professor and Director of Clinical Education in the Master of Science in Speech-Language Pathology Distance Education Program at St. Bonaventure University. Dr. Jones has 20 years of experience as a Speech Language Pathologist and over 15 years of teaching experience in higher education at the undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral levels. Dr. Jones specializes in adult and geriatric communication and swallowing disorders with a particular interest in motor speech disorders. Her research focuses on health capacity building in socially marginalized communities, diffusion of health information, cultural and linguistic diversity, innovative educational methods, and ultrasound technology as biofeedback with persons with various dysarthrias. She is a Certified Brain Injury Specialist Trainer (CBIST). She holds a PhD in Therapeutic Science from the University of Kansas, a Master of Arts in Speech-Language Pathology (with an emphasis in medical speech-language pathology) from the University of Iowa, and a Bachelor of Science in speech-language pathology from the University of Tulsa. She will graduate with her Master’s in Pastoral Studies from Loyola University New Orleans in May 2025 and will begin her second research doctorate, a Doctor of Theology (ThD), at Kairos University, in Fall of 2025. Dr. Jones is dedicated to integrating clinical practice, scholarship, spirituality, and advocacy in her work. |
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2 PM EDT, Wednesday, May 28, 2025 - Lab Coats & Listening Ears: Why Community Voices Matter in Research Design and Discovery
Scientific research has the power to drive equity, but only when it centers on the realities of those most often left out of discovery. This session is designed for bench scientists and STEM professionals who may not traditionally work with human populations but are seeking to integrate the values, needs, and lived experiences of historically marginalized communities into their research.
Whether you’re studying molecules, genomic sequences, or disease pathways, your work does not exist in a vacuum. Communities shape science and science, in turn, shapes communities. Join Dr. Toy Jones and Dr. Shatonda Jones for an exploration of what it means to approach research ethically, respectfully, and collaboratively, even when working at the cellular or molecular level.
We’ll discuss practical strategies for building trust and gaining access to underrepresented populations, how to design research questions that reflect community needs, and the importance of foundational ethical principles like autonomy, justice, beneficence, and respect for persons. Come ready to shift your paradigm from "research on" to "research with," even from the bench.
To register for the May Webinar, click here.
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