Antwan Jones
Antwan Jones
Professor of Sociology, Africana Studies, Epidemiology, and Public Policy & Public Administration
Core Faculty
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Antwan Jones
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409 C, 801 22nd St NW
Washington DC 20052
On leave: National Science Foundation
Dr. Antwan Jones is a Professor of Sociology (with courtesy appointments in Africana Studies, Epidemiology, and Public Policy & Public Administration) at The George Washington University. Receiving degrees from Duke University and Bowling Green State University, he has published research on various health outcomes. However, he focuses his research on the residential and neighborhood context in which individuals live to understand health disparities among marginalized populations, and he is particularly interested in child obesity and adult cardiovascular outcomes. Dr. Jones is a former board member of the Capital City Area Health Education Center, the Society for the Study of Social Problems, and the American Sociological Association, and he is a former member of the Washington DC Commission on African-American Affairs. Currently, Dr. Jones serves on the National Advisory Committee for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Evidence for Action (E4A) Program and the DC Policy Center’s Advisory Board.
More information about Professor Jones can be found on his website.
Professor Jones is working with an international, interdisciplinary team on The PsyCorona Project, which focuses on the identification of psychological and cultural factors, combined with different governmental containment measures, that predict differences in the spread of SARS- CoV-2.
Professor Jones is also a part of a research lab headed by Hadii Mamudu that explores biomedical and geographical dimensions of cigarette, e-cigarette, and marijuana usage among children who reside in rural Appalachia.
Lastly, Professor Jones is working with Gregory Squires to research the effect of inclusionary zoning policies on population health in large, metropolitan cities. This work is an extension of prior work from the two that focused on foreclosures and metropolitan health.
Undergraduate Courses:
SOC 1000 - Dean's Seminar: Healthy Cities, Globalization & Urban Policy
SOC 1001 - Introduction to Sociology
SOC 1002 – The Sociological Imagination
SOC 2101 - Social Research Methods
SOC 2102 - Techniques of Data Analysis
SOC 2169 - Urban Sociology
SOC 2179 - Race and Minority Relations
SOC 2181 – Demography + The Social World
SOC 4195 - Senior Research Seminar
CCAS 1001 - First-Year Experience
Graduate Courses:
SOC 6250 - Urban Sociology
SOC 6290 - Principles of Demography
2024. Adzrago, D., Chiangong, J., Ormiston, C.K., Dada, O.M., Jones, A., and Williams F. “Social Distancing Stress, Anxiety/Depression, COVID-19 Diagnosis, Gender Identity, and Immigration Status.” Archives of Public Health 82:1-12.
2024. Jones, A., Buntman, F., Ishizawa, H., and Lese, K. “The Mental Health Consequences of Parental Incarceration: Evidence from a Nationally Representative Longitudinal Study of Adolescents through Adulthood.” American Journal of Criminal Justice 49:1-24.
2023. Jones, A., Ishizawa, H., and Samant, P. “Neighborhood and Behavioral Effects on Weight Gain across Immigrant Generations: Evidence from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health).” International Journal of Behavioral Medicine 30: 731–742.
2023. Adzrago, D., Fujimoto, K., Harrell, M. B., Jones, A., and Wilkerson, J. M. “Association Between E-Cigarette Use Behaviors and Anxiety/Depression among Black/African American Adults, Based on Sexual Identity.” International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 20(3):1-14.
2023. Adzrago, D., Fujimoto, K., Harrell, M. B., Jones, A., and Wilkerson, J. M. “Association Between E-Cigarette Use Behaviors and Perceived Harmfulness of E-Cigarettes and Anxiety/Depression Symptoms Among Black/African American Adults.” Preventive Medicine Reports 31:1-8.
2022. Stanton, M.V., Jones, A., and Shalani, D. “Relationship among Interpersonal Stressors, Social Support Buffers, and Obesity in Adulthood 14 Years Later.” Health Psychology 41(12): 904–911.
2022. Mamudu, H.M., Nwabueze, C.A., Yang, J.S., Mackey, T.K., Ahuja, M., Smith, A., Weierbach, F.M., McNabb, M., Minnick, C., and Jones, A. “Social Media and Use of Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems among School-Going Adolescents in a Rural Distressed Appalachian Community.” Preventive Medicine Reports 29:1-7.
2022. Jones, A. and Grigsby-Toussaint, D.S. “Housing Stability and the Residential Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic.” Cities and Health 5(supplement 1): S159-S161.
2022. Keng, S.-L., Stanton, M.V., Haskins, L.B., Almenara, C.A., Ickovics, J., Jones, A., Grigsby-Toussaint, D., … and Leander, N.P. “COVID-19 Stressors and Health Behaviors: A Multilevel Longitudinal Study across 86 Countries.” Preventive Medicine Reports 27:1-8.
2022. Meares, W.L., Gilderbloom, J.I., Squires, G.D., and Jones, A. “Pollution and the Pandemic: Explaining Differences in COVID-19 Rates Across 146 US Communities.” International Journal of Strategic Energy and Environmental Planning 4(22): 9–25.
2022. Jones, A., Squires, G.D. and Crump, S. “The Relationship between Inclusionary Zoning Policies and Population Health.” Housing and Society 49(1): 38–57.
2022. Mamudu, H.M, Shalani, D., Jones, A., Ahuja, M., Adeniran, E., Weierbach, F.M., Swindle, J., Liu, Y., Keener, J., Blair, C.J., McNabb, M., Asare, M., Wood, D.L., and Ferketich, A. “Exploring Patterns of the Use of Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems among Adolescents in High-Risk Appalachian (U.S.A.) Communities.” Substance Use and Misuse 57(2): 167–174.
2022. Adzrago, D., Nyarko, S.H., Ananaba, N., Asare, M., Odame, E., Jones, A., Paul, T.K., and Mamudu, H.M. “Between and Within Sexual Identity-Group Differences in Asthma Prevalence in the U.S.” Respiratory Care 67(3): 331-338.
2021. Jones, A. and Dantzler, P.A. “Neighborhood Perceptions and Residential Mobility.” Urban Studies 58(9): 1792–1810.
2021. Jones, A., Squires, G.D., and Nixon, C. “Ecological Associations between Inclusionary Zoning Policies and Cardiovascular Disease Risk Prevalence: An Observational Study.” Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes 14(9): 944–952.
2021. Grether, S. and Jones, A. “Examining the Relationship between Social Support and Interracial Divorce in Louisiana.” Journal of Family Issues 42(8): 1831–1851.
2021. Mamudu, H.M., Jones, A., Paul, T.K., Osedeme, F., Stewart, D., Alamian, A., Wang, L., Orimaye, S., Bledsoe, J., Poole, A., Blackwell, G., and Budoff, M. “The Co-Existence of Diabetes and Subclinical Atherosclerosis in Rural Central Appalachia: Do Residential Characteristics Matter?” Journal of Diabetes and Its Complications 35(4): 1–6.
2021. Grigsby-Toussaint, D.S., Shin, J.C., and Jones, A. “Disparities in the Distribution of COVID-19 Testing Sites in Black and Latino Areas in New York City.” Preventive Medicine 147:1–4.
2020. Mamudu, H.M., Nwabueze, C., Weierbach, F.M., Yang, J., Jones, A., McNabb, M., Adeniran, E., Liu, Y., Wang, L., Blair, C.J., Awujoola, A., and Wood, D.L. “Exploring Associations between Susceptibility to the Use of Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems and E-cigarette Use among School-going Adolescents in Rural Appalachia.” International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17(14): 5133-5145.
2020. Jones, A., Mamudu, H.M., and Squires, G.D. “Mortgage Possessions, Spatial Inequality, and Obesity in Large US Metropolitan Areas." Public Health 181:86-93.
2018. Mamudu, Hadii M., Antwan Jones, Timir Paul, Pooja Subedi, Liang Wang, Arsham Alamian, Ali Alamin, Gerald Blackwell, and Matthew Budoff. “Geographic and Individual Correlates of Subclinical Atherosclerosis in Asymptomatic Rural Appalachian Population.” American Journal of the Medical Sciences 355(2): 140-148.
2018. Mamudu, H.M., Alamian, A., Paul, T., Subedi, P., Wang, L., Jones, A., Alamin, A., Stewart. D., Blackwell, G., and Budoff, M. “Diabetes, Subclinical Atherosclerosis, and Multiple Cardiovascular Risk Factors in hard-to-reach Asymptomatic Patients.” Diabetes and Vascular Disease Research 15(6): 519-527.
2018. Mamudu, H.M., Subedi, P., Timir, P., Alamin, A., Alamian, A., Wang, L., Stewart, D., Jones, A., Harirforoosh, S., Blackwell, G., and Budoff, M. “The Associated Risk Factors for Coronary Artery Calcium in Asymptomatic Patients with and Without Diabetes in Rural Central Appalachia.” Journal of Diabetes and Its Complications 32(10): 900-905.
2018. Jones, A. “Parental Socioeconomic Instability and Child Obesity.” Biodemography and Social Biology 64(1): 15-29.
2018. Jones, A. “Race, SES, and Health during Childhood: A Longitudinal Examination of Racial/Ethnic Differences in Parental Socioeconomic Timing and Child Obesity Risk.”International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 15(4): 1-17.
2018. Mamudu, Hadii M., Antwan Jones, Timir Paul, Pooja Subedi, Liang Wang, Arsham Alamian, Ali Alamin, Gerald Blackwell, and Matthew Budoff. “Geographic and Individual Correlates of Subclinical Atherosclerosis in Asymptomatic Rural Appalachian Population.” American Journal of the Medical Sciences 355(2): 140-148.
2016. Jones, Antwan. “Intergenerational Educational Attainment, Family Characteristics, and Child Obesity.” Journal of Biosocial Science 48(4): 557–576.
2016. Ishizawa, Hiromi and Antwan Jones. "Immigrant Neighborhood Concentration, Acculturation and Obesity among Young Adults." Journal of Urban Affairs 38(2):298-311.
2015. Jones, Antwan, Gregory D. Squires and Cynthia Ronzio. "Foreclosure Is Not an Equal Opportunity Stressor: How Inequality Fuels the Adverse Health Implications of the Nation's Financial Crisis." Journal of Urban Affairs 37(5):505-529.
2015. Jones, Antwan, Gregory D. Squires and Cynthia Ronzio. "Foreclosure Is Not an Equal Opportunity Stressor: How Inequality Fuels the Adverse Health Implications of the Nation's Financial Crisis." Journal of Urban Affairs 37(5):505-529.
2015. Grigsby-Toussaint, Diana S., Antwan Jones, Jessica Kubo and Natalie Bradford. "Residential Segregation and Diabetes Risk among Latinos." Ethnicity and Disease 25(4):451-458.
2015. Jones, Antwan, Marcus Andrews and Sara Policastro. “Neighborhood Racial Composition, Institutional Socialization, and Intraracial Feelings of Closeness among Black Americans.” Urban Studies Research 1-12.
2015. Jones, Antwan and Raheem J. Paxton. "Neighborhood Disadvantage, Physical Activity Barriers, and Physical Activity among African American Breast Cancer Survivors." Preventive Medicine Reports 2(1): 622-627.
2015. Jones, Antwan. "Residential Instability and Obesity over Time: The Role of the Social and Built Environment." Health and Place 32(1): 74-82.
2015. Jones, Antwan. “Residential Mobility and Trajectories of Adiposity among Adolescents in Urban and Non-Urban Neighborhoods.” Journal of Urban Health 92(2): 265-278.
2014. Jones, Antwan. "Depression, Race, Gender and Covenant Marriage: An Analysis of Newly Married Couples.” Health Sociology Review 23(3): 190-207.
2014. Jones, Antwan, Danielle Mitchel and Franklin Goza. "Lifecourse Socioeconomic Status and Cardiovascular Illness in Latin America." Current Sociology 62(7): 1055–1078.
2013. Jones, Antwan. "Segregation and Cardiovascular Illness: The Role of Individual and Metropolitan Socioeconomic Status." Health and Place 22(1): 56-67.
2013. Jones, Antwan, Diana S. Grigsby-Toussaint and Jessica Kubo. "Black-White Residential Segregation and Diabetes Status: Results from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System." Open Journal of Preventive Medicine 3(2): 165-171.
2012. Jones, Antwan. "Disability, Health and Generation Status. How Hispanics in the US Fare in Late Life." Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health 14(3): 467-474.
2011. Jones, Antwan. "Income, Homeownership and Residential Assorting among Latinos in the US." Advances in Applied Sociology 1(1): 1-12.
2010. Jones, Antwan, Angelika Gulbis and Elizabeth H. Baker. "Differences in Tobacco Use between Canada and the United States." International Journal of Public Health 55(3): 167-175.
2010. Jones, Antwan. "Stability of Men's Interracial First Unions: A Test of Educational Differentials and Cohabitation History." Journal of Family and Economic Issues 31(2): 241-256.
2008. Jones, Antwan and Franklin Goza. "Rural, Urban and Suburban Differences in Coronary Heart Disease among Blacks and Whites in the US." Journal of Biosocial Science 40(6): 895-909.
2006. Jones, Antwan. "Race and the 'I Have a Dream' Legacy: Exploring Predictors of Positive Civil Rights Attitudes." Journal of Black Studies 37(2): 193-208.
PhD Bowling Green State University, 2010