Sharon Jones-Eversley, DrPH

Biography

Dr. Sharon D. Jones-Eversley is the first faculty member honored as a Professor Emeritus in the Department of Family Science. She was born, raised and public school-educated in Baltimore, Maryland. She has 40 years of professional experience in human services and public health. As a social epidemiologist, Dr. Jones-Eversley is concerned about the disproportionate diminished healthy outcomes and high morbidity and mortality rates among families and communities. In particular, the lived experiences and exposures to persistent deprivation, injustice, illness, violence and death in Black families and communities are the precedence of her scholarship, advocacy and service. 

Grants, Funded Scholastic Training Awards and Professional Certification

• Towson University Retired Faculty Association Grant Recipient June 2023
• Interuniversity Consortium for Political and Social Research
• Techniques for the Analysis of Legal and Judicial Data, July 12-23, 2021 Certified Nonprofit Professional (CNP) 

Selected Publications and Presentations

Selected Publications

Jones-Eversley, S., Rhoden-Trader, J. & Rice, J. (2024). Examining Homicide Through the Spatial, Criminological, Social, and Legal Lenses of Epidemiology. In Taking Stock of Homicide: Trends, Emerging Themes, and the Challenges. Parker K.F. (Ed). Temple University Press. https://tupress.temple.edu/books/taking-stock-of-homicide

Robinson, M., Jones-Eversley, S., Moore, S.E., Ravenell, J. & Adedoyin, A., C. (2024). Correction: Black male mental health and the Black Church: Advancing a collaborative partnership and Research Agenda. Journal of Religion and Health. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-024-01999-5

Jones-Eversley, S. D., Witherspoon, D. & Vejar, C. (2023). A Model for Examining Family Health History Awareness and Rethinking How to Increase Its Interfamilial and Clinical Communication, Utility, and Transmission. Professional Case Management Journal. https://doi.org/10.1097/ncm.0000000000000621

Jones-Eversley, S., Adedoyin, A.C., James-Townes, L. & Rice, J. (2022). Due Process and Justice in Black Communities. Pratt-Harris, N.C. (Ed). In Why Police Should Train by Black People [First Edition]. Taylor & Francis. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003152842-4

Boamah, D., Jones-Eversley, S.D., Tolliver, W.F., Harmon, D., Adedoyin, A. C., Burton, K., Sanders, S., Moore, S.E. (2022). Dismantling Structural Racism, Hate, and White Supremacy through Course Assignments That Integrate Faith and Learning in Social Work Curriculum. Journal of Social Work and Christianity. https://swc.nacsw.org/index.php/SWC/article/view/224

Clayton, D., Jones-Eversley, S.D., Moore, S.E. (2022). Advocacy, Politics, and the Sporting World. Dyson, Y.D., Robinson, V., & Watson, J. (Eds). In Black Men's Health: A Strength-Based Approach through a Social Justice Lens for Helping Professions [First Edition]. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-04994-1_12

Jones-Eversley, S., Rice, J., Adedoyin, A.C., & James-Townes, L. (2020). A Pragmatic Epidemiological Approach to Confronting the Genocidal Death Effect of Young Black Males in the United States. Social Work in Public Health. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/19371918.2020.1736705

Jones-Eversley, S., Rice, J., Adedoyin, A.C. & James-Townes, L. (2020). Premature Deaths of Young Black Males in the United States. Journal of Black Studies. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0021934719895999

Jones-Eversley & S., Rice, J. (2020). A Call for Epidemiology and Thanatology to Address the Dying, Death, and Grief Pipeline among Blacks in the United States. Journal of Death Studies. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07481187.2020.1721618

Moore, S.E., Jones-Eversley, S., Toliver, W. F. & Wilson, B., & Harmon, D. K. (2020). Cultural Responses to Loss and Grief among Black Americans: Practice Implications for Clinicians. Journal of Death Studies. https://doi.org/10.1080/07481187.2020.1725930

Moore, S.E., Jones-Eversley, S., Toliver, W. F., Wilson, B., & Jones, C. A. (2020). 6 Ft. Away or 6 Ft. Under The Impact of Coronavirus on the Black Community. Journal of Death Studies. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/07481187.2020.1785053

Jones-Eversley, S. & Dean, L. (2018). After 121 Years, It's time to recognize W.E.B. Du Bois as the father of social epidemiology. Journal of Negro Education, 87(3), 230-245. https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7709/jnegroeducation.87.3.0230 

Selected Presentations

Jones-Eversley, S. D., (Presenter). The Relentless Pursuit of Culturally Relevant and Justice-Infused Participatory Health Research. International Collaboration for Participatory Health Research Annual Meeting. June 17, 2023. Limerick University, Limerick, Ireland.

Jones-Eversley, S. (Guest Speaker). Health Determined by Color? Black History Speaker Series, District of Columbia International School, Washington, DC. February 17, 2023.

Jones-Eversley, S. (Speaker). When we know better, shouldn't we educate better? Pedagogical due diligence is necessary to disrupt bigotry and social constructs. Combating Bigotry, Celebrating Diversity & Protecting Democracy Symposium (In-Person). Towson University, South Campus Pavilion, Towson, MD. February 8, 2023,

Jones-Eversley, S. (Speaker). Social Epidemiology and Legal Epidemiology to Promote Due Process. National Association of Public Defenders. Racial Justice Conference (In-Person), Montgomery, AL. October 31 -November 4, 2022

Jones-Eversley, S. and Tom Coale (Keynote Speaker). How Covid-19 has Changed Maryland and the Future of Housing and Health in Maryland. Community Development Network of Maryland Annual Meeting (Virtual). October 7, 2021.

Jones-Eversley, S., White, K., Dean, L., and Gilbert, K. (Panelist). W.E.B Du Bois's Legacy to Social Epidemiology and Addressing Racial/Ethnic Health Inequalities. American College of Epidemiology Annual Meeting (Virtual). September 10, 2021

Jones-Eversley, S., White, K., and Gilbert, K. (Panelist). W.E.B. Du Bois Lectureship to Commemorate Du Bois' Contributions to Social Epidemiology. Bloomberg Johns Hopkins School of Public Health (Virtual Lectureship). March 12, 2021

Gangarova, T., Jones-Eversley, S. D., Sanchez-Youngman, S., Wallerstein, N. & Duijs, S.E. (Presenter). Structural Racism: Impacts on Participatory Health Research. International Collaboration for Participatory Health Research Annual Meeting. November 10, 2020. 

Memberships/Affiliations

• International Collaboration for Participatory Health Research
• Advancing Culturally Responsive and Equitable (ACE) Evaluation Network
• American Public Health Association
• American Evaluation Association
• Nonprofit Leadership Alliance
• Maryland Genealogical Society
• Towson University Retired Faculty Association 

Courses Previously Taught

• FMST 555: Fundraising, Friendraising and Volunteer Management
• FMST 550: Leadership in the Nonprofit Sector
• FMST 430: Case Management for Family and Human Service
• FMST 387: Community Services for Families
• FMST 380: Family Law
• FMST 360: Diversity, Culture, and Team Dynamics
• FMST 355: Fundraising, Friendraising and Volunteer Management
• FMST 350: Leadership in the Nonprofit Sector
• FMST 325: Ethics in Human Services 
• FMST 303: Contemporary Family Trends and Family Policy
• FMST 201: Family Resource Management
• FMST 101: Introduction to Family Studies