She joined the faculty in 2016 after serving as a Post-Doctoral Research Associate at Barnard College, Columbia University. She earned her Ph.D. in Psychology from the Graduate Center, CUNY. Her research interests lie at the intersection of psychology and the legal system. She has explored errors in juror decision making that can lead to wrongful convictions and methods to reduce such errors. More recently, Dr. Jones is interested in using technological advancements to inform understanding of eyewitness identification and to identify methods that can increase eyewitness accuracy during the investigative process.