Her research efforts include evaluating the effects of ingredients or feed processing technologies on feed safety and animal nutrition. She teaches undergraduate and graduate courses on ingredient quality and feed safety, as well as industry feed manufacturing short courses through the International Grains Program. Dr. Jones has coordinated the creation and offering of a basic feed manufacturing course for FDA feed mill inspectors and helped offer training for state level feed inspectors. She received her B.S. and M.S. in swine nutrition from Kansas State University and her Ph.D. in nutritional sciences from Iowa State University.