A Message from Dr. Bonnie Jones
Regional Vice Chancellor for Academic and Student Affairs
Welcome to the University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee! I am delighted that you are interested in learning more about our University's academic programs and outstanding faculty -- who are national and international leaders in their fields of specialization. As an educational psychologist, I have researched, for over 30 years, predictors of student success based on demographic, academic, and personality factors. I can assure you that USF Sarasota-Manatee has the environment and the faculty to ensure student success. For example:
- Our student-to-faculty ratio in courses is 15:1.
- Nearly 75% of our courses are taught by full-time faculty.
- Our accrediting agency requires that 25% of undergraduate student credit hours be taught by faculty members with terminal degrees. Nearly 80% of our faculty earned a doctorate degree in the field that they teach, not just in higher education.
- 90% of our graduates proudly state in exit surveys that, if they had it to do over again, they would again earn their degree at USF Sarasota-Manatee.
- 90% of our students rate their entire educational experience here as excellent or good.
Universities are the institutions at the forefront of driving progress and invigorating society. The vision of the University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee is to transform the economic recovery in Florida (1) by graduating competitive students for high-value jobs that may or may not yet exist -- indeed that our students may create --and (2) by leading the re-positioning of the region to be a magnet for new enterprises and investments.
The Sarasota-Manatee region is 40 years ahead of the rest of the nation in future demographics, making us the epicenter for research studies that will improve the American way of life for decades to come. The University's researchers are its faculty members, who spend part of their professional time on studies that will improve society. During the faculty selection process here, we seek out faculty who are master teachers, cutting-edge researchers, and devoted community servants.
Thank you for taking the time to read through our faculty's informative web pages, examine their credentials, and review their research vignettes. I have no doubt that you will find the University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee to be on the front lines of higher education -- transforming Florida's workforce, society's welfare, individuals' health, and the very lives of the students and community that we are proud to educate and serve.
Dr. Jones's Curriculum Vitae
New Faculty - Fall 2011
Faculty Recognition - Fall 2011
Faculty
Welcome Seminar Fall 2011
