{{short description|New Zealand sociologist}} {{For|those of a similar name|Alyson Jones|Allison Jones (disambiguation)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2017}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=October 2017}} {{Infobox scientist | name = Alison Jones | honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=NZL|MNZM|size=100%}} | image = Alison Jones MNZM (cropped).jpg | alt = | caption = Jones in 2019 | birth_date = <!-- {{Birth date|df=yes|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | birth_place = | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|df=yes|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (death date then birth date) --> | death_place = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = <!-- {{Coord|LAT|LONG|type:landmark|display=inline,title}} --> | other_names = | citizenship = | nationality = | fields = | workplaces = | patrons = | alma_mater = University of Auckland | thesis1_title = "At school I've got a chance...": social reproduction in a New Zealand secondary school | thesis1_url = https://researchspace.auckland.ac.nz/handle/2292/4479 | thesis1_year = 1986 | doctoral_advisor = | academic_advisors = | doctoral_students = | notable_students = | known_for = | author_abbrev_bot = | author_abbrev_zoo = | influences = | influenced = | awards = Dame Joan Metge, 2014 | signature = <!--(filename only)--> | signature_alt = | website = <!-- {{URL|www.example.com}} --> | footnotes = | spouse = | children = }} '''Barbara Alison Jones''' {{post-nominals|country=NZL|MNZM|size=85%}} is a New Zealand academic who works in the field of sociology of education.<ref name="bio">{{cite web |url=https://unidirectory.auckland.ac.nz/profile/a-jones |title=Professor Alison Jones – The University of Auckland |publisher=Unidirectory.auckland.ac.nz |date= |accessdate=14 October 2017 |archive-date=27 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220527124149/https://unidirectory.auckland.ac.nz/profile/a-jones |url-status=dead }}</ref> She is the great-great-great granddaughter of Andrew Buchanan, New Zealand politician 1862–1874; great-great granddaughter of William Baldwin New Zealand politician 1863–1867; great granddaughter of Admiral William Oswald Story of the British Royal Navy.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bwb.co.nz/books/this-pakeha-life/ |title=This Pākehā Life: An Unsettled Memoir |publisher=Bridget Williams Books |date=2020|accessdate=}}</ref> She has two sons, Finn McCahon Jones and Frey McCahon Jones <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/ninetonoon/audio/201793398/finn-mccahon-jones-ceramics,-festivals-and-giving-kids-a-voice | title=Finn McCahon-Jones: ceramics, festivals and giving kids a voice |date=16 March 2016 | publisher=Radio New Zealand | accessdate=28 June 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/news/2020/09/02/alison-jones-an-unsettled-memoir.html | title=Alison Jones: 'Pākehā shouldn't let our collective past be crippling' |date=2 September 2020 | publisher=University of Auckland | accessdate=28 June 2021}}</ref>
==Education and career== Jones studied at Auckland for her Doctor of Education, entitled "'At School I've Got a Chance...': social reproduction in a New Zealand secondary school".<ref>{{cite thesis |last=Jones |first=Alison |year=1986 |type=Doctoral thesis |title="At school I've got a chance...": social reproduction in a New Zealand secondary school |publisher=ResearchSpace@Auckland, University of Auckland |hdl=2292/4479 |url=https://researchspace.auckland.ac.nz/handle/2292/4479}}</ref>
In 2004, Jones was selected to give the Herbison Lecture by the New Zealand Association for Research in Education.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-03-19 |title=Herbison Lecture |url=http://www.nzare.org.nz/herbison-lecture.aspx |access-date=2024-11-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190319155627/http://www.nzare.org.nz/herbison-lecture.aspx |archive-date=19 March 2019 }}</ref> In 2005, she was promoted to Professor in Te Puna Wānanga, School of Māori and Indigenous Education at the University of Auckland.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.education.auckland.ac.nz/people/profile/a-jones |title=Professor Alison Jones |publisher=auckland.ac.nz |date= |accessdate=28 June 2021}}</ref>
In 2014, she won the Dame Joan Metge medal.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.waateanews.com/waateanews/x_story_id/ODQ1Nw== |title=Metge an inspiration for educator Jones |publisher=Waateanews.com |date=28 November 2014 |accessdate=14 October 2017 |archive-date=15 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171015044756/http://www.waateanews.com/waateanews/x_story_id/ODQ1Nw== |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://royalsociety.org.nz/what-we-do/medals-and-awards/dame-joan-metge-medal/recipients-2/ |title=Royal Society Te Apārangi – Recipients |publisher=Royalsociety.org.nz |date= |accessdate=14 October 2017}}</ref> She was selected as one of the Royal Society Te Apārangi's 150 women in 150 words in 2017.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Alison Jones|url=https://www.royalsociety.org.nz/150th-anniversary/150-women-in-150-words/1968-2017/alison-jones/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200221013039/https://www.royalsociety.org.nz/150th-anniversary/150-women-in-150-words/1968-2017/alison-jones/ |archive-date=21 February 2020 |access-date=2021-01-30|website=Royal Society Te Apārangi}}</ref>
In the 2019 New Year Honours, Jones was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to education and sociology research.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.dpmc.govt.nz/publications/new-year-honours-list-2019 | title=New Year honours list 2019 |date=31 December 2018 | publisher=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet | accessdate=18 June 2019}}</ref>
==Publications== Her books include '''At school I've Got a Chance': Pacific Islands and Pākehā girls at school'' (1991), ''He Kōrero: Words Between Us: First Māori Pākehā conversations on paper'' (2011), and ''Tuai: A Traveller in Two Worlds'' (2017) co-authored with Kuni Kaa Jenkins which won the 2018 Ockham New Zealand Book Award for Illustrated Non-Fiction.<ref>{{cite web |title=Tuai wins Ockham NZ Book Award for Illustrated Non-Fiction |url=https://www.bwb.co.nz/news/tuai-wins-ockham-nz-book-award-illustrated-non-fiction | publisher=Bridget Williams Books | accessdate=10 July 2020}}</ref> Her 2020 memoir, ''This Pākehā Life,'' was shortlisted for the 2021 Ockham New Zealand Book Award (General Nonfiction).<ref>{{Cite web|last=|date=2021-03-03|title=Ockham New Zealand Book Awards 2021 shortlists announced|url=https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2021/03/03/163470/ockham-new-zealand-book-awards-2021-shortlists-announced/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-03-03|website=Books+Publishing|language=en-AU|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210303005617/https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2021/03/03/163470/ockham-new-zealand-book-awards-2021-shortlists-announced/ |archive-date=3 March 2021 }}</ref>
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==External links== * [https://unidirectory.auckland.ac.nz/profile/a-jones institutional homepage] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220527124149/https://unidirectory.auckland.ac.nz/profile/a-jones |date=27 May 2022 }}
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