Dr. Curt Jones received his B.S. degree from Lock Haven University and his masters degree from the University of Iowa. His Ph.D. was awarded from Penn State University. He is a native of the Bloomsburg Area, having graduated from Southern Area High School. Dr. Jones' research interests include: algorithmic graph theory, VLSI layout algorithms, complexity theory, parallel computing and combinatorial optimization problems. He has presented papers at several conferences and published some of his work in computer science journals. 

Dr. Jones is currently the department chair and teaches two courses per year. During the fall semesters he teaches a course in Computer Ethicsa> to freshmen computer science and computer forensics students. During spring semesters he insturcts a senior level project course in Software Engineering. Previosly he has taught courses in Operating Systems , Algorithms and Data Structures , Programming Languages , and Compiler Construction. He also teaches Java , and C++ programming.