Crystal Spears-Jones

Doctor of Public Health (DrPH)

I am a third year DrPH student in Health Policy and Management. My area of interest is public health leadership, career development, and evaluation. I am a certified professional coach.

Education

BS degree in Public Health Education and a MPA from North Carolina Central University
MS degree in Nutritional Sciences from South Carolina State University

Areas of Expertise

Public health education
Public health leadership
Management

Honors, Awards, and Achievements

2023 CDC’s NCEH/ATSDR Honor Award Excellence in Human Capital Management – Employee Development Nominee
2020 CDC’s NCEH/ATSDR Honor Award Excellence in Leadership and New Initiatives recipient

Affiliations

APHA
CHES

Research Interests

My research interests include public health workforce and career development, professional coaching, qualitative data analysis, and evaluation of public health programming

Selected Publications

Spears-Jones, C., Myles, R., Porch, T., Parris, S., & Ivy-Knudsen, M. (2021). Leading Organizational Change: Improved Leadership Behaviors Among Public Health Leaders After Receiving Multirater Feedback and Coaching. Workplace Health & Safety 2021;69(9) 400–409.
Dean, H. D., Myles, R., Porch, T., Parris, S. & Spears-Jones, C. (2021). Changing Leadership Behaviors in a Public Health Agency through Coaching and Multirater Feedback. J Public Health Manag Pract, 2021;27(1):46-54.
Smith, C. K., Spears-Jones, C., Acker, C. & Dean, H. (2020). Supporting Public Health Employee Engagement and Retention: One U.S. National Center’s Analysis and Approach. Workplace Health Saf. 2020;68(8):366-373. doi:10.1177/2165079920911564