Background

Jones, Kent Albert was born on May 5, 1953 in Wilmington, Delaware, United States. Son of Albert Hyatt and Sylvia Esther (Phelps) Jones.

Education

Student, University Bonn, Federal Republic Germany, 1975. AB, Oberlin College, 1976. Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, 1979.

Doctor of Political Science, University Geneva, 1981.

Career

Economist, United States International Trade Commission, Washington, 1981; assistant professor, Babson College, Wellesley, Massachusetts, 1982-1988; associate professor, Babson College, Wellesley, Massachusetts, 1988-1993; Edward Madden term chair, Babson College, Wellesley, Massachusetts, since 1992; senior economist, unites states department State, Washington, 1988-1989. Consultant International Labour Office, Geneva, Switzerland, 1987, National Science Foundation, Washington, 1984.

Achievements

• Kent Albert Jones has been listed as a noteworthy economist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Export Restraint and the New Protectionism: The Political Economy of Discriminatory Trade Restrictions (Studies in International Economics)

    ( This title was formally part of the Studies in Internat...)

  • Impasse and Crisis in Steel Trade Policy (Thames essay)
  • Politics Versus Economics in World Steel Trade (World Industry Studies (Closed))

Membership

Elder Needham Presbyterian Church, Massachusetts, since 1986. Member American Economic Association, Southern Economic Association, Western Economic Association, Atlantic Economic Society, Phi Beta Kappa.

Connections

Married Tonya Diantha Price, May 21, 1977. Children: Ana-Lisa, Diantha.

Father:

Albert Hyatt Jones

Mother:

Sylvia Esther (Phelps) Jones

Spouse:

Tonya Diantha Price

child:

Ana-Lisa Jones

child:

Diantha Jones