Dr Valerie K. Jones

Valerie is curious about what’s next. That curiosity fueled a career at media agencies from Chicago to San Francisco, the creation of her own digital media consultancy, and a move to academia. She is now a Fred and Gladys Seaton Professor at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Journalism and Mass Communications, and Director of the Public Insight Lab.

For her Fulbright Future Scholarship, Valerie will be working with the Social Innovation Research Institute at Swinburne University of Technology, exploring how emergent technologies, specifically voice assistants, activate social connection and influence loneliness among ageing adults.