About Us
AJ RESEARCH CEO and Founder, Dr. Abby Jones leverages her 10+ years of expertise in research design and analysis combined with working in the political and strategic fields to offer customized services that ensure you get you the information and skills you and/or your organization require to succeed.
“Here at AJ Research we have a passion for data and the gift of making it not only understandable but helping you use it to strategically communicate your message!”
Whether we collaboratively build and undertake a research project with your team, teach you or your staff to use the correct research tools, or analyze the information you have already collected… The goal is the same for AJ Research, to develop the data and messages you need to succeed.
About Abby
Dr. Abby Jones has spent the last 20+ years working in politics, strategic communication, health communication and academia. If there is one thing ALL of these experiences has taught her it is that the foundation of all communication and research work is well produced, VALID DATA! She has seen that without this, organizations and individual are just making their best guesses and often wasting resources.
Abby began her career working for political candidates such as Virginia’s Mark Warner and issue-oriented non-profits, including the League of Conservation Voters. She also had the incredible opportunity to work for Campbell and Company, a top-notch health care communication firm that focuses on creating data driven targeted messages, which strive to change the health-related behaviors of members of the Black Community.
After working in the communications and political arenas for a little over ten years, Abby decided to take her professional experiences into the classroom. While in the classroom, Abby has taught hundreds of students the critical lesson that message and program development means very little if it is not backed up by facts and data. She is now so proud to have many former students who work at the highest levels of government, media and non-profits.
Abby earned her self-designed, joint PhD at The George Washington University’s School of Media and Public Affairs and Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration. Her Masters is from Georgetown’s Public Policy School and her B.A. is in Political Communication from The George Washington University. The combinations of these programs gave her the ability to see where the ability to craft impactful data-driven messages allows for policy creation success.
Abby has taught at Temple University, Rutgers University, Philadelphia University, the University of Mary Washington, Montgomery College (MD) and The George Washington University. She has also presented her own research at several national and international conferences, including that of the International Communication Association, the International Studies Association and the American Political Science Association.
Abby loves living in Center City Philadelphia with her feline roommates, Finn and Sadie. She grew-up in East Greenbush, NY, a suburb outside of Albany, NY. Her father was a state worker, union leader and ran a part-time antique dealer. Her mother was a public teacher, school board member and is still an amazing community volunteer. She is the middle child with two brothers. Abby’s future plans absolutely include MUCH more travel with her camera, as she Loves photography. She was honored to have her Empty Philadelphia Photos, taken during the city’s quarantine period accepted into the Smithsonian’s archive. Importantly, Abby is a dedicated Red Sox fan!