Tamara Bertrand Jones is Assistant Professor in the Higher Education program at Florida State University. Dr. Tamara Bertrand Jones attended the University of Texas at Austin, where she received a bachelor s degree in Journalism. Upon graduation she completed her master s degree in Higher Education at Florida State University (FSU). She then completed her doctoral studies in Research and Program Evaluation, also at FSU. Her research interests are assessment and evaluation in higher education (student affairs), culturally responsive evaluation, mentoring, Black graduate students, and the transi...