After being on the faculty in the Theater department as the Head of the BA Theater program at his alma mater since 2002, Professor Jones was recently appointed to Associate Dean for Equity at the Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University.  For 13 years (2007-2020), he was the Producing Artistic Director for the Tony® Award-winning Crossroads Theatre Company where he directed several shows including the New Brunswick Performing Arts Center’s inaugural production – Paul Robeson.  He was also the replacement director for the 2018 play with music Little Rock, which was NY Times Critic Pick.  For 8 years (2010-2018) he was a Board Member of the Theater Communications Group (TCG), the national service organization for non-profit theaters, and now Marshall proudly serves as the president of the NJ Theatre Alliance and is a 2020 Inductee in the Rutgers African-American Hall of Fame.