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Chris Jones, a former assistant dean of graduate education at MIT, is running for governor in Arkansas.
Growing up, Chris Jones was fascinated by the concept of time travel. He would stay up late at night thinking about what would happen if he could travel back or forward in time. He loved shows like
Quantum Leap and
Star Trek, so it didn’t surprise his parents when he declared that he wanted to become an astronaut at just 8 years old. And while not being able to hear out of his right ear halted that dream, it didn’t stop him from pursuing an academic career in science.