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Department Chair and Professor of Sociology, UMass Amherst

Jonathan Wynn is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He works at the intersection of urban and cultural sociology.

He has written three books, The Tour Guide: Walking and Talking New York (2011, University of Chicago Press, Fieldwork Encounters and Discoveries Series); Music/City: American Festivals and Placemaking in Austin, Nashville and Newport (2015, University of Chicago Press); and co-authored, The City and the Hospital: The Paradox of Medically Overserved Communities (2023, University of Chicago Press). His work has been published in many academic journals, and he has written op-eds for The Guardian, Salon, CNN, and The Washington Post.

Experience

  • 2023–present
    Professor of Sociology, University of Massachusetts Amherst
  • 2015–2023
    Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Massachusetts Amherst
  • 2009–2015
    Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Massachusetts Amherst

Publications

  • 2023
    The City and the Hospital: The Paradox of Medically Overserved Communities,
  • 2015
    Music/City: American Festivals and Placemaking in Austin, Nashville, and Newport,
  • 2011
    The Tour Guide: Walking and Talking New York,