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.