- Department Chair and Professor of Sociology, UMass Amherst
Jonathan Wynn is 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. He also wrote a novel in 2025, called The Set Up (Belt Publishing).
Experience
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2023–presentProfessor of Sociology, University of Massachusetts Amherst
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2015–2023Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Massachusetts Amherst
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2009–2015Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Publications
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2023The City and the Hospital: The Paradox of Medically Overserved Communities,
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2015Music/City: American Festivals and Placemaking in Austin, Nashville, and Newport,
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2011The Tour Guide: Walking and Talking New York,
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- Location: Amherst, Massachusetts, U.S.
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