Jonathan R. Wynn

Jonathan Wynn is a professor and the department chair of sociology at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He has written The Tour Guide: Walking and Talking New York and Music/City: American Festivals and Placemaking in Austin, Nashville, and Newport, and co-authored The City & The Hospital: The Paradox of Medically Underserved Communities (all with University of Chicago Press). His work has appeared in The Guardian, The Atlantic, Salon, the Washington Post, and other venues. He has also written a novel, The Set Up, out May 2025 (Belt Publishing).