Wendy Jones

Wendy Jones is a practicing psychotherapist and former English professor known for her work on the connection between literature and the mind-brain sciences.  Jones received her Ph.D. in English Literature from Cornell University and subsequently was Senior Lecturer and a Fellow at the Society for the Humanities at Cornell and she has been a Visiting Professor at Williams College, University of Rochester, and Syracuse University.  She lives in Ithaca, New York, and is the author of Jane on the Brain: Exploring the Science of Social Intelligence with Jane Austen.