Ann Jones
Visiting Scholar
Ann Jones is an independent scholar, journalist, photographer, and the author of ten books of nonfiction. She received a PhD in English and history from the University of Wisconsin. Her work focuses on women and other underdogs and on the historical/social/political structures that perpetuate injustice. She has written extensively about violence against women in the U.S. (Women Who Kill; Next Time She’ll Be Dead); reported from Afghanistan (Kabul in Winter), Africa, Southeast Asia, and the Middle East (War is Not Over When It’s Over) on the impact of war upon civilians; and embedded with U.S. forces in Afghanistan to report the damage done to them (They Were Soldiers). Widely published, her articles currently appear most often in The Nation and online at TomDispatch.com. She is working on reflections on life in Norway (rated the best place to be a woman), Afghanistan (the worst), and the U.S. Her work has received generous support from the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, the Lannan Foundation, and the U.S.-Norway Fulbright Foundation.
Primary Recipient Awards
Ann Jones – International Visiting Research Scholars – 2017
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