Professor Kathleen Jones

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This is the web site of Kathleen Jones, academic and author.  

Kathleen Jones  was Professor of Social Policy and Head (and founder) of the Department of Social Policy and Social Work, University of York, 1965-87. Emeritus Professor of Social Policy since 1987, she lives in York, England.

Professor Kathleen Jones was educated at the North London Collegiate School and Westfield College, University of London (in Oxford). She worked in WEA and Extra-Mural teaching from 1943-5, and went to work at the University of Manchester in 1951. She lectured in Social Administration until 1965, when she became Professor of Social Policy in the University of York. She has travelled widely, to most countries in Europe, to North and Central America, to Russia, to China, to Malaysia, to the Middle East, mainly in the interests of mental health research. She is the author of some 23 books, and numerous reports, papers and articles.

As part of her public service, Professor Jones has chaired and served on many national and international commissions and committees, listed under ‘Public Service’.