Andy Jones
Partner and Founder

Andy has been teaching university classes for 20 years, and has given over 150 presentations on topics in the fields of teaching, productivity, effective writing, creative thinking, social media, and literature. He is a published poet and essayist, a radio talk show host and MC, an editor or advisor to four print journals, a coordinator for faculty support programs at UC Davis, and an expert on effective teaching, presenting, and critical and creative thinking. In 2006 Andy Jones was named the UC Davis “Educator of the Year.”

Andy holds an M.A. and Ph.D. in English from the University of California, Davis. He has also earned a BA in English from Boston University, and has taken classes at Regent’s College, London, and the University of California, Berkeley. He has taught classes or given talks in Japan and Scotland, in ten US states, and in ten cities in California. For the last five years he has also served on the faculty of the San Francisco Writers Conference.