Jessie Ann Owens


Jessie Ann Owens is an American author and educator. She is a professor of music at University of California, Davis and a former dean of the Division of Humanities, Arts and Cultural Studies. Owens is a recognized musicologist of Renaissance music.

Education

Owens graduated from Kent School in 1967. She received a Bachelor of Arts in Latin from Barnard College in 1971, Master of Fine Arts in Musicology from Princeton University in 1975 and a Ph.D. in Musicology from Princeton University in 1978.

Career

Owens was a professor of music and former dean of arts and sciences at Brandeis University.