Jared Featherstone

Writer, Researcher, Professor, and Meditation Teacher

Jared Featherstone is a teacher of writing, mindfulness, and critical thinking. Drawing from his teaching experience and research, he writes and gives talks on the subject of mindfulness and learning.

Jared is a professor of Interdisciplinary Studies at James Madison University in Virginia. Before entering academia full-time, he worked as a reporter and editor., and earned an MFA in Creative Writing and a BA in Journalism from the University of Maryland, College Park. He earned a PhD in English from Old Dominion University, specializing in mindfulness, cognition, and writing.

He began practicing meditation and Tai Chi in 1996 and was asked to start teaching mindfulness meditation in 2009. In 2018, he completed the two-year Koru Mindfulness teacher certification. In 2021, he completed Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach’s two-year mindfulness teacher certification program in partnership with the Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley. He is a member of the International Mindfulness Teachers Association.

He has published several articles and given invited talks on the subject of mindfulness and learning. His guided meditations can be found on Insight Timer.

Featherstone lives with his wife and two sons in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia.