Jordynn Jack (1977- ) was born in Ontario, Canada and studied English and technical writing at Glendon College, York University, before earning her PhD in rhetoric and composition at Pennsylvania State University. Now professor in the Department of English at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, she researches and teaches courses in a range of areas: rhetoric of science, women's rhetorics, science writing, and rhetoric of health, medicine, and disability. When she is not researching, writing, or teaching, she enjoys knitting, sewing, cooking, traveling, and hiking. She lives in Cary, North Carolina with her husband, daughter, and two cats.