Professor
Cindy
CINDY WEINSTEIN
Professor & Activist
I'm Cindy, an English professor turned brain health activist based in California. My work connects the power of literature with the science of memory.
Education and empathy guide my approach to understanding the challenges of cognitive decline. What if the stories we share could redefine how we care for the aging mind?
cindyw.phd@gmail.com
Spotlight: Finding the Right Words
memoir magazine’s grand prize winner
**To purchase a translation in Chinese, please email Ms. Wan Kaili
wankaili@ecnupress.com.cn
*Audiobook available on all streaming platforms
“This graceful literary/scientific tag-team work by Cindy and Bruce provides an in-depth look into the valuable role of memory in our lives and the evolving science behind one of the most important systems of the human experience. Enriching!”
―Susan Schneider Williams, Board Vice Chair, American Brain Foundation
About Cindy
Cindy Weinstein has taught English at Caltech since 1989 and specializes in nineteenth-century American literature, particularly the works of Herman Melville and Edgar Allan Poe. She is an Atlantic Fellow for Equity in Brain Health, where she advocates for better dementia care and the importance of kindness in caregiving. Additionally, Cindy has held leadership roles at Caltech, including Vice Provost and Chief Diversity Officer. She is currently the Eli and Edythe Broad Professor of English.
Latest Project
Not to be Reproduced: Magritte’s Reproduction of Pym
Poe Studies: History, Theory, Interpretation
Current Work in Progress
Always Nevermore: The Unending Death of Edgar Allan Poe
Johns Hopkins University Press
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