Arthur Jones is Professor Emeritus of Music, Culture, and Psychology at the University of Denver’s Lamont School of Music, where he has dedicated his career to preserving and revitalizing the sacred folk songs of the Spirituals, created by enslaved Africans in America. Since 1991, his work, which blends psychology, scholarship, and performance, has included lecture-concerts and workshops, leading to the founding of the award-winning Spirituals Project in 1998. The project became an official University of Denver program in 2016, and Jones authored the 2023 revised edition of Wade in the Water: The Wisdom of the Spirituals. Though retired from full-time teaching in 2020, he remains active in lecturing, singing with The Spirituals Project Choir, and advising the ongoing work of the Project.