William James "Jim" Kennedy is a British geologist. Jim Kennedy studied at the University of London. Kennedy was a Fellow of Wolfson College, Oxford and Professor of Earth Sciences at the University of Oxford. He was curator of the Geological Collections at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History. He was the Acting President of Wolfson College during 1993–94 between more permanent presidents at the college. Kennedy is an Emeritus Fellow at Kellogg College, Oxford.