Dr. Korina Jocson

Biography

Korina Jocson is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Education at York University. Her scholarly interests encompass youth literacies, cultural studies, digital media learning ecologies, race and ethnic studies in education, critical pedagogies, and arts-based qualitative methodologies. Jocson's research includes youth poetry and cultural production, civic engagement through digital media, and addressing educational social inequities. Her recent studies focus on multimedia information technologies, pedagogy, technocultures, and artificial intelligence in education. She has authored books such as the award-winning 'Youth Media Matters: Participatory Cultures in Literacies Education' and 'Youth Poets: Literacies in Schools', and she is the editor of 'Cultural Transformations: Youth Pedagogies of Possibility'. Her articles and essays have appeared in reputable scholarly journals, where she seeks to innovate knowledge-making through creative writing and experimental media. Furthermore, Jocson holds a PhD in Education from the University of California, Berkeley, and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Stanford University. She is a recipient of the Fulbright Canada Research Chair in Human Rights and Social Justice at the University of Ottawa, and she remains actively involved in community-engaged projects that collaborate with equity-minded organizations.

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