Korina Jocson is Assistant Professor of Education in Arts & Sciences. Her research and teaching interests include literacy, youth development, ethnic studies, and cultural studies in education. Concerned with issues of equity and globalization, her work examines the changing nature of literacies and new media technologies in relation to learning, teaching, and communication. Professor Jocson received her Ph.D. in Education in the area of language, literacy, and culture at the University of California, Berkeley, and completed her postdoctoral work at Stanford University School of Education with support from American Educational Research Association/Institute of Education Sciences.

Selected Publications

Jocson, K.M. (2008). Youth poets: Empowering literacies in and out of schools. New York: Peter Lang.

Jocson, K.M. (2008). Kuwento as multicultural pedagogy in high school Ethnic Studies. Pedagogies: An International Journal, 3(4), 241-253.

Jocson, K.M. (2008). Situating the personal in digital media production. In L. Vasudevan & M. Hill (Eds.), Media, learning, and sites of possibility (pp. 167-193). New York: Peter Lang.

Jocson, K.M., Burnside, S., & Collins, M. (2006). Pens on the prize: Linking school and community through contest-inspired literacy. Multicultural Education, 14(2), 28-33.

Jocson, K.M. (2006). “The best of both worlds”: Youth poetry as social critique and form of empowerment. In S. Ginwright, J. Cammarota, & P. Noguera (Eds.), Beyond resistance! Youth activism and community change: New democratic possibilities for practice and policy for America's youth (pp. 129-147). New York: Routledge.

Jocson, K.M. (2006). “Bob Dylan and Hip Hop”: Intersecting literacy practices in youth poetry communities. Written Communication, 23(3), 231-259.

Jocson, K.M. (2005). “Taking it to the mic”: Pedagogy of June Jordan’s Poetry for the People and partnership with an urban high school. English Education, 37(2), 44-60.