Korina M. Jocson is an assistant professor of education at Washington University in St. Louis. Her research and teaching interests include literacy, youth, and cultural studies in education. For over a decade, Jocson has collaborated with university programs, schools, and community-based organizations to promote literacy development among youth. She has published a number of journal articles and is the author of Youth Poets: Empowering Literacies In and Out of Schools (Peter Lang; 2008). Currently, she is completing a book tentatively titled Youth Media Matters: Literacy and Education in a Participatory Culture.