Korina M. Jocson
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.