Joycelyn Wilson

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Joycelyn Wilson is an assistant professor of hip hop studies and digital humanities in the Black Media Studies cohort, located in the school of literature, media, and communication in the Ivan Allen College at the Georgia Institute of Technology. [1] As an educational anthropologist, Wilson is an expert in African-American music and performance - with particular interests in contemporary modes of cultural production in the American South and Hip Hop in general, as well as their broad impact on higher education. She is also the founder and CEO of the HipHop2020 Archive and Innovation Lab, an educational resources design studio inspired by the Hip Hop Archive. [2]

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Early life

Born in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, Wilson grew up in Southwest Atlanta "SWATS" neighborhood. She graduated from Benjamin E. Mays High School before enrolling in University of Georgia where she completed her BS in Mathematics and PhD in Educational Anthropology. [3] She also has a Master's from Pepperdine University.[ citation needed ]

Career

Wilson has written for several market-leading publications, including FADER, XXL, The Source, Rap Pages, and wax poetics - often introducing budding artists to a wider audience. [4] Currently, she is a music and culture columnist for The Bitter Southerner, where she writes about the history of Atlanta culture, Down South Hip Hop, Trap, race, and technology. [5] Wilson’s expertise expands well into topics such as pop culture, social justice content production, and justice-oriented humanities instruction in STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics). She is an Emmy-nominated documentary film producer by the Southeast division of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS). She is known for pioneering scholarship that focuses on the impact and legacy of Atlanta rap duo Outkast and Down South Hip Hip Studies as an area of study. [6] Wilson has been recognized for her use of Hip Hop as a technology of representation in her Georgia Tech computational media and humanities classes.[ citation needed ]

Public engagement

Wilson has consulted with educational leaders, politicians, community organizations, and corporations. [7] Wilson speaks on pop culture, Atlanta Hip Hop, schooling in American society, and the cultural histories of civil rights and social justice in the South. She also can comment on Hip Hop’s intersection with pedagogy, politics, and culture and discuss issues of social justice, educational anthropology, and technology. She is also available to speak broadly about the digital humanities and computational media, including interactive narrative, digital archiving, and experimental digital media.[ citation needed ]

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  1. "Joycelyn Wilson".
  2. "News Center Features | Georgia Institute of Technology".
  3. "Campus Spotlight: Dr. Joycelyn Wilson". 24 February 2017.
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  5. "Horses in the Back". 13 June 2019.
  6. "Georgia Tech Has a Course Dedicated to Trap Music - XXL". 24 January 2017.
  7. "Dr. Joyce's innovative social justice course at Georgia Tech highlights OutKast". 11 January 2017.

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