{"667319":{"#nid":"667319","#data":{"type":"profile","title":"Joycelyn Wilson, hip-hop and culture expert","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAs assistant professor of hip-hop studies and digital media, Joycelyn Wilson\u2019s courses highlight how hip-hop is rooted in innovation and pedagogics and can be used to inspire design thinking, engineering education, and digital and computational media. She is an educational anthropologist, and her scholarly work focuses on the impact of hip-hop. Wilson received her B.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Georgia, and a master\u0027s from Pepperdine University. She can comment on pop culture stories, Atlanta hip-hop, and hip-hop\u2019s intersections with politics and culture. Joycelyn sees the field of hip-hop studies moving toward a more intentional integration with science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Driven by her roots coming from a family of educators, she believes that culture, hip-hop, and the arts have a way of exposing a person to their gifts and that exposure is the true essence of education. She is also focused on the impact and importance of the upcoming 50th anniversary of hip-hop, and, when asked how Atlanta has influenced the culture of hip-hop, she replied, \u201cAtlanta influences everything.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"35798","created_gmt":"2023-04-13 17:54:21","changed_gmt":"2023-09-07 18:39:18","author":"Ayana Isles","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/iac.gatech.edu\/people\/person\/joycelyn-wilson","title":"Faculty Profile"},{"url":"https:\/\/iac.gatech.edu\/people\/experts\/joycelyn-wilson","title":"Research Page"}],"groups":[{"id":"658168","name":"Experts"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":["Faculty"],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[{"nid":"618453","title":"An Age of Empowerment: Meet Joycelyn Wilson"},{"nid":"647970","title":"Georgia Tech Hip Hop Scholar Featured in Google Arts \u0026 Culture\u2019s Atlanta Page"},{"nid":"668828","title":"Hip-Hop Influences Everything"},{"nid":"655502","title":"Black History Month: Doing the Work"},{"nid":"667320","title":"Meet the Creative Class Making Atlanta the New Epicenter of American Arts"},{"nid":"667321","title":"Georgia Tech hip-hop professor reflects on legacy of late Migos rapper Takeoff"},{"nid":"667324","title":"As Escalating Violence Hits Atlanta\u2019s Music Industry, a Shaken Hip-Hop Community Seeks Solution"},{"nid":"667326","title":"Takeoff\u2019s death another blow for Atlanta\u2019s hip-hop scene"},{"nid":"669460","title":"Hip-Hop at 50: Georgia Tech Professor Leads Class About the Genre\u2019s Transformative Influence on Culture"}],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}