Student Information
Graduate Student
Biology (Biology and Society)
The College of Lib Arts & Sci
Graduate Student
Biology (Biology and Society)
The College of Lib Arts & Sci
Long Bio
Jocelyn belongs to the Binnizá people of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Oaxaca, and is a speaker of the Diidxazá language. Her academic background is rooted in Genomic Sciences and Philosophy of Science at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). She has worked on linguistic human rights, access to health, analysis of epistemic injuctices and gender bias in medical practice, as well as the historic analysis of population genetics in Mexico. Jocelyn joined the Tsosie Lab in Fall 2024 as a Biology and Society PhD student under the mentorship of Dr. Krystal Tsosie and Dr. Breckett Sterner. She is interested in research on the governance of Indigenous Peoples’ genomic data, the laws and international treaties on Indigenous Peoples’ rights, and how these policies intersect with scientific practice.
Education
Philosophy of Science, UNAM
Genomic Sciences, BSc, UNAM
