Joslynn is an Assistant Professor of Biochemistry at Fort Lewis College (FLC). Her research interests include microbiome research, enzyme catalysis and bioinformatics education.
Joslynn is of the Diné (Navajo), K’awaika (Laguna Pueblo) and Haak’u (Acoma Pueblo) people. She earned a BS in Biochemistry and Cellular/Molecular Biology from Fort Lewis College, a PhD in Chemistry from Northeastern University and conducted a postdoctoral fellowship at University of Minnesota-Medical School, Duluth campus. Joslynn’s interest in science research started through the MARC program at FLC which led her to pursue a career in science. Prior to her current appointment at FLC, she was a Data Science Educator at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory’s DNA Learning Center and Science Education Fellow at Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Her teaching experience in the areas of computational chemistry/biology and data science skills has encouraged her to train bench scientists to better analyze their data. Joslynn cares about training more American Indian/Alaska Native students and their communities in genomics in a culturally appropriate way. She is active in the ACS, AISES and SACNAS communities.
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