Joycelyn Wilson earned a BS in Mathematics and PhD in Educational Anthropology from the University of Georgia. Her MA, from Pepperdine University’s graduate school of education and psychology, is in Curriculum and Instruction. She has held faculty positions at Morehouse College and Virginia Tech, and is a former Hiphop Archive Fellow at the WEB DuBois Institute at Harvard University. Following a visiting professorship in 2017, she joined the LMC school in Georgia Tech’s Ivan Allen College as an assistant professor in Black Media Studies to teach and continue research in hip hop studies and digital media.

Dr. Wilson - an interdisciplinary scholar, integrative curriculum and instruction designer, educational researcher, and essayist - examines hip hop as a cultural phenomenon, its preservation in the American South, hip hop-inspired design, and the capabilities of pairing music and remix with education involving computing, engineering, technology, and media arts. This research appears in both scholarly and popular publications, including the Handbook of Remix Studies and Digital Humanities, the Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education, The Root, and The Bitter Southerner.

As a subject matter expert, she has contributed to MSNBC, NPR, The New York Times, and Hip Hop Evolution, a Netflix original docuseries on the history of hip hop. She provides voiceover and insight to The South Got Something to Say, produced by the Atlanta Journal Constitution, and commentary to Blowin Money Fast, the STARZ network docuseries about the Black Mafia Family who became part of Atlanta’s hip hop scene as one of the largest American cocaine empires. She is also featured in the 2023 Atlanta United FC’s collaboration with Atlanta Influences Everything production ‘Inside the 404’, where she touches on the influence of 90s Hip Hop in Atlanta.

She has spoken at universities and colleges including Yale University, Occidental College, and Emory University's Center for Digital Scholarship. Beyond pop culture, Atlanta hip-hop and hip-hop’s intersection with politics and culture, Dr. Wilson can discuss the cultural histories of civil rights and social justice in the South, Black maker, media, and technology. She is available to broadly discuss topics related to digital archiving and preservation, VR, interactive narrative, and experimental digital art.

Her current book project is scheduled for release Fall 2025 with the University of Georgia Press. Outside of work, she enjoys time with family and friends, listening to music, traveling, and talking about style, art, culture, and fashion.