Jolynn Asato, PhD

Lecturer, Teacher Education

As a native speaker of Hawaiian Creole English, Jolynn is fascinated by the intersections of language, identity, and culture in the teaching and development of literacy across the content areas.

Education

• Ph.D., Urban Schooling, UCLA
• M.A., Education, Claremont Graduate University
• B.A., Asian Studies, Pomona College

Recent Publications

• Middaugh, E., & Asato, J. A. (2020). Building Civic Literacy in the English Language Arts through Geospatial Play. In Studying Gaming Literacies (pp. 67-84). Brill Sense.

• Seiki, S, & Asato, J. (2020) Online digital science resources: A survival toolkit for teaching through the pandemic. Connected Science Learning 2(2), retrieved from https://www.nsta.org/connected-science-learning/connected-science-learning-april-june-2020/online-digital-science

• Swanson, P., Rabin, C., Smith, G., Briceño, A., Ervin-Kassab, L., Sexton, D., & Asato, J. (2019). Trust your team: Our journey to embed social and emotional learning in a teacher education program focused on social justice. Teacher Education Quarterly, 46(4), 67-91.

Areas of Research Interest

• Anti-racist pedagogy
• Content area literacy
• Identity
• Language
• Literacy

Recommended Reading

• Good Talk by Mira Jacob
• Pet by Awkwaeke Emezi
• Stamped: Racism, Anti-racism, and You by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi

Personality Playlist

Listen to Jolynn's playlist below and access all of the personality playlists on our Lurie College of Education Spotify account