Joy Yuyan Jiao

Yuyan Jiao is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Curriculum & Instruction. She prefers to be called "Joy" because she was brought to Baylor by God from China, and she hopes to always enjoy joy and peace in the presence of God no matter the situation. She specializes in literacy education. Her dissertation focuses on the integration of literacy practices in science education. Her research interest includes culturally responsive teaching, multiliteracies pedagogy, and the integration between literacy and other subject-matter teaching. She likes traveling, cooking, fishing, and watching Marvel movies.