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Jocelyn Chu

Director, Community Engaged Learning
Associate Director, DrPH Program

Jocelyn Chu (She/Her) is the Director of Community Engaged Learning and an Instructor in the Office of Education. Jocelyn leads the Community Engaged Learning Fellowships program which centers on the practice of critical reflection and transformative learning through field based experiences. She is also the Associate Director of the DrPH Program where she develops partnerships with host organizations and designs field based opportunities to engage students in team processes and leadership development. She is an instructor for SBS 501 and 551 Community Based Participatory Research, and is involved in several of the DrPH courses.

Jocelyn’s journey in public health started at a community health center in Boston’s Chinatown, developing programs and working alongside health educators to promote health and well being among immigrants in the community. After spending most of her public health career in research and consulting, Jocelyn is delighted to engage in teaching and equipping the next generation of public health practitioners, scholars and leaders.

Jocelyn spent her formative years in Sydney, Australia, and came to the US to pursue graduate studies in public health. Jocelyn received her MPH from Boston University School of Public Health and ScD in Health and Social Behavior at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. She is the proud mom of three teens and enjoys hanging out with her family and taking hikes with their rambunctious pup.