Joslynn is of the Diné (Navajo), K’awaika (Laguna Pueblo) and Haak’u (Acoma Pueblo) people. Enrolled Pueblo of Laguna.
From her intertribal upbringing, Joslynn applies her Indigenous values and perspectives to chemistry, genomics and academia. She is currently an Assistant Professor of chemistry at Fort Lewis College (FLC) in Durango, CO. FLC is primarily an undergraduate institution and Native American Serving NonTribal Institution. She received her BS in Biochemistry from Fort Lewis College and her PhD in Chemistry from Northeastern University. She has worked to increase opportunities for historically excluded and underrepresented minorities in STEM by developing culturally relevant curriculum in microbiome research and chemistry. Her research group studies acidophilic bacteria in acid mine drainage interfacing genomics, biochemistry and analytical chemistry techniques. Joslynn was selected as a 2023 Kavli Frontiers in Science Fellow and 2023 Outstanding College Mentor of the year from Society Advancing Chicanos and Native American in Science (SACNAS).
