Jocelyn Chu, MPH, ScD

Jocelyn Chu (She/Her) is the Director of Community Engaged Learning and an Instructor in the Office of Education at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. The focus of her work is on field based education and community engaged learning. Jocelyn leads the Community Engaged Learning Fellowships program which centers on the practice of critical reflection and transformative learning. She is an instructor for SBS 501 and 551 Community Based Participatory Research.

Jocelyn is excited to embark on Partnerships for Community Mental Health and Well-being, a project with Maggie Sullivan at the FXB Center for Health and Human Rights, that aims to examine the mental health care landscape in Massachusetts and learn from immigrant-led, culturally rooted, community-based approaches to mental health and holistic well-being.

Jocelyn’s journey in public health started at a community health center in Boston’s Chinatown, developing programs and working alongside community health educators. 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 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.