Jonathan Wu

Jonathan Wu (he/him) is a Future of Higher Education Postdoctoral Fellow with Berkeley Discovery. He holds a PhD in Ethnomusicology and his research examines twentieth- and twenty-first-century popular music, traditional performance, and media, focusing on cultural exchange and transnational circulation between China and Kenya. At Berkeley, he supported graduate students through his work at the Graduate Writing Center and with the Berkeley Arts and Ethnography Working Group, facilitating spaces for students to share writing and feedback. Prior to his graduate studies, he held roles in corporate partnerships and educational programs for an international non-profit focused on youth initiatives across Canada and the US. His academic and professional experiences have shaped his interest in supporting students as they develop their own paths of inquiry through collaboration and community.