Born in Oklahoma, raised in Saudi Arabia, Jocelyn Knight has lived in multiple places in her life. She received her MFA in 2004 but credits both her artist mother and her travels overseas more so for her skills as an artist. Jocelyn has taught art for over a decade at Arkansas Tech University, the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith and currently teaches for Crowder. She teaches art history and notes that she has seen first hand nearly every artwork used as teaching material in those courses. The artist also teaches studio courses. Jocelyn currently lives and works in a berm house in the Ozarks.