About Me

Dowen Jocson is a Pesticide Safety Educator at Washington State University's Pesticide Resources and Education Program. She received her PhD in Entomology from Washington State University. Her dissertation focused on the use of substrate-borne vibrations as a mating disruption tool for a major pear pest, the pear psylla, under the guidance of Dr. David Crowder and Dr. Betsy Beers.

She has successfully recorded the male songs produced by the pear psylla, which has not been previously recorded. Songs of C. pyricola sound similar to songs of their close relative C. pyri; both pests of pear.

Dowen received her Master of Science in Biology from Saint Louis University advised by Dr. Kasey Fowler-Finn. Her thesis investigated the temperature effects on mating behaviors of Enchenopa binotata treehoppers. She also received her Bachelor of Science in Biology: Plant Science track from Saint Louis University where she did her undergraduate research on the reproductive success of two color morphs of Viola pedata following controlled burns under the supervision of Dr. Peter Bernhardt.