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Jason Vasser-Elong, M.F.A

Teaching, Writing, & Research

Fellowships & Awards

Focus on Teaching and Technology (I.D.E.A.) Award in Innovation, 2023.
The University of Missouri South African Educational Program Fellowship, 2023
Artist Support Grant: Regional Arts Commission, 2023.

Credentials

Ed. D. Candidate: Educational Practice
Master of Fine Arts: Creative Writing

Bachelor of Arts: Anthropology

Assistant Teaching Professor

Research areas:

The Global Epistemology & Poetics of Black Experiences
How Learning Environments Impact Student Success

Courses taught:

English Composition

Advanced Composition

Introduction to Literature

Modern English Grammar

African American Literature

American Literature I and II

Special Topics in Gender Studies: African American History

Harris Stowe State University Bridge Program: Writing Instructor

UMSL-St. Louis Bridge Program: Intensive Writing Instructor

Courses created:

Rhyme & Reason: African American poets in dialogue with notions of slavery, identity, and existence.
Allies, Spies and Secret Friends

Dept of Anthropology UMSL

The University of Missouri-St. Louis

Harris-Stowe State University

Washington University in St. Louis

Webster University

Writing
Book Reviews:

Black man in the Netherlands: An Afro-Antillean anthropology, by Francio Guadeloupe
Black in the Middle, Ed. Terrion L. Williamson

Recent articles:

Rogers, R., Calle-Díaz, L., & Vasser-Elong, J. (2023). Family literacies as peacemaking: Representations in Children’s literature. Journal of Early Childhood Literacy, 0(0). pp. 1-26.
Vasser-Elong, Jason. (2022) Transitions. Canadian Journal for Netherlandic Studies. 42 (2). p. 123.
Vasser-Elong, Jason. (2021) Perfect Water. Canadian Journal for Netherlandic Studies. 41(2), pp. 103-109.

Vasser-Elong, Jason. (2016) Treading the Atlantic,

Canadian Journal for Netherlandic Studies. 37 (2), pp. 7-20.

Canadian Journal of Netherlandic Studies

Guest lecturer:

Anthropology: Ethnographic Field Methods – UMSL

Anthropology: Intro to Cultural Anthropology – UMSL

Anthropology: Biological Anthropology – UMSL

English Comp: Washington University in Saint Louis

Conferences: (Presenter)

American Anthropological Association, 2023
American Anthropological Association, 2021
One City Stories: Gateway Writers, 2020
COCAedu Summer Institute, 2019

Bamileke Traditions and Globalization

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Bamileke Traditions and Globalization
Jean Clovis Ouabo
Jason Vasser-Elong (editor)

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