
Teaching & Writing
Assistant Teaching Professor
Research areas:
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Identity in a post-colonial context
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Student retention and persistence
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Arts Based Curricula and Instruction
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:
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Rhyme & Reason: African American poets in dialogue with slavery, identity, and existence.
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Allies, Spies and Secret Friends
Guest lecturer:
Anthropology: Ethnographic Field Methods – UMSL
Anthropology: Intro to Cultural Anthropology – UMSL
Anthropology: Biological Anthropology – UMSL
English Comp: Washington University in Saint Louis
Writing
Book Reviews:
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Black man in the Netherlands: An Afro-Antillean anthropology, by Francio Guadeloupe
Peer Reviewed Articles:
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Vasser-Elong, Jason. (2021) Perfect Water. Canadian Journal for Netherlandic Studies. 41(2), 103-109.
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Vasser-Elong, Jason. (2016) Treading the Atlantic,
Canadian Journal for Netherlandic Studies. 37 (2), 7-20.
Conferences: (Presenter)
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American Anthropological Association
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One City Stories: Gateway Writers
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COCAedu Summer Institute
Ed. D. Candidate: Educational Practice
Master of Fine Arts: Creative Writing
Bachelor of Arts: Anthropology

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