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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Peace Studies
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Arts Based Curricula and Instruction
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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
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Courses created:
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​​Rhyme & Reason: ​African American poets in dialogue with notions of slavery, identity, and existence.
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Ed. D. Candidate: Educational Practice
Master of Fine Arts: Creative Writing
Bachelor of Arts: Anthropology
Writing
Book Reviews:​
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Black man in the Netherlands: An Afro-Antillean anthropology, by Francio Guadeloupe
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Recent articles:
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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.
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Vasser-Elong, Jason. (2022) Transitions. Canadian Journal for Netherlandic Studies. 42 (2). p. 123.
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Vasser-Elong, Jason. (2021) Perfect Water. Canadian Journal for Netherlandic Studies. 41(2), pp. 103-109.
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Vasser-Elong, Jason. (2016) Treading the Atlantic,
​​Canadian Journal for Netherlandic Studies. 37 (2), pp. 7-20.​​
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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)
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American Anthropological Association, 2023
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American Anthropological Association, 2021
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One City Stories: Gateway Writers, 2020
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COCAedu Summer Institute, 2019
