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JASMIN J. VANN

Business Address: Alvin High School 802 S. Johnson Alvin, Texas 77511 (281)245-3000 Email: [email protected]

Education UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON; Houston, Texas 77004  Master of Arts in English & American Literature, May 2007  Specialization in selected dramas by women of color

DILLARD UNIVERSITY; New Orleans, Louisiana 70122  Bachelor of Arts in English, May 2003

Teaching Experience ALVIN HIGH SCHOOL  Responsible for facilitating the Texas State Curriculum o Junior Varsity Cheer Coach 2010-2011 o Varsity Cheer Coach 2011-current o Freshmen Lead Teacher 2010-2011 o Campus Concern Committee English Department Representative 2010- 2011 o Senior Curriculum Committee 2009-2010 o ABYDOS Summer Institute Summer 2008

ALVIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE  Introductory English Composition Instructor August 2008-May 2009  Courses taught o English 1301- Composition I o English 1302- Composition II

HOUSTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE  Introductory English Composition Instructor August 2007-May 2010, current  Courses taught o English 1301- Composition I o English 1302- Composition II o Developmental English UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON  Introductory English Composition Instructor August 2005-May 2006  Courses taught o English 1303-Composition I o English 1304-Composition II

Research Interests  African American Women Playwrights  West Indian Writers  The Construction of Beauty  Gender Roles

Publications Biobibliographical essay “ Grace Edwards-Yearwood”. Greenwood Encyclopedia of African American Women Writers. Ed. Yolanda W. Page. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2007.

Works in Progress/Under Review Essay “James Baldwin”. Icons of African American Literature. Ed. Yolanda W. Page. Westport, CT: ABC-Clio, 2011.

Awards/Recognition/Honors  2001 UNCF/Andrew W. Mellon Fellow  2005-2006 National Chancellor’s List  2005-2006 Co-President of The Graduate English Society  2006-2007 President of The Houston Suitcase Theater

Presentations  College Language Association 66th Annual Convention; Birmingham, Alabama April 2006 Presented a Paper titled: The Construction of Beauty in Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun  College Language Association 67th Annual Convention; Miami, Florida April 2007 Presented a Paper Titled: Spirituality and (Mis) Conceptions of Beauty in Alice Childress’s Wine in the Wilderness

Professional Memberships  College Language Association (CLA)

Curriculum Vitae Jasmin J. Vann 2 Community Service and Civic Organizations  Member, Dillard University Houston Alumni Chapter  Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated o Beta Gamma Chapter . 2002-2003 Chapter President . 2001-2002 Parliamentarian

References Yolanda Williams Page, Ph.D. Title III/Gateway Communities Coordinator University of Arkansas at Little Rock 2801 S. University Ave. Little Rock, AR 72204 (501)683-7481

Donna Pauley, M.A. Chair of English Department, Alvin High School 802 South Johnson St. Alvin, Texas 77511 281.245.3000

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