Faculty/Staff Information

M.A. in Deaf Education, Idaho State University, Pocatello, ID.

B.A. in Liberal Studies, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ.
A.A. in General Studies, Community College of Spokane, Spokane, WA.

Kaison Asher is currently a full-time ASL studies faculty member at Western Oregon University. He received his Bachelor’s degree in Liberal Studies from ASU and Masters of Deaf Education degree from Idaho State University.

Over the years, Mr. Asher experienced various teaching positions in the Deaf Education field at different programs across the nation, including Washington School for the Deaf, Phoenix Day School for the Deaf, and Alabama School for the Deaf. He also taught ASL at Phoenix Community College and coordinated an ASL program for the local community in Arizona.  In addition to working with Deaf and Hard of Hearing students, he worked as a research lab manager at Georgia Institute of Technology, collaborating with Gallaudet’s Visual Language & Visual Learning (VL2) Organization.

On a personal note, he enjoys spending time with his family, hiking outdoors, learning new things, creating art, and cooking new recipes.

DHHE 643, DHHE 683, Portfolio, Supervised Field Work (student teaching)

ASL 101 - 303, 320, 305, 325

INT 460, INT 467