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Faculty/Staff Information

Kai Asher

He/him

, Deaf Studies & Professional Studies

88322 | asherk@wou.edu
RWEC 150

Why I chose WOU

At WOU since

09/16/2014

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Classes Taught

Course Title Location Days Times
ASL 303 AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE IX ONLINE CRS ---W--- 1000-1150
ASL 315 AMERICAN DEAF CULTURE ONLINE CRS ------- -
ASL 103 AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE III ONLINE CRS ----R-- 1400-1550
ASL 353 LINGUISTICS OF ASL ONLINE CRS ------- -

Education

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.

Professional experience

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.

Grad courses taught

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

Undergrad courses taught

ASL 101 - 303, 320, 305, 325

INT 460, INT 467




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