[Studentfolk] Farewell!

Fri Aug 23 16:42:54 EDT 2024

Jasper,

I echo so much of what Mintzi and Zahra have expressed. You have been such an amazing support during my short time here. Thank you for taking the time to make me feel at home here at OSU—it has meant a lot to me. While I am saddened that we won't be able to collaborate in all the ways we had planned, I am excited for your next adventure and look forward to continuing our collaboration in the future.

All the best,

Jordan

[The Ohio State University]

Jordan Lynton Cox, PhD
Associate Director of Research
Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity
The Ohio State University
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Date: Friday, August 23, 2024 at 1:28 PM
To: Abedi, Zahra <abedi.9 at buckeyemail.osu.edu>, Borland, Katherine <borland.19 at osu.edu>, Noyes, Dorothy <noyes.10 at osu.edu>, Bender, Mark <bender.4 at osu.edu>, Waugh-Quasebarth, Jasper <waugh-quasebarth.1 at osu.edu>, Webber, Sabra via Folkserv <folkserv at lists.osu.edu>, studentfolk at lists.osu.edu <studentfolk at lists.osu.edu>, Johnston, Sarah <johnston.2 at osu.edu>, Kaplan, Merrill <kaplan.103 at osu.edu>
Subject: Re: [Folkserv] Farewell!
Dear Jasper,

Congratulations on your new position and on the new upcoming adventures! May the move (if it’s still in process!) be painless and easy! You will be greatly missed, but I hope that our paths will cross again.
In solidarity,
Mintzi

--
Mintzi Auanda Martínez-Rivera, PhD
Ella/She/Her/Hers
Assistant Professor of English (Folklore) and Latinx Studies
The Ohio State University

Department of English
506 Denney Hall
164 Annie & John Glenn Ave
Columbus, OH 43210

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Date: Friday, August 23, 2024 at 11:45 AM
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Subject: Re: [Folkserv] Farewell!
Congratulations Jasper and wishing you the best. Thank you for all the wonderful things you brought to the Ohio folklore.

Warmest regards,
Zahra

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Zahra Abedinezhad (she, her, hers)
Doctoral Candidate in Comparative Studies & Folklore
Grad Fellow
Columbus, OH, 43210

abedi.9 at osu.edu<mailto:abedi.9 at osu.edu>

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Subject: Re: [Studentfolk] Farewell!

Jasper, you’ve been such a gift to us! Sending every good wish along with you.

Best,

Merrill

[The Ohio State University]
Merrill Kaplan
Associate Professor of Folklore and Scandinavian Studies
Director, Scandinavian Program
College of Arts & Sciences Departments of English and Germanic Languages and Literatures
421 Denney Hall, 164 Annie & John Glenn Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210
(614) 292-6065 Office
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Subject: Re: [Folkserv] Farewell!

You know that you are already sorely missed.  Best of luck with the new gig!

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Subject: Re: [Folkserv] Farewell!

Jasper has done great things—we wish you all very best – and thrilled to have Merrill’s vision going forward!

Dorry

Dorothy Noyes

Director, Mershon Center

Arts & Sciences Distinguished Professor of English

Professor of Comparative Studies

The Mershon Center for International Security Studies

1010 Derby Hall, 154 N. Oval Mall

The Ohio State University

Columbus, OH 43210

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Subject: Re: [Folkserv] Farewell!

Happy trails Jasper!  looking forward to hearing of your new accomplishments!

Best,  Mark

Mark Bender
Professor of Chinese Literature and Folklore
Chair, Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures
The Ohio State University
1775 College Road S, Hagerty Hall 398
Columbus, OH 43210

USA

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614-688-5737

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Subject: Re: [Folkserv] Farewell!

Congratulations, Jasper!  That’s wonderful news.

And I am delighted that Merrill is taking the helm, now.

Sarah

Sarah Iles Johnston

College of Arts & Sciences Distinguished Professor of Religion

Professor of Classics

Professor of History by Courtesy

The Ohio State University

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Subject: [Folkserv] Farewell!

Dear OSU Folklore Community,

I write to announce my imminent departure from OSU to take the position of Director and Curator of the Gordon Art Galleries at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia.

I was lucky enough to join the CFS in 2019 as a Postdoc to coordinate moving the Ohio Field Schools program to a new research site in Perry County and run the Sharing Visions initiative linking our partners in Scioto County and Perry County. This period of teaching ethnography, organizing with community leaders, and exploring the rich cultural history of Southeast Ohio has been rich and generative, and for that, I’m appreciative of the various communities that made that possible.

For the past two years, I’ve been entrusted with organizing and rehousing the CFS Folklore Archives in their new space in Hagerty Hall. I hope that these materials produced by the OSU folklore community will continue to serve as testament to the vibrant expressive culture of Ohio, the thoughtful practices of folklorists, and the power of locating expertise within oneself for OSU students.

It was an honor to serve as the CFS Director. I’m happy to pass things off to Dr. Merrill Kaplan who will continue the rich tradition of critical scholarship, community-building, and public outreach that Folklore is known for at OSU and beyond.

Thank you for providing a community that enables collaboration and sustainability, challenges authority and structures of inequality, and reaches out to find genuine interest and empathy with those whom we share our time with. Please stay in touch, and we’ll see each other down the road!

With best wishes,

Jasper

Jasper Waugh-Quasebarth, PhD
Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Comparative Studies
Director and Archivist, Center for Folklore Studies

The Ohio State University
College of Arts and Sciences
468 Hagerty Hall
1775 College Rd S, Columbus, OH 43210
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