Dr. Uchenna Vasser, assistant professor of Spanish in the Department of English and Foreign Languages at Winston- Salem State University, has been appointed interim director of the Office of International Programs (OIP), effective March 15.
Vasser assumes the role of Dr. Funwi Ayuninjam, who had served as director of OIP since February 2006.
Vasser has taught Spanish for more than 15 years in a several places, including the University of Minnesota at Morris. She also served as chair of the Department of World Languages at Dillard University in New Orleans. Vasser has been educated in Africa, Europe, and North America. She possesses an appreciation for global communities and the ability to speak several languages including Portuguese, Spanish, and Ibo.
She continues to travel extensively in Western Europe; Africa; and North, South, and Central America.
Vasser earned her bachelorof arts in psychology at Schiller International University in Madrid, Spain and her master of arts in Romance Languages at the Ohio State University, and her doctorate in Romance Langauges and Literature from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.