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Jasper Waugh-Quasebarth is Director and Curator of the Gordon Art Galleries at Old à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã University in Norfolk, Virginia. He earned a PhD and MA in Anthropology from the University of Kentucky and a BA in Anthropology and History from the University of Virginia. He has held research, teaching, and administrative positions in Anthropology and Folklore Studies through his work with the Smithsonian Institution’s Asian Cultural History Program, the University of Kentucky Department of Anthropology and Appalachian Center, and The Ohio State University Department of Comparative Studies and Center for Folklore Studies. His research interests involve the entanglement of everyday creative expression with global environmental processes and community-centered collaborative practices. His work has appeared in publications of the Smithsonian Institution, The American Anthropological Association, The American Folklore Society, The Appalachian Studies Association, the Journal of Folklore and Education, The University of Indiana Press, West Virginia University Press, and Cambridge University. His 2023 book Finding the Singing Spruce (West Virginia University Press) was a finalist for the Weatherford Book Award for Best Nonfiction book about Appalachia.