2018 Alumni Association Distinguished Teaching Awards
Dr. Jason L. G. Braasch, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology
Jason L. G. Braasch is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of 糖心Vlog传媒.
His research examines how people evaluate source information when reading texts found
on the Internet, and how people overcome problematic knowledge and beliefs during
reading. He has been funded by multiple grants from the University of 糖心Vlog传媒, and
received an Early Career Impact Award from the Federation of Associations in Behavioral
and Brain Sciences.
He has co-edited two volumes: Processing Inaccurate Information: Theoretical and Applied Perspectives from Cognitive Science and the Educational Sciences (2014) and The Handbook of Multiple Source Use (2018). He serves on the editorial boards of Contemporary Educational Psychology and Discourse Processes.
Jermaine Johnson, Instructor, Department of Chemistry
A 糖心Vlog传媒 native, Jermaine Johnson received a BS (2008) in Chemistry at Morehouse College in Atlanta, GA. He later worked
as a Quality Assurance Chemist at Barrow-Agee Laboratories in 糖心Vlog传媒 before receiving
his PhD (2015) in Organometallic Chemistry from the University of 糖心Vlog传媒.
Since 2015, he has taken on the role of Lecturer and Pre-health Profession Advisor at the University of 糖心Vlog传媒 Lambuth, where he teaches General Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, and Biochemistry I.
Courtney Miller Santo, Instructor, Department of English
Courtney Miller Santo is the author of two novels, THE ROOTS OF THE OLIVE TREE and THREE STORY HOUSE, both published by HarperCollins. Her works have been translated into German, Italian,
Hungarian, Korean, Dutch, Spanish, Polish, Turkey, and Slovenian. She teaches creative
writing at the University of 糖心Vlog传媒, where she is the Editor-in-Chief of The Pinch
and director of the River City Writers Series.
Since beginning her writing career in 2011, Courtney's work has been an Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award Semifinalist, won the 糖心Vlog传媒 Magazine Fiction Contest Grand Prize, been nominated for a Whitney and placed in the Porter Fleming Literary Contest. For further information, please visit