STEPHEN

JAMAL LEEPER
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2166 E. 27 St. #14, Oakland, CA 94606 Stephenj.leeper@gmail.com

EDUCATION
California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
M.F.A. Creative Writing
Thesis: "Nigrescence: Becoming Black
Student Graduate Commencement Ceremony Speaker
University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC
B.A. Psychology
Research Experiment: Halo Effect and Race

2015

2009

AWARDS
2013 All College Honors Award - Honorable Mention
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1 Place in Research Methods in Psychology experiment competition
Scholars Recognition Program Honoree for High Academic achievement
Deans List, University of North Carolina at Greensboro

September 2013 May 2014

January 2009 May 2009
September 2008 May 2009
September 2008 May 2009

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Researcher Assistant
Experiment coordination, coding, and data entry
Research Assistant
Ran conditions, organized participant materials, and data entry

2009

Researcher
Conducted experiment on the Halo Effect and race

2009

CAMPUS ACTIVITIES & COMMUNITY SERVICE

California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
Student Graduate Commencement Speaker

University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC
Panelist at Conference of African American Cultural Experience Conference
Presented paper entitled Let Freedom Ring
University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC
Student Organizer for Ignite Greensboro [Gottwo?] Project
Canvassing, advertising, recruiting, conducting trainings, public speaking, interfacing with city
officials, mobilizing participants, fiscal monitoring, and obtaining merchandising licenses.
University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC
Volunteer in African American Male Initiative: the Rites of Passage program
Cleaned residential shelter for homeless veteran men at the Servant Center Inc. Student
informational outreach for Free HIV testing during National Black AIDS/HIV awareness day.
Organizing for America, Greensboro, NC
GOTV Staff
Data entry, canvassing to inform voters of early voting poll locations, sporadic calling to garner
volunteers for Election Day and encourage voters to vote early, and transport voters to the polls on
Election Day.

2009

2015

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PUBLICATIONS AND PAPERS.

Nigrescence: Becoming Black
Archived in California College of the Arts Library

2015

"On Guard. In Salaam, Love: American Muslim Men on Love, Sex, and Intimacy.
Published in Beacon Press

2014

Where You From in Africa?

Published in Monday Night Lit Ed. 12

2013

MEMBERSHIPS
National Honors Society
Psi Chi Honors Society
Association of Writers and Writers Programs
Bay Area Muslim Writers Collective
African American Studies (AFS) Club