Submission declined on 3 May 2025 by Zzz plant (talk).
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Comment: Hi, thank you for submitting. I must decline at this time, because I'm not yet convinced the subject meets either general notability guideline or academic notability guideline. Per google scholar he has an h-index of 2 and a total of 38 citations. I believe that's short of WP:NPROF C1 even in a low-citation field. I'm also not convinced the awards and fellowships listed would qualify the subject for C2. I suspect overall that this is WP:TOOSOON, as the subject is an assistant professor whose first publication was in 2017. That's not to say assistant profs can't be notable, but it often takes decades to garner the body of work and accolades needed for notability guideline. As for general notability guideline, I found a lot of pieces written by him but not any significant coverage about him in reliable sources. If you can find any please feel free to add it to the draft so it can be re-assessed. Thank you, Zzz plant (talk) 01:27, 3 May 2025 (UTC)
Jarrel De Matas (born 1990) is a Trinidadian scholar, writer, and professor of literature in the Department of Bioethics and Health Humanities at the University of Texas Medical Branch. He is known for his interdisciplinary work at the intersection of Caribbean literature, science fiction, health humanities, and bioethics. His writing has appeared in national newspapers in Trinidad and Tobago, where he regularly contributes op-eds on democracy, equity, and cultural politics.
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