Research
Working at the intersections of computers and writing and disability studies, I believe that, at root, both areas of inquiry are concerned with access, with opening up possibilities, and it is this concept—accessibility-as-opening-up—that guides my research projects.
Sometimes semiosis hurts.
To get a sense of my scholarly interests and projects, I’ve provided a list of my recent publications and conference presentations below, including links where appropriate. To read (or watch) about my dissertation, please visit my dissertation page.
Publications
Journal articles, peer-reviewed
Autism and Rhetoric. With Paul Heilker. College English 73.5. May 2011.
Circle Wars: Reshaping the Typical Autism Essay. Disability Studies Quarterly 30.1. Winter 2010.
aut(hored)ism. Computers and Composition Online. Spring 2009. (Received Honorable Mention for the 2010 Kairos Best Webtext Award)
Expanding the Space of f2f: Writing Centers and Audio-Visual-Textual Conferencing. With Kathryn Wozniak and Peter Vandenberg. Kairos: A Journal of Rhetoric, Technology, and Pedagogy 13.1. Fall 2008. (Winner of the 2009 Kairos Best Webtext Award)
Book chapters
Mine, Yours, and Ours: Developing Collaborative Relationships in the Academic Sphere. With Lorelei Blackburn. Metamorphosis: The Effects of Professional Development on Graduate Students. Eds. Andrea Davis and Suzanne Webb. Collection under review with Fountainhead Press.
Reference book contributions
Assistant Editor (with Elizabeth Brewer and Nicholas Hetrick). Lead editor Brenda Brueggemann. SAGE Reference Series on Disability: Arts and Humanities. Expected publication: August 2011.
Selected presentations
Autism Rhetoric Is an Epidemic—Coming to a Campus Near You. Conference of the Rhetoric Society of America, Minneapolis, Minnesota. 30 May 2010.
Trajectories, Directions, Explorers, Homesteaders, and Indigenous Minds: Articulating New Configurations for Virtual Scholarship. Participant. Town Hall 2. Computers and Writing, West Lafayette, Indiana. 23 May 2010.
People Not Puzzles: Autism, Neurodiversity, and Digital Activism. Computers and Writing, West Lafayette, Indiana. 22 May 2010.
First-Class Autistics, Second-Class Citizens: Employment, Education, and Autistic Self-Advocacy. Multiple Perspectives on Inclusion, Access, and Disability Conference, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. 28 April 2010.
(Dis)abling the Rhetorical Triangle, or Composing for the Autistic Audience. Conference on College Composition and Communication, Louisville, Kentucky. 18 March 2010.
All in the Family: Experiences with the World of Work. Ohio Center for Autism and Low Incidence Disabilities Conference, Columbus, Ohio.18 November 2009.
FYI: Autistic Women and Autistic Writers Exist, and They Might Even Be Modified by Adjectives Such As ‘Successful’ Rather Than ‘Egocentric’ or ‘Mindblind.’ Feminism(s) and Rhetoric(s) Conference, East Lansing, Michigan. 9 October 2009.
