Stephanie Kerschbaum | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1977 (age 47–48) |
| Nationality | American |
| Title | Professor, Director of Program in Writing and Rhetoric |
| Academic background | |
| Education | University of Wisconsin–Madison (PhD, 2005) |
| Thesis | Beyond simple inclusion: Towards engagement with difference in a postsecondary writing classroom (2005) |
| Academic advisors | Deborah Brandt, David Fleming, Michael Bernand-Donals, Cecilia Ford, Martin Nystrand, Mary Louis Gomez |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Rhetoric and Composition |
| Institutions | University of Washington |
Stephanie L. Kerschbaum (born 1977) is an American academic in the fields of rhetoric,composition,and disability. She is a professor at the University of Washington,where she serves as the director of the Program in Writing and Rhetoric. She is the author of numerous articles,as well as the books Toward a New Rhetoric of Difference (2014) and Signs of Disability (2022),and co-editor of the book Negotiating Disability:Disclosure and Higher Education (2017). She is also editor for the National Council of Teachers of English's (NCTE) Studies in Writing and Rhetoric book series.
Kerschbaum received a Doctorate of Philosophy from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 2005. [1] [2]
Kerschbaum published her first book,Toward a New Rhetoric of Difference,in 2014. [3] [4] It received the Advancement of Knowledge Award from the Conference on College Composition and Communication. [1]
In 2017,she co-edited the book Negotiating Disability:Disclosure and Higher Education,which was published through the University of Michigan Press. [5] [6]
After receiving her doctorate,Kerschbaum worked at Texas A&M University and the University of Delaware, [1] where she held a position as an associate professor of English and a faculty scholar with the Center for the Study of Diversity. [2] In 2021,she took on a position as associate professor and director of the Expository Writing Program at the University of Washington. [1]
That year,the Coalition of Feminist Scholars in the History of Rhetoric and Composition honored Kerschbaum with the Lisa Ede Mentoring Award, [7] which recognizes individuals "with a career-record of mentorship [...];leadership in campus,professional,and/or local communities;and other activities that align with the overall mission and goals of the Coalition". [8] Along co-author Lauren Rosenberg,she won the Richard C. Ohmann Award from the NCTE for her article “Entanglements of Literacy Studies and Disability Studies." [9]
In 2022,the edited collection Centering Diverse Bodyminds in Critical Qualitative Inquiry,for which Kerschbaum wrote a chapter,received a Critics' Choice Award from the Educational Studies Association. [10] [11] The same year,she published the book Signs of Disability with New York University Press.
Kerschbaum was promoted to professor in 2023. [12]
She is also editor for the NCTE's Studies in Writing and Rhetoric book series. [12]
Kerschbaum is deaf. [1]