College of Humanities People
Melanie Yergeau, PhD Candidate
Department of English: http://english.osu.edu/
Office Information
547 Denney Hall, 164 West 17th Avenue, Columbus, OH, 43210
Email: yergeau.1@osu.edu
Phone: 614-292-1828
Office Hours:
Winter 2010: T 12:30-2:30, W 1:00-2:00
Personal URL(s):
and: http://kuiama.net
547 Denney Hall, 164 West 17th Avenue, Columbus, OH, 43210
Email: yergeau.1@osu.edu
Phone: 614-292-1828
Office Hours:
Winter 2010: T 12:30-2:30, W 1:00-2:00
Personal URL(s):
and: http://kuiama.net
Education:
M.A. Writing, DePaul University; B.A. Writing, Geneva College; A.A. Liberal Arts, New Hampshire Technical Institute
General Background:
Melanie Yergeau is a Ph.D. candidate in Rhetoric, Composition, and Literacy at The Ohio State University, where she also teaches courses in writing, digital media, and disability studies. A recipient of the 2009 Kairos Best Webtext Award and the 2008 Kairos/Bedford St. Martin's Graduate Student Award for Service, she researches how disability studies and digital technologies complicate our understandings of writing and communication. She has published in Kairos: A Journal of Rhetoric, Technology, and Pedagogy; Computers and Composition Online; and as of January 2010, in Disability Studies Quarterly. She is also an associate editor of Computers and Composition: An International Journal and is the editorial design director for Computers and Composition Digital Press, an imprint of Utah State University Press. Active in the neurodiversity movement, Melanie serves on the Board of Directors of the Autistic Self-Advocacy Network (ASAN) and directs the Central Ohio/Ohio State chapter of ASAN. She blogs semi-regularly at http://aspierhetor.com.
Digital Media Studies
