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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.

Education

Kerschbaum received a Doctorate of Philosophy from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 2005.

Career

Kerschbaum published her first book, Toward a New Rhetoric of Difference, in 2014. It received the Advancement of Knowledge Award from the Conference on College Composition and Communication.

In 2017, she co-edited the book Negotiating Disability: Disclosure and Higher Education, which was published through the University of Michigan Press.

After receiving her doctorate, Kerschbaum worked at Texas A&M University and the University of Delaware, where she held a position as an associate professor of English and a faculty scholar with the Center for the Study of Diversity. In 2021, she took on a position as associate professor and director of the Expository Writing Program at the University of Washington.

That year, the Coalition of Feminist Scholars in the History of Rhetoric and Composition honored Kerschbaum with the Lisa Ede Mentoring Award, 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". 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."

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. The same year, she published the book Signs of Disability with New York University Press.

Kerschbaum was promoted to professor in 2023.

She is also editor for the NCTE's Studies in Writing and Rhetoric book series.

Personal life

Kerschbaum is deaf.

Books

• Kerschbaum, Stephanie L. (2014). Toward a New Rhetoric of Difference. National Council of Teachers of English. ISBN 9780814154953.
• Kerschbaum, Stephanie L.; Eisenman, Laura T.; Jones, James M., eds. (2017). Negotiating disability: disclosure and higher education. Corporealities: discourses of disability. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. ISBN 978-0-472-12339-1.
• Kerschbaum, Stephanie L. (2022). Signs of Disability. NYU Press. ISBN 9781479811182.

References

1. ^ Laufenberg, Henry J. (2021-12-18). "English Department Welcomes New Faculty". University of Washington. Archived from the original on 2024-02-14. Retrieved 2024-02-14.
2. ^ "Stephanie L. Kerschbaum". The Center for the Study of Diversity. University of Delaware. Retrieved 2024-02-14.
3. Grandy, Travis (2016). "Review of 'Toward a New Rhetoric of Difference". The WAC Journal. 27 (1): 155–161. doi:10.37514/wac-j.2016.27.1.09. ISSN 1544-4929.
4. Adsanatham, Chanon; Kerschbaum, Stephanie L. (2016). "Review of Toward a New Rhetoric of Difference, KerschbaumStephanie L." Composition Studies. 44 (2): 211–214. ISSN 1534-9322. Archived from the original on 2024-02-14. Retrieved 2024-02-14.
5. Rogers-Shaw, Carol (February 2019). "Negotiating Disability: Disclosure and Higher Education, by Stephanie L. Kerschbaum, Laura T. Eisenman, & James M. Jones (Eds.). Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press, 2017. 385 pages, $44.95 (paperback)". New Horizons in Adult Education and Human Resource Development. 31 (1): 72–74. doi:10.1002/nha3.20243. Archived from the original on 2024-02-14. Retrieved 2024-02-14.
6. Dunn, Patricia A. (2019-11-01). "Review: Disability in Higher Education: How Ableism Affects Disclosure, Accommodation, and Inclusion". College English. 82 (2): 226–242. doi:10.58680/ce201930619. ISSN 0010-0994. Archived from the original on 2024-02-14. Retrieved 2024-02-14.
7. Bawarshi, Anis (2021-08-23). "Professor Stephanie Kerschbaum Honored with National Mentoring Award". University of Washington. Archived from the original on 2022-11-03. Retrieved 2024-02-14.
8. "Lisa Ede Mentoring Award Winner". Coalition of Feminist Scholars in the History of Rhetoric and Composition. 2021-08-04. Archived from the original on 2024-02-14. Retrieved 2024-02-14.
9. Bawarshi, Anis (2021-10-04). "Professor Stephanie Kerschbaum wins NCTE award". University of Washington. Archived from the original on 2022-11-03. Retrieved 2024-02-14.
10. "Critics' Choice Book Awards". www.educationalstudies.org. Archived from the original on 2023-11-20. Retrieved 2024-02-14.
11. Bawarshi, Anis (2022-10-05). "Stephanie Kerschbaum Contributes a Chapter to Edited Collection that Receives the 2022 Critics' Choice Award". University of Washington. Archived from the original on 2024-02-14. Retrieved 2024-02-14.
12. ^ Laufenberg, Henry J. (2023-11-16). "Faculty Awards and Achievements". Department of English | University of Washington. Archived from the original on 2024-01-12. Retrieved 2024-02-14.

• 1977 births
• University of Wisconsin–Madison alumni
• University of Washington faculty
• American deaf people
• Living people