I’m Allison, and I’m an Assistant Professor of Rhetoric and Composition in the English Department at Ball State University. I received my Ph.D. in Composition and Cultural Rhetoric from Syracuse University and my M.A. in Professional Writing and Editing from West Virginia University.
As a researcher, I’m interested in how disability is constructed and mediated through technology, whose stories and bodies we value within our disciplinary histories, and how we can work as a community to theorize and enact more socially just pedagogical practices.
My book, Rhetorics of Overcoming: Rewriting Narratives of Disability and Accessibility in Writing Studies, addresses the in/accessibility of writing classroom and writing center practices for disabled and nondisabled student writers. I explore how rhetorics of overcoming—the idea that disabled people must overcome their disabilities in order to be successful—manifest in writing studies scholarship and practices. Visit my research page to learn more about this work and access a plain-language zine of my book!
As an instructor, I value multimodal learning and composing. In the writing courses I teach, I incorporate a mix of print and digital assignments and activities to provide students with different access points to learn, compose, and circulate their ideas in ways that are challenging and meaningful. Visit my teaching page to learn about my pedagogical values & the courses I teach.
You can also learn about what I think, research, & make through my CV and blog.