Amy Vidali, Assistant Professor, Director of Composition
Education
Ph.D. English Language and Literature, University of Washington
B.A. English, University of California Berkeley
Research and Teaching Interests
- Rhetoric, Composition Theory and Pedagogy
- Disability Studies and Pedagogy
- Rhetorical Approaches to Institutional Texts
Selected Publications
“Rhetorical Hiccups: Disability Disclosure in Letters of Recommendation.” Rhetoric Review 28.2 (Spring 2009): 185-2004.
Co-Editor, Special Issue of Disability Studies Quarterly, “Disability Studies in the Undergraduate Classroom.” Fall 2008.
"Disability's Textual Dissonance." Review of Ato Quayson's Aesthetic Nervousness: Disability and the Crisis of Representation. Reviewed for Nineteenth Century Gender Studies.
“Performing the Rhetorical Freak Show: Disability, Student Writing, and College Admissions.” College English 69.6 (July 2007): 615-641.
“Discourses of Disability and Basic Writing.” Disability/Teaching/Writing: A Critical Sourcebook. Eds. Brenda Jo Brueggemann and Cynthia Lewiecki-Wilson, with Jay Dolmage. Bedford/St. Martin, 2007. 40-55.