Dr. Stephanie K.

Wheeler
330.618.3542 | wheeler.stephanie.k@gmail.com | http://stephaniewheeler.wordpress.com

Academic Appointments
Assistant Professor. Department of Writing & Rhetoric. University of Central Florida, 2015 Present.

Instructor. Division of Humanities, English. Blinn College, 2014 2015.

Education
PhD in English, Texas A&M University, May 2014.
Concentration: Cultural Rhetorics and Writing (emphasis, Disability Studies).
Dissertation: The Enfreakment of Language: Eugenics, Disability, and Rhetoric.
Languages Studied: American Sign Language, German, Spanish.

Master of Arts in English, Texas A&M University, August 2010.

Concentration: Disability Studies.

Bachelor of Arts in English, Kent State University, August 2008.

Concentration: Literature.

Bachelor of Arts in History, Kent State University, August 2008.

Concentration: European History.

Publications

In Print or Forthcoming

Peer-Reviewed Publications

Wheeler, Stephanie K. The Construction of Access: The Eugenic Precedent of the Americans with
Disabilities Act. Continuum: Journal of Media & Cultural Studies. 31.3 (2017): 377-387.

Jones, Natasha N. and Stephanie K. Wheeler. Document Design and Social Justice: A Universal
Design for Documents. In Writing about Writing, 3rd ed. edited by Elizabeth Wardle and Doug Downs.
Boston, MA: Bedford/St. Martins.

Bartlett, Catalina, Casie Cobos, Marcos Del Hierro, Victor Del Hierro, Qwo-Li Driskill, Ayd Enrquez-
Loya, Wheeler, Stephanie K. The Calmcac Collective, or, How to Survive the Academic Industrial
Complex through Radical Indigenous Practices. El Mundo Zurdo 3: Selected Works from the Meetings of
the Society for the Study of Gloria Anzalda. Ed. Norma E. Cant, Norma Alarcn, Rita E. Urquijo-Ruiz.
San Francisco: Aunt Lute Books (2013).

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Book Reviews

Wheeler, Stephanie K. Book Review. Native American Communities on Health and Disability by
Lavonna L. Lovern and Carol Locust. Disability Studies Quarterly. 34.3 (2014): n.p.

Wheeler, Stephanie K. Book Review. Do You See What I Mean? Plains Indian Sign Talk and the
Embodiment of Action by Brenda Farnell. Studies in American Indian Literature. 22.4 (2010): 81-85.

Non Peer-Reviewed Publications

Wheeler, Stephanie K. Making Space for Inclusion. Faculty Focus 16(1) 27-29. 2017.

Wheeler, Stephanie K. UFF Supports Diversity. The Organizer 2(2). 2017.

Under Review or Requested Revision

Wheeler, Stephanie K. Harry Potter and the First Order of Business: Using Simulation to Teach Ethical
Business Writing Through Social Justice, and Disability. Business and Professional Communication
Quarterly. Resubmitted after requested revision on December 28, 2016.

Wheeler, Stephanie K. An Open Mesh of Possibilities: Engaging Disability Studies as a Site of

Activist and Leadership Possibilities. Submitted to Reflections: A Journal of Public Rhetoric, Civic
Writing, and Service Learning on May 12, 2017.

Wheeler, Stephanie K. Cultural Locations of Settler Colonialism. Submitted to Disability and the
Global South on May 19, 2017.

Works In Progress

Program Profile: Department of Writing and Rhetoric at the University of Central Florida. To be
submitted to Composition Forum by August 1, 2017.

Disability and Dissent: Frida Kahlos Aesthetics of Activism in Detroit. To be submitted to the
Canadian Journal of Disability Studies by October 1, 2017.

Grants

External

PI. Conference on College Composition and Communication Emerging Scholar Research Grant.
Intersectional Disability Composition: Re(Visioning) Access. 2017-2018. Requested $10,000. Denied.

Internal

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 PI. Office of Research & Commercialization In-House Research Grant. University of Central Florida.
Re(Visioning) Access. 2017-2018. Requested $7,500. Denied.

Co-PI. Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP). University of Central Florida. I Am UCF: Diverse Digital
Narratives. 2016- 2018. Funded for $10,000.
I Am UCF is an online database of personal digital narratives reflective of the
diversity on the University of Central Floridas campus. I Am UCF blends
collaborative and interventionist approaches from theater, writing, and digital research
for students to design, produce, and evaluate the digital story curation process.

Awards/Fellowships
Faculty Success Program Scholarship ($3000). National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity.
2016.

English Department Dissertation Fellowship. Texas A&M University. College Station, TX, 2013.

Presentations and Workshops

Conference Presentations

Wheeler, Stephanie K. An Open Mesh of Possibilities: Engaging Disability Studies as a Site of Activist
and Leadership Possibilities in the Age of Trump. Cultural Studies Association Conference. Washington,
DC: May 2017.

Wheeler, Stephanie K. Translating Inclusivity in Technical Communication. With Dr. Natasha Jones.
Conference on College Composition and Communication. Portland, OR: March 2017.

Wheeler, Stephanie K. Supersession: Disability Rhetorics. Rhetoric Society of America Conference

(featured panel). Atlanta, GA: May 2016.

Wheeler, Stephanie K. The Aesthetic of Dissent: Frida Kahlo, Detroit, and the Mexican Repatriation
Program. Panel: Talking Bodies: Computers, Place, and the (R)evolutions of Material Dissents.
Rhetoric Society of America Conference. Atlanta, GA: May 2016.

Wheeler, Stephanie K. Technical Communication, Simulation, and Social Justice. Panel: Pedagogies
of Citizenship and Advocacy: Popular Culture, Media, and the Technical Writing Classroom.
Association of Teachers of Technical Writing Conference. Houston, TX: April 2016.

Wheeler, Stephanie K. Peer Review Stations. Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning (FCTL)
Winter Development Conference. Orlando, FL: December, 2015.

Wheeler, Stephanie K. Gloria Anzalda, Frida Kahlo, and the Violence of Fragmentation. Panel:
Borderlands, Bodies, and Languages: Transcultural Fragmentation and Redefinition. El Mundo Zurdo:
An International Conference on the Life and Word of Gloria E. Anzalda. Austin, TX: May 2015.

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Wheeler, Stephanie K. Between the Borders of the Desirable Citizen and the Undesirable Immigrant:
Frida Kahlo, Anzalda Border Rhetorics, and Discourses of Disability. Panel: Discourse of/on the
Border: Rhetorical/Real Bodies in Immigration, Activism, and Disability. Rhetoric Society of America:
Border Rhetorics. San Antonio, TX: May 2014.

Wheeler, Stephanie K. Disability, Composition, and The Walking Dead: Toward an Anti-Ableist Writing
Pedagogy. Panel: Writing the Zombie Apocalypse. Conference on College Composition and
Communication: Open | Source(s), Access, Futures. Indianapolis, IN: March 2014.

Wheeler, Stephanie K. Gloria Anzalda, Frida Kahlo, and the Fragmentation of the Unwanted
Immigrant. Panel: Fragmented Stories, Recovering Bodies: Intersections of Borderland Theories,
Femicide, and Disability Studies. El Mundo Zurdo: An International Conference on the Life and Word of
Gloria E. Anzalda. San Antonio, TX: November 2013.

Wheeler, Stephanie K. Language, Eugenics, and Accessible Pedagogies: Towards an Anti-Eugenicist

Discipline. Panel: Decentering Normalizing Discourses: The Praxis of Disability Rhetorics in Public
Spaces. Society of Disability Studies: (Re)creating Our Lived Realities. Orlando, FL: June 2013.

Wheeler, Stephanie K. Enacting Civility: Eugenics, Colonization, and Disability. Panel: Legacies of
Colonialism: Transnational Migrations and the Latino Body. National Association for Chicana and
Chicano Studies : Advancing from Sea to Shining S!: Learning from our Past, Defending our Rights in
the 21st Century. San Antonio, TX: March 2013.

Wheeler, Stephanie K. Writing as Public Work: The Ugly Laws, Nazi Eugenics, and Freakdom. Panel:
Decentering the Able Body: The Praxis of Disability Rhetorics in Public Spaces. Conference on
College Composition and Communication: The Public Work of Composition. Las Vegas, NV: March
2013.

Wheeler, Stephanie K., Catalina Bartlett, Casie Cobos, Marcos Del Hierro, Victor Del Hierro, Qwo-Li
Driskill, Ayde Enriquez-Loya. The Calmcac Collective, or, How to Survive the Academic Industrial
Complex through Radical Indigenous Practices. El Mundo Zurdo: An International Conference on the
Life and Word of Gloria E. Anzalda. San Antonio, TX: May 2012.

Wheeler, Stephanie K. Rejecting Standardization: Toward a Disability Model of English Studies. Panel:
Theory and Practice: Challenging the Rhetorics of Exclusion. TAMU English Department Graduate
Student Symposium: Retrofitting English Studies: When Diversity Becomes an Afterthought. College
Station, TX: April 2012.

Wheeler, Stephanie K. At the Intersection of Disability Studies and Indigenous Studies: Decolonial
Disabled Critiques as Part of Survivance. Panel: Challenging Boundaries of Colonial Thought in
Interdisciplinary Texts. Conference on College Composition and Communication: Writing Gateways.
St. Louis, MO, March 2012.

Wheeler, Stephanie K. Gagability: What Can Lady Gaga Teach Us About Disability Studies? Melbern
G. Glasscock Center for Humanities Research Graduate Colloquium. College Station, TX, February
2012.

Wheeler, Stephanie K. Seeing the Unseen: Multi-Media(ted) Bodies and Disability Studies. Panel:
Seeing the Unseen Flesh: Embodied Theories, Rhetorics, and Pedagogies in Multi-Media and Multi-

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 Modal Practices. UTSA English Department Graduate Student Symposium: Theory in the Flesh. San
Antonio, TX, May 2011.

Wheeler, Stephanie K. Music as a Universal Language?: Ableism and the Language of Music and
Embodied Experience. Texas A&M University English Department Graduate Student Symposium:
Making Community: Breaking Divisions, Encouraging Collaboration, and Making Space for
Belonging. College Station, TX, April 2011.

Wheeler, Stephanie K. Music as a Universal Language?: Challenging Ableism in the Construction of the
Language of Music and Embodied Forms of Experience. Panel: Listening To/For Embodied Rhetorics:
Making Meaning Across Difference as an Act of Alliance Building. Conference on College Composition
and Communication: All Our Relations. Atlanta, GA, April 2011.

Wheeler, Stephanie K. Disability as Colonization of Indigenous Bodies. Panel: Indigenous Feminisms:

Always Already Breaking White Feminism Linear History. Annual Conference of the National Womens
Studies Association. Denver, CO, November 2010.

Workshops

Engaging Disability and Accessibility in Class Assignments: Integrating Disability Studies in the Fabric
of Comp and Technical Communication Curriculum. Workshop. Conference on College Composition
and Communication: Cultivating Capacity, Creating Change. Portland, OR: March 2017.

Non-Refereed Guest Talks, Presentations, and Workshops

Guest Talks

Biopower and Biopolitics. University of Central Florida ENC 6335: Rhetoric of Health and Medicine.
Orlando, FL, March 2016.

At the Intersections of Femininity and Disability in Colonial Discourses. Fayetteville State University
ENGL 470: Chicana & American Indian Womens Literature. Fayetteville, NC, March 2015. Via Skype.

Frida Kahlo, Disability, and Immigration. Fayetteville State University ENGL 470: Chican@
Literature. Fayetteville, NC, September 2014. Via Skype.

Introduction to Disability Studies. Illinois State University ENGL 283: Rhetorical Theory. Normal, IL,
November 2012. Via Skype.

Writing Workshop. Texas A&M University ENGL 481: Senior Seminar on Race, Sex, and Empire.
College Station, TX, November 2012.

Derridas Structure, Sign and Play in the Discourse of the Human Sciences. University of Central
Florida ENC 6335: Rhetorical Traditions. Orlando, FL, October 2012. Via Skype.

Disability Studies in the Rhetorical Tradition. Illinois State University ENGL 391: Histories of
Rhetoric. Normal, IL, September 2012. Via Skype.

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 Disability-Centered Approach to Effective Learning. Texas A&M University ENGL 697: Pedagogy.
College Station, TX, September 2012.

Technical Writing During the Holocaust. Texas A&M University ENGL 301: Technical Writing.
College Station, TX, April 2011.

Disability, Lady Gaga, and the History of Rhetoric. Texas A&M University ENGL 353: History of
Rhetoric. College Station, TX, April 2011.

Ancient Non-Greek Rhetorics. Texas A&M University ENGL 353: History of Rhetoric. College
Station, TX, March 2011.

Writing the Research Paper. Texas A&M University ENGL 353: History of Rhetoric. College Station,
TX, March 2011.

What Can Lady Gaga Teach Us About Disability and Writing? Texas A&M University ENGL 104:
Composition and Rhetoric. College Station, TX, April 2011.

Introduction to Disability Studies. Texas A&M University ENGL 104: Composition and Rhetoric.
College Station, TX, September 2010.

Presentations and Panels

I Am UCF Digital Storytelling Showcase. University of Central Florida. Orlando, FL. May 2017.

Voices of Solidarity Town Hall. Progressive Coalition at the University of Central Florida. Orlando,
FL, April, 2017.

First-Generation Faculty Panel. University of Central Floridas Office of Undergraduate Research.

Orlando, FL, November, 2016.

(Re)Producing Rhetoric: Toward an Embodied Understanding of Techne. Department of Writing and

Rhetoric Research Talk Series. Orlando, FL, March 2016.

Shades of Queer: LGBT and Disability. Texas A&M Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, & Transgender Resource
Centers Coming Out Week. College Station, TX, October, 2013.

Graduate Student Spotlight: Current Research. Texas A&M University English Department Graduate
Student Orientation. College Station, TX, August 2013.

Workshops

Your Writerly Identity. Undergraduate Portfolio Workshop. Orlando, FL, November, 2015.

Graduate Student Critical Reading Workshop, With Dr. Natasha Jones. Department of Writing and
Rhetoric Graduate Program. Orlando, FL, September 2016

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 Making Your Pedagogy Accessible: Tips for First-Time Teachers. Texas A&M University English
Department Graduate Assistant Teacher Training. College Station, TX, August, 2013.

University Teaching

University of Central Florida

ENC 3331: Rhetoric and Civic Engagement. Fall 2016.

Examines rhetorical theory in order to analyze and participate in contemporary public debates and
civic engagement efforts.

ENC 3373: Cultural Rhetorics. Fall 2015, Summer 2016, Summer 2017, Fall 2017.
Explores the diverse cultural production of and the cultural forces impacting the
rhetoric of individuals and communities.

ENC 3433: Multimedia Writing and Composition. Spring 2016, Spring 2017.
Study and practice of multimedia writing (involving sound, visual, and linguistic forms) with an
emphasis on the process of text production, access, and remixing for different rhetorical contexts
and audiences.

ENC 3521: Writing Across Difference. Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018.
Examines cultural influences on language and literacy practices, with emphasis on applications
for writing teachers.

ENC 6335: Rhetorical Traditions. Fall 2015, Fall 2016, Fall 2017.
Graduate. Philosophy and techniques of classical rhetoricians such as Isocrates,
Aristotle, and Cicero with special attention to their application to contemporary
rhetorical situations.

Blinn College

ENGL 1301: Composition I. Fall 2014, Spring 2015.

Asks students to critically engage with production of verbal, visual, and multimedia
texts through research-based expository and persuasive analysis.

ENGL 1302: Composition and Introduction to Literature. Fall 2014, Spring 2015.
Uses literary texts to guide students in developing effective and ethical rhetorical
inquiry practices.

Texas A&M University

ENGL 104: Composition and Rhetoric. Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Fall 2010, Spring 2009.
Asks students to critically engage with production of histories and identities through
alphabetic texts, visual and audio productions, and rhetorical makings.

ENGL 301: Technical Writing, Online Course. Spring 2014, Summer 2013.
Online course that asks students to research accessibility and disability awareness on
campus, report their findings, and produce a technical report with plans for
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 improvements to be submitted to the University.

ENGL 301: Technical Writing. Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011.
Situates the Harry Potter series as backdrop that asks students to interrogate power
structures as related to creating technical documents for professional correspondence
and larger projects.

ENGL 301: Technical Writing. Summer 2012.

Asks students to research accessibility and disability awareness on campus, report their
findings, and produce a technical report with plans for improvements to be submitted
to the University.

Thesis and Dissertation Committees

University of Central Florida

Chair

Alexandra Stepanov. Undergraduate Honors in the Major Thesis, University of Central Florida.
Completed Spring 2017.

Rachel Molko, MA Thesis, University of Central Florida.

Caitlin Pierson, MA Thesis, University of Central Florida.

Member

Nicholas De Armas, PhD Dissertation, University of Central Florida.

Justiss Burry, MA Thesis, University of Central Florida.

Celina Yebba, MA Thesis, University of Central Florida.

Garrett Arban, MA Thesis, University of Central Florida. Completed Spring 2017.

Natalie Johnson, MA Thesis, University of Central Florida. Completed Spring 2017.

Professional Service

Service to the University

Chair. Diversity and Equality Committee. United Faculty of Florida. University of Central Florida, 2016
Present.

Member. Leadership Team. United Faculty of Florida. University of Central Florida, 2016 Present.

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 Member, Student Accessibility Services Faculty Committee. University of Central Florida, 2015 Present.

Organizer. Workshop: Borders, Boundaries, and Belonging: Mapping Safe Spaces and Rupturing
Hostile Environments. Atravesado Series Working Group, November 2012.

Volunteer. Ability Awareness Week. Texas A&M Center on Disability and Development. October 2012.

Publicity. Dr. Victor Villanueva Campus Visit and Presentations. Innovation in Inclusion, Diversity,
Equity, and Accountability Grant (IIDEA). The Atravesado Series. September 2012.

Organizer. Dr. Jay Dolmage Campus Visit and Presentations. Texas A&M University English Graduate
Student Association, Spring 2012.

Service to the Department

Member. Undergraduate Portfolio Assessment Committee. Department of Writing and Rhetoric.

University of Central Florida, 2016Present.

Member, Diversity and Inclusion Committee. Department of Writing and Rhetoric. University of Central
Florida, 2016 Present.

Liaison, Student Accessibility Services Faculty Liaison Program. University of Central Florida, 2016
Present.

Member, Graduate Student Curricular Committee. University of Central Florida, 2016 Present.

Member, Undergraduate Program Committee. University of Central Florida, 2016 Present.

Member, Faculty Search Committee. Department of Writing and Rhetoric. University of Central Florida,
2015.

Member, Instructor Promotion Committee. Department of Writing and Rhetoric. University of Central
Florida, 2015.

Chair, Department of English Symposium: Retrofitting English Studies: When Diversity Becomes an
Afterthought. English Graduate Student Association, Texas A&M University, 2011-2012.

Co-Chair, Department of English Symposium. English Graduate Student Association. Texas A&M
University, 2010-2011.

Department of English Symposium Planning Committee. English Graduate Student Association. Texas
A&M University. 2009-2010.

National and International Service

Member. CCCC Strategic Action Task Force. Conference on College Composition and Communication.
2017Present.

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 Reviewer. The Best of Independent Rhetoric/Composition Journals 2016. 2016.

Co-Writer. 2016 Conference on College Composition and Communication Accessibility Guide. May
2015March 2016.

Member. Access Committee. Conference on College Composition and Communication. 2015 Present.

Reviewer. Journal of Interactive Technology and Pedagogy Special Issue on Disability and Accessibility.
2015.

Proposal Reviewer. Cultural Rhetorics Conference, 2014.

Member. Committee on the Status of Graduate Students. Conference on College Composition and
Communication. 2013.

Service to the Community

Board Member. Latino Leadership Institute, Orlando, FL. 2016Present.

Member. City of Orlando Trust Act Coalition, Orlando, FL. 2015Present.

Volunteer. Brazos Valley Center for Independent Living, Bryan, TX. 2010-2015.

Organizer. Brazos Valley Center for Independent Living Community Class: My Life, My Way:
Communication for Self-Advocacy. Bryan, TX. 2013.

Organizer. Brazos Valley Center for Independent Living Community Class: Introduction to Computers.
Bryan, TX. 2013.

Consultant. CORE Health Disability Foundation, Austin, TX. May 2012.

Volunteer. Special Olympics, Bryan, TX. 2008-2012.

Professional Affiliations and Memberships

American Association of People with Disabilities

Association of Teachers of Technical Writing (ATTW)

Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC)

Disability Special Interest Group, Conference on College Composition and Communication

Modern Language Association (MLA)

National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies (NACCS)

National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)

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 National Womens Studies Association (NWSA)

Rhetoric Society of America

Sigma Tau Delta

Society for Disability Studies (SDS)

Society for the Study of Gloria E. Anzalda

Professional Development
Workshop. Disability at the Intersections. Rhetoric Society of America. May 2017.

Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning Summer Conference. Center for the Success for Women
Faculty track. University of Central Floridas Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning. Orlando, FL.
May 2017.

Jobs with Justice Leadership Training. Central Florida Jobs with Justice. Orlando, FL. May 2017.

IDL 6543: Interactive Distributed Learning Training. University of Central Floridas Center for
Distributed Learning. Orlando, FL. August November 2015.

UDOIT Workshop. University of Central Floridas Center for Distributed Learning. Orlando, FL.
August 2015.

Principles of Learning Workshop. University of Central Floridas Faculty Center for Teaching and
Learning. August, 2015.

Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning Winter Conference. University of Central Floridas Faculty
Center for Teaching and Learning. Orlando, FL. December 2015.

SDES06: Document Accessibility. University of Central Floridas Organization Development &

Training. February 2016.

DWR Diversity and Inclusion Workshop, August 18th, September 14th, October 19th

CSWF Book Club. Presumed Incompetent: The Intersections of Race and Class for Women in
Academia. September 2015-April 2016. Center for Success of Women Faculty.

Faculty Writing Club. University of Central Floridas Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning.
Orlando, FL. Fall 2015.

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