Edited by the Disability, Access, and the Teaching of Writing Collective
Stephanie K. Wheeler, Tracy Ann Morse, Brenda Jo Brueggemann, Molly E. Ubbesen, Craig A. Meyer, Elizabeth Brewer, Lauren Obermark, Bre Garrett, and Dev K. Bose
Copy edited by Sam Maloney and Kurt Austin. Designed by Mike Palmquist.
This edited collection addresses the nexus of disability studies and writing studies for readers unfamiliar with DS while also speaking to current scholars, teachers, and activists. It explores significant developments in the field over the previous two decades and addresses the need for accessibility in the teaching of writing and for building a culture of access beyond institutional accommodations. The chapters in this book
center disabled and diverse perspectives;
expand ideas about access through a disability studies lens; and
offer approaches, applications, and activities for writing instruction and teacher training.
Showcasing the growth and the radical, entangled, justice-seeking ecologies of disability and writing studies, Disability, Access, and the Teaching of Writing is theoretically rich while also offering adaptable pedagogical methods for the classroom. This is a collection that teachers of writing can hold close as an intellectual touchstone and day-to-day resource as they pursue transformative access.
Stephanie K. Wheeler is an associate professor and director of undergraduate programs at the University of Central Florida. Her research focuses on disability rhetoric, eugenics, civic engagement, popular culture, and Holocaust studies.
Molly E. Ubbesen is an assistant professor and director of writing at the University of Minnesota Rochester. She applies critical disability studies to writing studies to support accessible and effective teaching and learning.
Lauren Obermark is an associate professor of English at the University of Missouri–St. Louis. All her work focuses on rhetoric, composition, disability studies, social justice, and memory.
Tracy Ann Morse is an associate professor of English and director of writing foundations at East Carolina University. Her work focuses on disability studies and writing program administration.
Craig A. Meyer is an associate professor of English and director of the writing program at Jackson State University. His research focuses on rhetoric, first-year writing, academic and creative writing, disability studies, popular culture, and social justice.
Bre Garrett is an associate professor of English and Composition Program director at the University of West Florida. Her research focuses on writing program administration and accessible curricular design.
Brenda Jo Brueggemann is a professor of English, Aetna Endowed Chair of Writing, and Affiliate Faculty in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (WGSS) and American Studies at the University of Connecticut. Her research includes work at the intersections of writing studies and disability/deaf studies.
Elizabeth Brewer is an associate professor of English and the director of composition at Central Connecticut State University. Her research focuses on accessible writing program administration and on rhetorics of mental disability.
Dev K. Bose is an associate teaching professor of the writing program at the University of California, Santa Cruz. He researches rhetorical access, technology, and neurodiversity.
Disability, Access, and the Teaching of Writing Collective (Eds.). (2026). Disability, Access, and the Teaching of Writing. National Council of Teachers of English; The WAC Clearinghouse. https://wacclearinghouse.org/books/swr/disability/
Series Editor: Stephanie Kerschbaum, University of Washington
This book is available in whole and in part in Adobe’s Portable Document Format (PDF). It is available in a print edition from the National Council of Teachers of English .
