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.
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.
Publications
Peer-Reviewed Publications
In Print
Wheeler, Stephanie K. “Harry Potter and the First Order of Business: Using Simulation to Teach Social
Justice and Disability Ethics in Business Communication.” Business and Professional Communication
Quarterly. 81.1 (2018): 1-15.
Wheeler, Stephanie K. “‘An Open Mesh of Possibilities’”: Engaging Disability Studies as a Site of
Activist and Leadership Possibilities.” Reflections: A Journal of Public Rhetoric, Civic Writing and
Service Learning. 17.3 (2018): 87-110.
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.
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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. Martin’s, 2016.
Bartlett, Catalina, Casie C. Cobos, Marcos Del Hierro, Victor Del Hierro, Qwo-Li Driskill, Aydé
Enríquez-Loya, Wheeler, Stephanie K. “The Calmécac 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 Anzaldúa. Ed. Norma E. Cantú, Norma Alarcón, Rita E.
Urquijo-Ruiz. San Francisco: Aunt Lute Books, 2013.
Forthcoming
Wheeler, Stephanie K. “(Un)Mapping the City Beautiful: Orlando Florida’s ‘Ugly’ Settler Colonial
Legacy.” In On the Politics of Ugliness. Eds. Sara Rodrigues and Ela Przybylo. London: Palgrave
Macmillian, 2018.
Accepted
Wheeler, Stephanie K. “Communities of Access: A Program Profile of the University of Central Florida’s
Faculty Liaison Program in the Department of Writing and Rhetoric.” Composition Forum.
Wheeler, Stephanie K. “Engaging Mêtis as a Site of Disability Activist and Leadership Possibilities.”
Requested revision submitted to Community Action for Social Justice: A Digital Archive, eds. Victor Del
Hierro, Isabel Baca, and Laura Gonzales on January 18, 2018. Under contract with Parlor Press.
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.
Works In Progress
“Disability and Dissent: Frida Kahlo’s Aesthetics of Activism in Detroit.” To be submitted to the
Canadian Journal of Disability Studies by March 1, 2018.
Wheeler, Stephanie K. “Making Space for Inclusion.” Faculty Focus 16(1) 27-29. 2017.
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Grants
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 Florida’s 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.
Conference Presentations
Wheeler, Stephanie K. “On Allyship.” Conference on College Composition and Communication. Kansas
City, Missouri: March 2018.
Wheeler, Stephanie K., with Amanda Hill, and Elizabeth Horn. “I Am UCF Digital Storytelling Database
Panel Presentation.” HASTAC. Orlando, FL: November, 2017.
Wheeler, Stephanie K. “User-Centered TPW Programs and Pedagogies at Hispanic Serving Institutions.”
Council for Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication. Savannah, GA: October, 2017.
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. “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.
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Wheeler, Stephanie K. “Peer Review Stations.” Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning (FCTL)
Winter Development Conference. Orlando, FL: December, 2015.
Wheeler, Stephanie K. “Gloria Anzaldúa, 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. Anzaldúa. Austin, TX: May 2015.
Wheeler, Stephanie K. “Between the Borders of the Desirable Citizen and the Undesirable Immigrant:
Frida Kahlo, Anzaldúa Border Rhetorics, and Discourses of Disability.” Panel: “Discourse of/on the
Border: Rhetorical/Real Bodies in Immigration, Activism, and Disability.” Rhetoric Society of America.
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. Indianapolis, IN: March 2014.
Wheeler, Stephanie K. “Gloria Anzaldúa, 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. Anzaldúa. San Antonio, TX: November 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. 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. Las Vegas, NV: March 2013.
Wheeler, Stephanie K., with Catalina Bartlett, Casie Cobos, Marcos Del Hierro, Victor Del Hierro, Qwo-
Li Driskill, Ayde Enriquez-Loya. “The Calmécac 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. Anzaldúa. 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 Symposiumt. 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. 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
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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-
Modal Practices.” UTSA English Department Graduate Student Symposium. 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.”
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. Atlanta, GA, April 2011.
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.
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 Women’s 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.
“Derrida’s ‘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.
“Communication Majors: We Have Options!” Zeta Phi Eta. Orlando, FL, February 2018.
“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.
“Shades of Queer: LGBT and Disability.” Texas A&M Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, & Transgender Resource
Center’s 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
“Supporting Students with Disabilities in Writing Courses.” Department of Writing and Rhetoric
Composition Program. University of Central Florida. Orlando, FL, March 2018.
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“Composition Workshop on Disability Accommodations.” Department of Writing and Rhetoric.
University of Central Florida. Orlando, FL, September 2017.
“Your Writerly Identity.” Department of Writing and Rhetoric’s Undergraduate Portfolio Workshop.
University of Central Florida. Orlando, FL, November 2015.
“Graduate Student Critical Reading Workshop,” With Dr. Natasha Jones. Department of Writing and
Rhetoric Graduate Program. Orlando, FL, September 2016
“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
ENC 3331: Rhetoric and Civic Engagement. Fall 2016, Fall 2017.
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.
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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 1302: Composition and Introduction to Literature. Fall 2014, Spring 2015.
Uses literary texts to guide students in developing effective and ethical rhetorical
inquiry practices.
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
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.
Chair
Alexandra Stepanov. Undergraduate Honors in the Major Thesis, University of Central Florida.
Completed Spring 2017.
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Member
Professional Service
Member. College of Arts and Humanities Undergraduate Curriculum Committee. University of Central
Florida, 2018-2020.
Faculty Advisor. Project HEAL Student Organization. University of Central Florida, 2017-Present.
Faculty Advisor. Student Labor Action Project Student Organization. University of Central Florida, 2017-
Present.
Member. Dean’s Advisory Committee. College of Arts and Humanities, University of Central Florida,
2017-2018.
Senator. United Faculty of Florida Council, University of Central Florida Chapter, 2016-Present.
Chair. Diversity and Equality Committee. United Faculty of Florida. University of Central Florida
Chapter, 2016 – Present.
Member. Leadership Team. United Faculty of Florida. University of Central Florida, 2016 –Present.
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Alternate Senator. United Faculty of Florida Council, University of Central Florida Chapter, 2015-2016.
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.
Member. Instructor Promotion Committee. Department of Writing and Rhetoric. University of Central
Florida, 2015, 2017.
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. Department of Writing and Rhetoric. University of
Central Florida, 2016 – Present.
Member. Undergraduate Program Committee. Department of Writing and Rhetoric. University of Central
Florida, 2016 – Present.
Member. Faculty Search 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.
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Service to the Field
Member. CCCC Strategic Action Task Force. Conference on College Composition and Communication.
2017—Present.
Co-Writer. 2016 Conference on College Composition and Communication Accessibility Guide. May
2015—March 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.
Member. “Committee on the Status of Graduate Students.” Conference on College Composition and
Communication. 2013.
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.
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Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC)
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 Florida’s Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning. Orlando, FL.
May 2017.
Jobs with Justice Leadership Training. Central Florida Jobs with Justice. Orlando, FL. May 2017.
Electoral Activism & Leadership Academy. Latino Leadership Institute. Orlando, FL. February – April
2017.
IDL 6543: Interactive Distributed Learning Training. University of Central Florida’s Center for
Distributed Learning. Orlando, FL. August – November 2015.
UDOIT Workshop. University of Central Florida’s Center for Distributed Learning. Orlando, FL.
August 2015.
Principles of Learning Workshop. University of Central Florida’s Faculty Center for Teaching and
Learning. Orlando, FL. August, 2015.
Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning Winter Conference. University of Central Florida’s Faculty
Center for Teaching and Learning. Orlando, FL. December 2015.
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Department of Writing and Rhetoric Diversity and Inclusion Workshop. University of Central Florida.
Orlando, FL, August 18th, September 14th, October 19th
Center for Success of Women Faculty Book Club. “Presumed Incompetent: The Intersections of Race
and Class for Women in Academia.” Center for Success of Women Faculty. University of Central
Florida. Orlando, FL, September 2015-April 2016.
Faculty Writing Club. University of Central Florida’s Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning.
Orlando, FL. Fall 2015.
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