Andrew Lucchesi, PhD
he/him, Associate Professor, Co-Director of the Institute for Critical Disability Studies
Office
Location
HU 351
Hours
Zoom Tue 11-12; Arnzen Hall 456 Wed 3-4pm
About
I received my PhD studying how shifts in politics and technology affect disabled students in public higher education. I now teach courses and research in the areas of disability studies and rhetoric, focused particularly on disability culture in higher ed and accessible pedagogy. I also study comics and other graphic texts, and I offer classes on comics writing, rhetorical analysis of comics, and comics as literature.
My current projects include a study of disability representation in contemporary comics and an investigation of institutional discourse of disability through critical discourse analysis. I am co-editor of a book project through the Palgrave Handbook series on Disability Studies and Comics Studies. I also co-direct the WWU Institute for Critical Disability Studies, which was founded in Fall 2022.
Research Interests
- Critical Disability Studies
- Composition and Rhetoric
- Comics and Graphic Literature