M. Remi Yergeau Explained

Occupation:Assistant professor
Thesis Title:Disabling Composition: Toward a 21st-Century, Synaesthetic Theory of Writing
Thesis Url:http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1306418814
Thesis Year:2011
Doctoral Advisor:
Academic Advisors:H. Lewis Ulman
Education:
Discipline:Rhetoric and Composition
Sub Discipline:Disability Studies
Nationality:American
Notable Works:Authoring Autism

M. Remi Yergeau (formerly Melanie Yergeau, born 1984)[1] is an American academic in the fields of rhetoric and writing studies, digital studies, queer rhetoric, disability studies, and theories of mind. As of 2024, Yergeau is an Arthur F. Thurnau associate professor of Digital Studies and English at the University of Michigan.

Yergeau received a Bachelor of Arts in writing from Geneva College in 2005, a Master of Arts in writing from DePaul University in 2007, and a Doctorate of Philosophy in English from the Ohio State University in 2011.[2] After receiving their Ph.D., Yergeau became an assistant professor with the Department of English at the University of Michigan. They were promoted to associate professor in 2017.

Yergeau published their first book, Authoring Autism, in 2018.[3] The book won the 2017 Modern Language Association First Book Prize,[4] the 2019 CCCC Lavender Rhetorics Book Award, and the 2019 Rhetoric Society of America Book Award. Further, the book has been reviewed in several academic and public venues, including American Literature,[5] Disability & Society,[6] Feminist Formations,[7] GLQ,[8] the Journal of Literary and Cultural Disability Studies,[9] the Los Angeles Review of Books,[10] philoSOPHIA,[11] Rhetoric Society Quarterly,[12] and Public Books.[13]

Yergeau is autistic and uses they/them pronouns.[14]

Accolades

Awards for Yergeau's scholarship!Year!Text!Award!Result!Ref.
2009"Expanding the Space of f2f"Kairos Best Webtext AwardWinner[15]
2010"aut(hored)ism"Kairos Best Webtext AwardHonorable mention
2015"Clinically Significant Disturbance"Kathleen Ethel Welch Outstanding Article AwardHonorable mention[16]
2017Authoring AutismModern Language Association First Book PrizeWinner[17]
2019CCCC Lavender Rhetorics Book Award for Excellence in Queer Scholarship Winner[18]
Rhetoric Society of America Book AwardWinner[19]

Publications

Articles

Books

Book chapters

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Authoring autism : on rhetoric and neurological queerness / M. Remi Yergeau. . 2024-02-06 . Wellcome Collection . en.
  2. Web site: melanie yergeau . 2024-02-06 . University of Michigan.
  3. Web site: McClintick . Jay . 2019-06-07 . Can Rhetoric Survive a Neuroqueer Future? A Review of M. Remi Yergeau's Authoring Autism: On Rhetoric and Neurological Queerness . 2024-02-06 . enculturation.
  4. Web site: Krebs . Paula M. . 2018-12-05 . MLA Prize for a First Book Awarded to Amanda Jo Goldstein for Sweet Science and to Melanie Yergeau for Authoring Autism; Corey McEleney and Britt Rusert to Receive Honorable Mentions . 2024-02-06 . Modern Language Association.
  5. Jenson . Deborah . 2020-03-01 . See It Feelingly: Classic Novels, Autistic Readers, and the Schooling of a No-Good English ProfessorAuthoring Autism: On Rhetoric and Neurological Queerness . American Literature . en . 92 . 1 . 183–185 . 10.1215/00029831-8056700 . 0002-9831.
  6. Williams . Anna . 2018-07-03 . Authoring autism: on rhetoric and neurological queerness: Authoring autism: on rhetoric and neurological queerness, by Melanie Yergeau, Durham, NC, Duke University Press, 2017, 312 pp., $26.95 (paperback), ISBN 978-0-82-237020-8, $94.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-82-237011-6 . Disability & Society . en . 33 . 6 . 996–997 . 10.1080/09687599.2018.1457500 . 0968-7599.
  7. Kizer . Sam . Winter 2020 . Authoring Autism: On Rhetoric and Neurological Queerness by M. Remi Yergeau (review) . . Baltimore . 32 . 3 . 183–185 . 10.1353/ff.2020.0050 . . ProQuest.
  8. Mullaney . Clare . 2020-04-01 . Fucking with Rhetoric . GLQ: A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies . en . 26 . 2 . 355–357 . 10.1215/10642684-8141942 . 1064-2684.
  9. Karmiris . Maria . 2019 . Authoring Autism: On Rhetoric and Neurological Queerness by Melanie Yergeau (review) . Journal of Literary & Cultural Disability Studies . 13 . 4 . 483–486 . 10.3828/jlcds.2019.36 . 1757-6466.
  10. Web site: Wing . Travis Chi Lau . 2019-05-02 . The Poetics of Autism . 2024-02-06 . Los Angeles Review of Books.
  11. Parks . Alison . 2021 . Poor Queer Studies: Confronting Elitism in the University by Matt Brim, and: Brilliant Imperfection: Grappling with Cure by Eli Clare, and: Authoring Autism: On Rhetoric and Neurological Queerness by M. Remi Yergeau (review) . PhiloSOPHIA . 11 . 1 . 250–257 . 10.1353/phi.2021.0040 . 2155-0905 . Project MUSE.
  12. Johnson . Jenell . 2021-01-01 . Authoring Autism: On Rhetoric and Neurological Queerness: by M. Remi Yergeau, Durham, NC, Duke UP, 2018, 312 pp., $27.95 (paperback), ISBN: 978-0-8223-7020-8 . Rhetoric Society Quarterly . en . 51 . 1 . 71–72 . 10.1080/02773945.2020.1851117 . 0277-3945.
  13. Web site: Galvin . Annie . 2019-09-23 . Autism Aesthetics . 2024-02-06 . . en-US.
  14. Web site: About . 2024-02-06 . m. remi yergeau . en-US.
  15. Web site: M. Remi Yergeau U-M LSA English Language and Literature . 2024-02-06 . . en.
  16. Web site: Awards . 2024-02-06 . Coalition of Feminist Scholars in the History of Rhetoric and Composition . en-US.
  17. Web site: Modern Language Association Prize for a First Book Winners . 2024-02-06 . . en.
  18. Web site: 2018-06-06 . Lavender Rhetorics Award for Excellence in Queer Scholarship . 2024-02-06 . . en-US.
  19. Web site: Book Award . 2024-02-06 . . en-US.

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