J. Logan Smilges, Ph.D.

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jsmilges@twu.edu
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Biography

Johnathan Smilges is an Assistant Professor of English and Affiliate Faculty of Multicultural Women’s and Gender Studies at Texas Woman’s University, where they study the entanglement of queer, trans, and disability rhetorics. They received their dual-Ph.D. in Rhetoric and Women’s Studies and their M.A. in English from Pennsylvania State University. Their B.A. in English Literature and Young-Adult Education is from Capital University. Their current book project, Queer Silence: Disability, Pathology, and the Rhetoricity of Absence, has been recognized by the American Studies Association (ASA), the Coalition of Feminist Scholars in the History of Rhetoric, and the Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC). They currently serve as the co-chair of the Disability Studies Standing Group for CCCC, and they are an incoming member of the ASA’s Committee on Gender and Sexuality Studies.

Education

Ph.D., English and Women's Studies, Pennsylvania State University
M.A., English, Pennsylvania State University
B.A., English Literature and Education, Capital University

Expertise

Disability Studies; Queer Studies; Trans Studies; Rhetoric

Latest Articles

Neuroqueer Thinkers; Bad Listeners
Peitho: Journal of the Coalition of Feminist Scholars in the History of Rhetoric and Composition (2020)
Johnathan Smilges

Trauma Sex: A Queercrip Erotic
Disability Studies Quarterly (2020)
Johnathan Smilges

White Squares to Black Boxes: Grindr, Queerness, Rhetorical Silence
Rhetoric Review (2019)
Johnathan Smilges

It's not gay, nor bad, it's SSAD:' Queerness and Masquerade
Canadian Journal of Disability Studies (2018)
Johnathan Smilges

Recent Presentations

A Grammar of Creativity
American Studies Association (2021)
Round Table | Johnathan Smilges

Transing Archival Queers: Where Rhetoric Meets Trans Violence
Rhetoric Society of America (2020)
Paper | Johnathan Smilges

F*cking the Wall
National Women's Studies Association (2020)
Paper | Johnathan Smilges

Reading Is Overrated: When Literacy Meets Disability.
Northeastern Modern Language Association Convention (2019)
Paper | Johnathan Smilges

The Ex-Gay Masquerade: Queercrip Conversion
American Studies Association (2019)
Paper | Johnathan Smilges

Wanna Swap Pics': Grindr, Queerness, Silence
American Men's Studies Association (2018)
Paper | Johnathan Smilges

That Aging Queer: Coming Out Old, Growing Up Trans*
National Women's Studies Association (2018)
Paper | Johnathan Smilges

Inviting All Womanism(s)
Conference on College Composition and Communication (2017)
Paper | Johnathan Smilges

Pray the Gay (Disability) Away: The Rhetoric of Reparative Therapy
CLGBTQE Symposium (2016)
Paper | Johnathan Smilges

The Virtuous Struggler: The Price for Purity in Reparative Therapy
After Marriage Conference (2016)
Paper | Johnathan Smilges

Honors & Awards

• Lavender Rhetorics Award, Conference on College Composition and Communication (2020)
• Presidents Dissertation Award, Coalition of Feminist Scholars in the History of Rhetoric (2020)
• Denise Haunani Solomon Teaching Award, Pennsylvania State University (2019)
• Graduate Paper Award, Northeast Modern Language Association (2019)
• Gene Wise-Warren Susman Prize, American Studies Association (2019)
• LGBTQA Service Award, Pennsylvania State University (2018)
• Graduate Service Award, Pennsylvania State University (2018)