The University of Michigan Department Seminar Series on Language, Disability, and Neurodiversity would like to invite you to our inaugural event, Language in a Neurodiverse World. This event will feature two leading scholars on issues related to neurodiversity and disability in language study: M. Remi Yergeau (Associate Professor of Digital Studies and English at the University of Michigan) and Stephanie L. Kerschbaum (Associate Professor of English and Director of the Program in Writing and Rhetoric at the University of Washington). Drs. Yergeau and Kerschbaum will discuss issues at the intersection of neurodiversity and language and will also participate in a Q & A with moderators and attendees.
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Panelists:

M. Remi Yergau (they/them/theirs)
University of Michigan: English Language & Literature

M. Remi Yergeau is Associate Professor of Digital Studies and English at the University of Michigan. They direct Digital Accessible Futures Lab, part of DISCO Network. Their book, Authoring Autism: On Rhetoric and Neurological Queerness (Duke UP), has received three notable rhetoric scholarships, and their forthcoming book is tentatively titled Crip Data, which explores disability, techno-rhetorics, and sociality.


Stephanie L. Kerschbaum (she/her/hers)
University of Washington: Department of English

Stephanie L. Kerschbaum is Associate Professor of English and Director of the Program in Writing and Rhetoric at the University of Washington. Her newest book, Signs of Disability, will be published in December 2022 with New York University Press simultaneously in print and as an open-access e-book.
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The University of Michigan Department of Linguistics' Language, Disability and Neurodiversity Seminar Series is made possible by a generous gift through the Larry Motola Linguistics Fund, established to fund the development of curriculum projects related to cognitive processes and conditions, and their interaction with language.