HELLO, MY NAME IS

Dr. Jessie Waggoner


(they/them)

Cripqueer first gen academic

Assistant professor of Gender & Women Studies and English

Dr. Jessie Waggoner, a person with pink curly hair and wearing a pink velvet shirt smiling for the camera. Behind them is a white brick wall.
About Me

My research interests span feminist disability studies, queer/trans studies, African American studies and U.S. literature and culture.

I am a feminist, queer, disabled educator and researcher.

My current book project revises genealogies of early disability activisms in the U.S. to consider the roles of race, gender and sexuality in an emerging disability consciousness.

My work has appeared in venues such as the Journal of Literary and Cultural Disability Studies, Modernism/Modernity, Journal of Modern Literature and Modern Fiction Studies. I am currently co-editing a forthcoming special issue of The Journal of Feminist Scholarship on “Visionary Politics and Methods in Feminist Disability Studies” with Dr. Ashley Mog.

What I Do

Aside from research and education, I am a writer and provide trainings on disability inclusion and acceptance.

WORKSHOPS

Disability, Queerness, Healthcare, and More!

PUBLICATIONS

Books, Articles, and Additional Publications.

CONTACT ME​

Interested in my work?

Skills

Conference, lecture, and paper presentations

Literature review

Undergraduate and graduate advising

Research and curriculum design

My Experience

2020-Present

University of Wisconsin – Madison

Assistant Professor of Gender and Women’s Studies and English

Teaching, advising, and organizing panels/workshops regarding gender, sexuality, and disability politics.

2017-2020

University of Houston

Postdoctoral Fellow, Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies Program


Achieving research- and education-based objectives and contributing to the program.

2016-2017

University of Indiana

Visiting Lecturer, Department of English

Incorporating intersectionality into discussions of English Literature throughout the centuries.

Publications

Title page of "The Seriously Injured of Our Civic Life" by Dr. Waggoner.