Research output per year
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Personal profile
Research Interests
- Rhetoric
- Writing Studies
- Disability Studies
- American History
- Film/Visual Culture
- Women's Lives
Personal profile
Catherine Prendergast is Professor of English at the University of Illinois,Urbana-Champaign. Her book, The Gilded Edge, is forthcoming from Dutton Press in October 2021.
Education
- BA: Columbia University
- PhD: University of Wisconsin - Madison
Teaching
- Disability in Film
- Economies of Literacy
- Disability in Literature
- Advanced Composition
- Global English
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The Gilded Edge: Two Audacious Women and the Cyanide Love Triangle That Shook America
Prendergast, C. J., Oct 2021, Dutton. 352 p.Research output: Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book
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Buying into English: Language and Investment in the New Capitalist World
Prendergast, C., May 2008, Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press. 192 p. (Pittsburgh series in composition, literacy, and culture)Research output: Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book
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Literacy and Racial Justice: The Politics of Learning after Brown v. Board of Education
Prendergast, C., Sep 24 2003, Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press. 224 p.Research output: Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book
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Can I Use I?: Because I Hate Hate Hate College Writing
Prendergast, C. J., 2015, Out of Pocket Press. 130 p.Research output: Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book
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Reflection: Before #BlackLivesMatter
Prendergast, C. J., Dec 21 2016, Rhetorics of Whiteness: Postracial Hauntings in Popular Culture, Social Media, and Education. Kennedy, T. M., Middleton, J. I. & Ratcliffe, K. (eds.). Southern Illinois University Press, p. 89-91Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Honors & Recognition
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David H. Russell Award for Distinguished Research in the Teaching of English
Prendergast, C. J. (Recipient), 2006
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What is the place of Writing Studies in the Modern Language Association?
Prendergast, C. J. (Speaker)
2013Activity: Talk types › Oral presentation
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Journal of Literary & Cultural Disability Studies (Journal)
Prendergast, C. J. (Editorial board member)
2006 → …Activity: Editorial work types › Editorial activity
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Written Communication (Journal)
Prendergast, C. J. (Editorial board member)
1997 → 2003Activity: Editorial work types › Editorial activity