Scholarship

In Press, Under Review, or Proposed

Pain disclosures, practices, and pedagogy in the writing classroom. In A. Hubrig & P. Ready (Eds.), Anti-ableist composition: Writing studies and accessibility in
“unprecedented times.”
(Edited collection conditionally accepted by WAC Clearinghouse.)

Redacted. In C. Cedillo, A. Hubrig, & M. Brooks-Gillies (Eds.), Rhetorical approaches to critical embodiment: Diverse perspectives on academia, activism, and everyday life. (Proposed to University of Pittsburgh Press.)

Contributor to Cedillo, C. (Embodying (In)Adequacy: “Good Enough” as a Blow against the Meritocratic Regime. In T. Oleksiak and J. Barsczewski (Eds.), Adequate. (Proposed.)

Restoring poetics to scholarship, / disturbing academic style with /
counterstory, allays the தமிழ் / thirst for homeland. In S. Christiansen, Z. Tian, & S. Canagarajah (Eds.), Decolonizing academic writing through translingualism: ¡Manos a la obra! 让我们一起行动吧!. (Invited proposal under review.)

Dissertation

2022

This is about the body, the mind, the academy, the clinic, time, and pain. Description. Webtext excerpt.

Refereed Articles

2017

“A way of life that is not entirely unfortunate”: The peripheral cunning of chronic pain. Platform: Journal of Media and Communication, 8(1), pp. 24-39.

2011

“Later, buddy”: The politics of loss and trauma representation in Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann. Forum for World Literature Studies: Graphic Engagement Special Issue, 3(1).

Invited Refereed Articles

2022

Hollow me, hollow me, until only you remain (Interactive rhetorical criticism). Spark: A 4C4Equality Journal, 4. (Received an Honorable Mention for the Kairos Award for Best Webtext.)

2019

Adler-Kassner, L., Cox, A., Elston, M., García de Müeller, G., Kumari, A., Manivannan, V., Miller-Cochran, S., Moroski, K., Olejnik, M., O’Neill, P., Poe, M., Powell, A., Reid, S., & Roundtree, S. Building a twenty-first-century feminist ethos: Three dialogues for WPAs. In E. Wardle & M. LaFrance (Eds.), WPA: Writing Program Administration, 42(2).

Non-Refereed Articles

2022

Manivannan, V., Osorio, R., & Male, J. Editors’ introduction to “Carework and Writing During COVID: Part I.Journal of Multimodal Rhetorics, 6(2).

2022

Manivannan, V., Osorio, R., & Male, J. Editors’ introduction to “Carework and Writing During COVID: Part II.Journal of Multimodal Rhetorics, 7(1).

Refereed Book Chapters

2022

The successful text is not always the one that murders me to protect you. In A. Knoblauch and M. Moeller (Eds.), Bodies of knowledge: Embodied rhetorics in theory and practice. Utah State University Press. PDF Proof (cite final version instead).

2019

“Maybe she can be a feminist and still claim her own opinions?”: The story of an accidental counter-troll. In E. Sparby & J. Reyman (Eds.), Digital Ethics: Rhetoric and Responsibility in Online Aggression, Hate Speech, and Harassment. (Edited collection won the 2019 Computers and Composition Distinguished Book Award.)

2015

“Never give ’em what they expect”: The Joker ethos as the zeitgeist of contemporary digital subcultural transgression. In R. Peaslee & R. Weiner (Eds.), The Joker: A serious study of the clown prince of crime. University of Mississippi Press.

Invited Book Chapters

2022

Manivannan, V., Cadman, D., & Mundy, R. Interdisciplinary writing instructors teach autoethnographic creativity and social consciousness. In J. Daniel-Wariya (Ed)., Who Teaches Writing. Oklahoma State University OER. (Contributor to audio book.)

Book Reviews

2012

Rev. of Couldry, N. Media, society, world: Social theory and digital media practice. International Journal of Communication, 9.

Op-Eds, Blog Entries, and Social Media Posts

2019

2019

2019. RhetKindness Space, Coalition of Feminist Scholars in the History of Rhetoric & Composition (CFSHRC) (Planner, contributor).

2019

#WPAListservFeministRevolution and Direct Messages (Contributor).

2018

2018

Listserv to listserv: A response from nextGEN (Author, contributor). WPA-L Listserv.

2018

On naming what we don’t want to know. WPA-L Listserv.

2018

Re: A request to all list members. WPA-L Listserv.

2016

An Eelam Tamil American’s reaction to Trump’s election (Author). Facebook. Shared with Asian American Writers’ Workshop (AAWW) funders.

2014

When “trolling” becomes an umbrella term. The New York Times Room for Debate. Invited contributor to special forum on trolling.