August 9, 2018Written for my dissertation and performed at Capacious: Affect Inquiry/Making Space as part of the conference's "interstices," a space for undisciplined,…
May 27, 2018I gave a talk at Computers and Writing 2018 on Trump's election and changes in the information landscape. Access copy…- May 27, 2018At this year's C&W, I presented a working theory on addressing trolls who specifically target academics, based on my own…
June 4, 2017Access copy of the talk below. "Maybe She Can Be a Feminist & Still Claim Her Opinions?" Vyshali Manivannan, Rutgers…
February 10, 2017A combination of Winter Storm Niko and a resulting spike in chronic pain has left me housebound in New York…
May 21, 2016I co-facilitated a short writing workshop at C&W 2016 on body modification, deep embodiment pedagogy, and collaborative writing. There wasn't…
November 15, 2015Written for and performed at Affect Theory Conference: Worldings, Tensions, Futures, "The Author is in Pain" is my first foray…
May 21, 2015Access copy of my talk below. Teaching Tattoos: A Body(mod)-Focused Approach to the Composition Classroom Vyshali Manivannan, Rutgers University School…
April 8, 2015In any city, in any country, in any university in which you have been enrolled, go into any classroom and…
March 3, 2015My shortform multimodal composition on mobile phone testimony and the Tamil genocide, "War without witness: Mobile phone testimony in preserving…