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J. Logan Smilges is an Associate Professor in the Department of English Language and Literatures at the University of British Columbia's Faculty of Arts. Their research centers on the intersections of queer/trans disability studies, rhetorical theory, and the history of medicine, framed through transfeminist and disability justice lenses. They are the author of two monographs: Queer Silence: On Disability and Rhetorical Absence (University of Minnesota Press, 2022), which theorizes silence as resistance in minoritarian communities, and Crip Negativity (2023), a critique of liberal disability politics. Currently, they are developing a third book on the co-constitutive histories of mental disability and transgender identity in the U.S.
Their work interrogates how power operates through medical, rhetorical, and social structures, with emphases on neuroqueer literacy, trauma embodiment, and digital resistance. Publications consistently engage with themes of silence, erasure, and agency across LGBTQ+ and disability contexts, employing interdisciplinary frameworks from critical theory, medical humanities, and technology studies. Research methodologies prioritize community-centered knowledge and counter-narratives against institutional violence.
