Kristin C. Bennett

Kristin C. Bennett is an Assistant Professor of Technical and Scientific Writing and Director of Technical Writing in the Department of English at the University of Oklahoma. Her research critically interrogates normative technical and professional communication practices through disability justice frameworks to advance accessibility and equity across workplace, educational, and organizational contexts.

Her educational credentials include:

• B.A. in English Language and Literature from The College of New Jersey (2009)
• M.A. in English Language and Literature from The College of New Jersey (2011)
• Ph.D. in Writing, Rhetorics and Literacies from Arizona State University (2022)

Professor Bennett's scholarship spans technical and professional communication, disability rhetorics, health/medical rhetorics, digital rhetorics, and user-experience design. She challenges ableist norms in professional discourse by applying disability justice principles to documentation, design, and pedagogy. Her work emphasizes coalitional approaches that center marginalized experiences while transforming institutional practices toward radical inclusion.

Analysis of her 2021-2024 publications reveals consistent focus on dismantling systemic ableism through interdisciplinary lenses—particularly at intersections of disability justice, technical communication, and user-experience design. Key themes include accessible digital pedagogy, equitable recruitment practices, medical communication reform, and critical analysis of institutional rhetoric across university career centers, writing programs, and medical contexts.

Her notable recognition includes:

• Conference on College Composition and Communication 2024 award for Best Article Reporting Qualitative or Quantitative Research in Technical or Scientific Communication for "Transforming the Rights-Based Encounter: Disability Rights, Disability Justice, and the Ethics of Access"

As Book Review Editor for Communication Design Quarterly, she shapes scholarly discourse in the field. No information regarding student advising, grant funding, or laboratory teams is provided in available materials.