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Ruth Osorio is an Associate Professor at Old Dominion University (ODU), affiliated with the College of Arts & Letters. Her research focuses on rhetoric, disability studies, feminist historiography, social movements, and writing pedagogy. She holds a PhD from the University of Maryland, where she was awarded the Ann G. Wylie Dissertation Fellowship and James A. Robinson Excellence in Teaching Award. Osorio has been recognized for her advocacy work, including the Kate Broderick Faculty Award for promoting educational accessibility and the Disability in College Composition Travel Award.
Her scholarship bridges theoretical and practical concerns, emphasizing embodied rhetoric, disability justice, and inclusive education. Notable works include analyses of Sylvia Rivera’s activism, Twitter-based autistic advocacy, and graduate student labor conditions. Osorio’s recent studies explore antiracist conferencing practices, Black citizenship education, and pandemic-era carework in writing programs.
- Grants/Awards: Summer Research Grant (ODU), All-S.T.A.R. Fellowship (UMD), and multiple teaching/research recognitions.
- Key Contributions: Pioneers disability-as-insight frameworks in pedagogy, advocates for accessible media practices, and documents historical disabled world-making movements like the 1977 504 Sit-In.
- Community Engagement: Leads initiatives on conference accessibility, co-edits special issues on carework in writing programs, and collaborates with activist scholars globally.
No specific research laboratory is listed, though her work frequently involves interdisciplinary teams addressing accessibility and social justice in academia.
