Kay Siebler

Biography

Kay began her teaching career in the Morocco as a Peace Corps volunteer and has been teaching in various contexts and institutions for the past 30 years. She has also worked as a journalist and a tech writer/quality assurance manager. For Kay, a good day is one spent in the classroom . . . or on the porch/on the couch reading and writing. 

Education

B.A. in Journalism, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

M.A. in English, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Ph.D. in Composition and Rhetoric (emphasis in Gender Studies), Miami University 

Teaching/Research Areas

Literacy Education

Composition Theory/Practice

Contemporary Pop Culture Rhetoric

Gender and Sexuality Studies

and Rhetorics of Traditionally Marginalized Populations

Publications

Black Women Shattering Stereotypes: A Streaming Revolution. Lexington Press, 2021. 

“Black Feminists in Serialized Dramas: The Sex/Gender/Sexuality/Race Politics of Being Mary Jane and Scandal.” Journal of Popular Film and Television, 47.3 (2019): 152-162. 

“Performance as Empowerment.”  Strategies for Resisting Sexism in the Academy: Higher Education, Gender and Neoliberalism, ed. Gail Crimmins. Palgrave Studies in Gender and Education, 2019, 169-186. 

Learning Queer Identity in the Digital Age. Palgrave Macmillan Press, 2016. 

“What’s So Feminist about Garters and Bustiers: Neo-Burlesque as Post-Feminist Sexual Liberation.” Journal of Gender Studies, 24.5 (2014): 561-573. 

"Transgendered Transitions: Sex/Gender Binaries in the Digital Age.” Journal of Gay and Lesbian Mental Health, 16 (2012):74–99. 

“Queer Representations and How We Educate.” Journal of LGBT Youth, 7.4 (2010): 320-345.  

“Far from the Truth: The Politics of Sojourner Truth’s “Ain’t I a Woman.” Pedagogy: Critical Approaches to Teaching Literature, Language, Composition, and Culture, 10.3 (2010): 511-535. 

Composing Feminism(s): How Feminists Have Shaped Composition Pedagogy. Hampton Press, 2008. 

Awards and Honors

Civic Leader of Excellence Award, Mayor’s Office, St. Joseph, Missouri, 2019. 

Drum Major for Social Justice. Missouri Western State University, 2019. 

Professor of Distinction and Excellence. Xi’dian University, Xi’an, China, 2014.  

First Book Grant. First Book Organization (non-profit organization devoted to early literacy for at-risk and Title I students), 2009-2010. 

Women’s Studies Program Service Award. Buena Vista University, 2008. 

Finalist, Bellwether Prize. Barbara Kingsolver’s Prize for Fiction of Social Consciousness for novel-length manuscript The Alchemy of X, 2004.