Kim Thompson
About
Kimberly Thompson is an interdisciplinary scholar specializing in feminist, queer, and visual rhetorics. Their research explores the intersections of rhetorical place and space, the rhetorics of inanimate and animate objects, and queer and feminist embodiments. Their scholarly and pedagogical interests also include archival research, composition studies, discourse analysis, and gender and women’s studies. They have presented at national conferences, including the Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC), Computers and Writing, and Feminisms and Rhetorics, and they have published in both academic and public venues, including Peitho and Composition Studies.
Education
- B.A. East Carolina University: Cultural Anthropology and Archaeology
- M.A. East Carolina University: Multicultural Literature and Women’s Studies
- Ph.D. East Carolina University: Rhetoric, Writing, and Professional Communication
Research Interests
- Feminist and Queer Rhetorics
- Bodily and Visual Rhetorics
- Transnational Texts
- Archival Research
- First-Year Writing
Courses Taught
- ENGL 3880: Writing for Business and Industry
- ENGL 3820: Scientific Writing
- ENGL 3810: Advanced Composition
- ENGL 2830: Writing and Style
- ENGL 2201: Writing about the Discipline
- ENGL 1100: Foundations of College Writing
- WOST 2000: Introduction to Women’s Studies
Selected Publications and Presentations
- Thompson, Kimberly D. “The Cross-Cultural Power of Yuri: Riyoko Ikeda’s Queer Rhetorics of Place-Making in The Rose of Versailles.” Peitho: Journal of the Coalition of Women Scholars in the History of Rhetoric & Composition. 19.2 (2017): 301-320.
- Thompson, Kimberly D. “Hacking Normativity: Participatory Disruption, Diffusion, and Dampening.” Queer Studies Conference. University of North Carolina of Asheville. Asheville, NC. April 2015.
- Thompson, Kimberly D. “Queer Visuals: Disrupting Time-Space in a Kairotic Queer Moment of Unbecoming.” Conference of College Composition and Communication. Tampa, Fla. March 2015.
- Thompson, Kimberly D. “To be ‘Marked’: The Pedagogical Implications of Identity in First-Year Writing Classrooms.” Council of Writing Program Administrators. Illinois State University, Normal, Ill. July 2014.
- Thompson, Kimberly D. “The Rhetoric of Yuri Texts: Spaces of Fantasy for Shōjo.” Feminisms & Rhetorics. Stanford University, Palo Alto, Calif. September 2013.