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Selected Academic Publications

Janelle standing in front of the researcher access entrance hallway at the Library of Congress. Janelle had her hair tied back in a ponytail, is wearing gold framed glasses and a striped button up shirt with black pants. Janelle is smiling in front of the sign and hallway entrance. The sign reads "Researcher Access" in red letters at the top and then "Library" in large black letters in the back followed by "library of congress" in little font next to the large library font.

Research Awards and Fellowships

Referred Journal Articles

Capwell Giles, Janelle Chu. “Access Intimacy and Humanness in CART Captioning Relationships,” Disability Studies Quarterly. (Forthcoming)

 

Capwell Giles, Janelle Chu. “Navigating the Disabled Graduate Teaching Experience through Identity Formation and Disclosure,” XChanges Special Issue 19.1. (Forthcoming)

Book Chapters

Capwell, Janelle Chu. “Access Intimacy and the Graduate Student CART Experience.” Disability, Access, and the Teaching of Writing, edited by Brueggemann et al. NCTE/SWR. (Forthcoming)

 

Capwell, Janelle Chu. “Narrative 2: Locating Sound While Learning How to Teach.” Threshold Conscripts: Rhetoric and Composition Teaching Assistantships, Edited by William J. Macaulay, Jr., Leslie R. Anglesey, Brady Edwards, Kathryn M. Lambrecht, and Phillip K. Lovas. The WAC Clearinghouse; UP Colorado. January 2023. 

 

Capwell, Janelle Chu. “Chapter Two: Disability in the Tutor’s Seat: Questioning Accessibility in the Shift from Disabled Student to Disabled Student-Employee.” Disability and the Academic Job Market, edited by Christopher McGunnigle. Vernon Press. Published May 2022. 

Refereed Conference Presentations

Capwell Giles, Janelle. “The B-Side of Teaching: Teaching in Collaboration with CART Captioning.” Single-Author Panel Presentation. 2025 Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC) Annual Convention. April 9-12, 2025. Baltimore, Maryland. 

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Schlauderaff, Sav, Janelle Capwell Giles, Naty Rico, and Dani Lucchese. “5 years of DCC at UArizona.” 90-Minute Presentation. AHEAD Equity & Excellence Conference 2024. July 15-19, 2024. Baltimore, Maryland.

 

Davies, Laura, Rochelle Rodrigo, Sheila Carter-Tod, Janelle Capwell Giles, and Berte Reyes. “Using Leadership Frameworks to Work through Diversity Scenarios.” Workshop. 2024 Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC) Annual Convention. April 3, 2024.

 

Zimmerman, Griffin X., Jay McClintick, Janelle Chu Capwell, and Kathleen Kryger. “The False Hope of Universal Design for Learning.” Panel presentation. 2023 Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC) Annual Convention. February 15, 2023 on-demand video session.  

 

Rico, Naty, Janelle Chu Capwell, and Sav Schlauderaff. “Disability Justice & Disabled Graduate Student Labor in Higher Education.” 90-Minute Presentation. AHEAD Equity & Excellence Conference 2022. July 22, 2022. Cleveland, Ohio.

 

Osorio, Ruth, Adam Hubrig, Manako Yabe, Griffin Zimmerman, Kathleen Kryger, Dev Bose, and Janelle Chu Capwell. “Constructing a Disability Literacies Framework Across Spaces, Identities, and Texts.” Roundtable presentation. 2022 Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC) Annual Convention. 

 

Iglesias, Charisse, Adele Leon, and Janelle Chu Capwell. “Critical Mentorship and Redistributing Power,” Conference on Community Writing: Weaving Narratives for Social Justice Action in the Local, National, Global. Online, October 21-23 2021. 

Select List of Research, Travel, and Fellowship Awards

  • Conference on College Composition & Communication (CCCC) Spring 2024 “Disability in College Composition” 

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  • University of Arizona, English Departmental Travel Award  

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  • Social and Behavioral Sciences Research Institute (SBSRI) Pre-doctoral Research Grant, April 2022 University of Arizona

 

  • Conference on College Composition & Communication (CCCC) Spring 2022 Scholars for the Dream Travel Award​

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  • University of Arizona, English Department, RCTE 2021 Research Fellowship    

                                                                

  • 2021 California State University Chancellor’s Doctoral Incentive Program (CDIP) fellow 

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  • University of Arizona Writing Program, Ruth Gardner Teaching Award Nominee 

   

  • University of Arizona Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Graduate Access Fellowship

       

  • Susan Isabel Frazee Award for Outstanding Student of Literature, Creative Writing, or the Teaching of English, Pasadena City College

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