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Sarah Orem

Assistant Professor (Teaching) of Writing
Pronouns She / Her / Hers Email sorem@usc.edu

Education

  • Ph.D. English, University of Texas at Austin, 8/2015
  • M.A. Performance Studies, New York University, 2008
  • B.A. English, Rice University, 2007

  • PostDoctoral Appointments

    • Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in the Humanities, University of California, Irvine, 07/2019 – 07/2020
    • McPherson-Eveillard Postdoctoral Fellow in American Studies, Smith College, 01/2016 – 06/2019

  • Book Chapters

    • Orem, S. (2020). Feminist Anxiety. Futures of Neurodiversity.

    Journal Article

    • Orem, S. (2021). Tangles of Resentment. Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society. Vol. 46 (4), pp. 963-985.
    • Orem, S. (2017). Un/Necessary Procedures: Black Women, Disability, and Work in Grey’s Anatomy. African American Review. Vol. 50 (2), pp. 169-183.
    • Orem, S. (2017). Signifyin(g) When Vexed: Black Feminist Revision, Anger, and A Raisin in the Sun. Modern Drama. Vol. 60 (2), pp. 189-211.
    • Orem, S., Simpkins, N. F. (2016). Weepy Rhetoric: Trigger Warnings and the Work of Making Mental Illness Visible in the Writing Classroom. enculturation: A Journal of Rhetoric, Writing, and Culture. Vol. 20
    • Orem, S. (2015). Body Arts: OCD’s Perceptual Challenges and Tehching Hsieh’s Time Clock Piece. The Journal of Literary and Cultural Disability Studies. Vol. 9 (1), pp. 53-69.

  • Editorships and Editorial Boards

    • Editorial Board, Praxis: A Writing Center Journal, 2015 –
    • Managing Editor, Praxis: A Writing Center Journal, 2013 – 2015
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