Biography
Professor Kennedy was a recipient of the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship as an undergraduate student and later served as a program Alumni Ambassador for the scholarship program. They welcome any conversations with interested students about making international education a possibility for them, particularly when they have limited financial means. The Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship provides funding from the U.S. Department of State to support mutlimarginalized Pell Grant recipients with funding for study abroad.
Education
- M.A. in Rhetoric & Composition from Eastern Michigan University (2020)
- M.A. in Creative Writing from Eastern Michigan University (2020)
- B.A. in Japanese Studies, English from University of Michigan - Ann Arbor (2015)
Professional Activities
Professor Kennedy was a recipient of the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship as an undergraduate student and later served as a program Alumni Ambassador for the scholarship program. They welcome any conversations with interested students about making international education a possibility for them, particularly when they have limited financial means. The Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship provides funding from the U.S. Department of State to support mutlimarginalized Pell Grant recipients with funding for study abroad.
Publications
Articles/Essays
- Forthcoming Shane A. Wood, Nick Gardiakos, Matthew Bryan, Stuart Dees, Pamela Baker, Emily Proulx, Vee Kennedy, Melissa Pompos Mansfield, Meeghan Faulconer, Erica Maclintal, Kenneth Tanemura. “Sustaining Sociocultural Values through GenAI Principles at a Hispanic-Serving Institution.” WPA: Writing Program Administration, 50.1 December 2026.
- Kennedy, Vee. “A Pre-Pandemic Snapshot of a Culture of (in)Access: Accommodation Statements.” WPA: Writing Program Administration, 49.1, December 2025.
- Shane A. Wood, Nick Gardiakos, Matthew Bryan, Natalie Madrugra, Pamela Baker, Joel Schneier, Joel Bergholtz, Emily Proulx, Vee Kennedy, Ricky Finch, Mya Poe, Norbert Elliot, and Sherry Rankins-Robertson.“Sustaining Curricula through Collective Actions: A Case of Longitudinal Design.” Composition Forum, October 2025.
- Kennedy, Vee. 2025. “Postcolonial Pokémon : The Social Responsibility of Indigenous Representation as told by Online Discourse and Game Reviews of Pokémon Legends : Arceus.” Replaying Japan 7 (March): 11–17.
Creative Publications
- Kennedy, Vee. “Disputatio: One Disabled Student's Dream Syllabus Statement.” Kairos: A Journal of Rhetoric, Technology and Pedagogy, 29(2), 2025. https://kairos.technorhetoric.net/29.2/disputatio/kennedy/
Book Reviews
- Forthcoming Accepted. Kennedy, Vee. “Review: Disability and Fandom,” by Katherine Anderson Howell. Transformative Works & Cultures, 2026.
- Kennedy, Vee. “Review: Theories and Strategies for Teaching Creative Writing Online.” Routledge, 2021. https://gsole.org/olor/reviews/2024.05.16/ Global Society of Online Literacy Educators. Online Literacies Open Resources Reviews, 2024.
Conference Papers/Presentations
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Forthcoming
Accepted. Ganzon, S., Morini, S., Kennedy, V., Zhou, J. “Remediating Empire: Race, Gender, and (Post-)Colonialism in Transnational Japanese Popular Culture.” Mechademia. Singapore, Singapore National University, May 2026.
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Forthcoming
Wood, S., Baker, P., Bergholz J., Faulconer M., Gardiakos, N., Kennedy, V., Madruga, N., Pompous-Mansfield, L., Proulx, E., Tanemura, K.“Constructing a Socioculturally-Informed First-Year Writing Program through Collective Actions at a Hispanic-Serving Institution.” Conference on College Composition and Communication. March 2026.
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Brightwell, E., Citko-DuPlantis, M., Li, J., Mulholland, K., Kennedy, V. “Teaching Rhetoric, AI and Japanese Media Studies.” Fact, Fiction and the In-Between: Developing Student Literacy through Japanese Studies in an Age of Dis/Mis/Information. Modern Language Association, Toronto, January 2026.
Courses
| Course # | Course | Title | Mode | Days/Times | Syllabus |
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| 12329 | ENC1102 | Composition Ⅱ | Web-Based (W) | 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM | Unavailable |
| 12330 | ENC1102 | Composition Ⅱ | Web-Based (W) | 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM | Unavailable |
| 12622 | ENC1102 | Composition Ⅱ | Mixed Mode (M) | Th 1:30 PM - 2:45 PM | Unavailable |
| 12684 | ENC1102 | Composition Ⅱ | Mixed Mode (M) | Th 12:00 PM - 1:15 PM | Unavailable |
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