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Joseph P. Fisher's Research and Writing Interests
Joe’s research routinely pulls together strains of psychoanalytic theory, disability studies, and composition theory. His academic specializations are in twentieth and twenty-first century American literature with a particular focus on addiction narratives.
Since completing his Ph.D., Joe has published on a variety of popular and academic topics, ranging from examinations of indie music gender politics to higher education employment ethics. He also nursed a several-years-long fascination with the television series Breaking Bad, at one point writing and publishing approximately 9,200 words on the series for PopMatters.
Currently, Joe is preparing a project on the intersection of disability and athletics. He calls dibs on the title “On the DL: Athletes, Athletics, and Disability.”
Joe is also an experienced web developer.
Academic Writing
- “Student Success This Fall Will Depend on Faculty-Staff Cooperation,” co-authored with Lee Skallerup Bessette, The Chronicle of Higher Education (June 23, 2021)
- “A Soliloquy on Contingency,” included in Hybrid Teaching: People, Pedagogy, Politics (Hybrid Pedagogy Inc. 2021)
- “Epilogue: Unhappy Beginnings,” included in Succeeding Outside the Academy: Career Paths beyond the Humanities, Social Sciences, and STEM (University Press of Kansas 2018)
- The Journal of Bioethical Inquiry (symposium edition titled “Composing Disability”), co-edited with Wade Fletcher and Abby Wilkerson, 13.4 (Springer 2016)
- “Queer Time, Queer Space, and Queer Edge in Lynn Breedlove’s Godspeed,” included in Write in Tune: Contemporary Music in Fiction (Bloomsbury 2014)
- “A Soliloquy on Contingency,” Hybrid Pedagogy (April 15, 2014)
- The Politics of Post-9/11 Music: Sound, Trauma, and the Music Industry in the Time of Terror, co-edited with Brian Flota (Ashgate 2011)
- “The Drugs Aint a ‘G’ Thang, Baby, or Kicking The Chronic Straight Outta Compton,” included in Resounding Pasts: Essays in Literature, Popular Music, and Cultural Memory (Cambridge Scholars Publishing 2011)
- “Addiction” and “Popular Culture”—Entries in Encyclopedia of American Disability History (Facts on File 2009)
Popular Culture Writing
Coach Kipunning Blog
- Lead Writer and Editor
Joe’s Occasionally Updated Personal Blog
- Occasional Lead Writer and Editor
Archive of Feature Articles and Blog Posts for PopMatters
Breaking Bad Frame-by-Frame Posts for PopMatters
Nirvana Between-the-Grooves Post for PopMatters
MetalSucks’ 31 Days of Faith No More: Encore
Interviews and Fan Mail
- “Neurodivergent Students Need Flexibility, Not Our Frustration,” The Chronicle of Higher Education (July 3, 2023)
- “How the Medical Housing Process Reinforces Ableism at Georgetown,” The Georgetown Voice (April 29, 2022)
- “GUSA Petitions for University Disability Cultural Center After Academic Resource Center Falls Short,” The Hoya (January 23, 2021)
- “University Yet to Bolster Funding, Personnel at Academic Resource Center in Month 8 of Hiring Freeze,” The Hoya (October 29, 2020)
- “Accessibility and Accommodation Concerns Rise to the Forefront of Student Advocacy,” The Georgetown Voice (September 4, 2020)
- “Academic Resource Center Underresourced and Understaffed Heading Into the Fall, Students Say,” The Hoya (August 14, 2020)
- “Students Report Difficulties Accessing Academic Accommodations, Lack of University Support in Virtual Learning Space,” The Hoya (June 11, 2020)
- “Q&A with Joseph P. Fisher,” Politics and Prose Bookstore (October 21, 2016)
- “‘She’s So Schizophrenic!’: How Not to Alienate Your Colleagues with Psychiatric Disabilities,” Vitae (July 9, 2014)
- “Find out What Hydrocephalus Is,” RunWashington (September 30, 2013)