Vee Kennedy
Instructor of Writing & Rhetoric
University of Central Florida
Vee.Kennedy@ucf.edu
EDUCATION
- M.A., Rhetoric and Writing. Eastern Michigan University, 2020
- M.A., Creative Writing, Eastern Michigan University, 2020
- B.A., Japanese Studies and English, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 2015
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
- Instructor, Writing & Rhetoric, University of Central Florida, 2024-present
- Visiting Instructor, Writing & Rhetoric, University of Central Florida, 2022-2024
- Visiting Professor, New Student Experience, Valencia College, 2021-2022
PUBLICATIONS
Peer Reviewed
- 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, 2025.
- Kennedy, Vee. “Postcolonial Pokémon: The Social Responsibility of Indigenous Representation as told by Online Discourse and Game Reviews of Pokémon Legends: Arceus.” REPLAYING JAPAN, vol.7, Mar. 2025, pp.11-18.
Editorially Reviewed
- Kennedy, Vee. “Disputatio: One Disabled Student's Dream Syllabus Statement.” Kairos: A Journal of Rhetoric, Technology and Pedagogy, 29(2), 2025.
Featured Work
- Kennedy, V. (2025). Internet Graveyard of Critical Baking and the Critical Baking Kitchen. In Johnson and Salter’s Critical Making in the Age of AI. (pp. 187, 192, 215). Amherst College Press.
Book Reviews
- Kennedy, Vee. "Review: Theories and Strategies for Teaching Creative Writing Online." Routledge, 2021. Global Society of Online Literacy Educators. Online Literacies Open Resources Reviews, 2024
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
International
- Forthcoming. 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. January 2026. Accepted.
- Kennedy, Vee. "Postcolonial Pokemon: Procedural Rhetorics of Indigenous Representation in Legends of Arceus." Replaying Japan. August 2024
- Kennedy, Vee. "Ethics and AI: GradeGPT: Can GPT 3.5 Pass English Composition II, Rebooted." Computers and Writing. June 2024
National
- Forthcoming. Kennedy, Vee. “Teaching Civically Engaged Rhetoric in the Age of Generative Artificial Intelligence.” Rhetoric Society of America. May 2026.
- 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.
- Trogden B., Garris C., Clarke M. & Kennedy, V. “Gen Ed and Democracy: Open Education Materials from Civic Engagement & Voting Rights Teacher Scholars.” Association of General and Liberal Studies. October 2025.
Regional
- Kennedy, Vee. “Reproducing Colonial Maps in Pokemon.” Console-ing Passions Conference. June 2025.
- Kennedy, Vee. "GradeGPT: Can GPT3.5 Pass English Composition II?" Teaching & Learning with AI Conference. September 2023
- Kennedy, Vee. "Grading ChatGPT: How Well the AI Scored on My First-Year Composition Prompts and How this Changes My Pedagogy." Sunshine State Teaching and Learning Conference. May 2023
- Kennedy, Vee. “Disabled student, disabled teacher: masking and disclosing disability in academia.” Teaching of Writing Conference, Wayne State University. February 2020.
- Kennedy, Vee. “Engaging Without Speaking: Nonverbal and Semiverbal classroom activities.” Mid-Michigan Corridors Rhetoric & Writing Conference. September 2019.
- Kennedy, Vee. “Poor Monster, or Nonbinary Viola: How Shakespeare Subverts Heteronormative Desire through the Rejection of the Gender Binary.” Ohio Valley Shakespeare Conference. June 2019.
Internal Talks
- Kennedy, Vee. “How Large Language Models Learn.” Department of Writing and Rhetoric TeacherTalks. February, 2024.
- Kennedy, Vee. “Coffee Hour with your Friendly Neighborhood Queer Autistic First Year Writing Instructor: So Where Do I Put My Pronouns on My Syllabus?” QueerTalk2018. Eastern Michigan University. November, 2018.
COURSES TAUGHT
University of Central Florida
- Composition I: Sociocultural Construct for Community-Situated Writing (Global Achievement, Online, Mixed Mode, and Fully Face to Face)
- Composition II: Sociocultural Construct for Research Writing (Online, Mixed Mode, and Fully Face to Face)
Valencia College
- New Student Experience (Online, Mixed Mode, and Fully Face to Face)
- Composition I (Online, Mixed Mode, and Fully Face to Face)
- Composition II (Online, Mixed Mode, and Fully Face to Face)
- Advanced Composition and Creative Writing (Online)
Eastern Michigan University
- Composition I (Online, Mixed Mode, and Fully Face to Face)
- Composition II (Online, Mixed Mode, and Fully Face to Face)
INTERNAL AWARDS
- 2022-2023. Excellence of Equity in Teaching Award, awarded by the Department of Writing and Rhetoric’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee
- 2018-2019. Excellence in Graduate Student Teaching - Eastern Michigan University
SCHOLARSHIPS AND GRANT AWARDS
- 2020. Segal AmeriCorps Education Award, $5,500
- 2013. Freeman Asia Award, awarded by the Institute for International Education, $10,000
- 2013. Gilman Scholarship for Study Abroad, awarded by the U.S. State Department, $6,500
University
- 2025- Faculty Senate, Member at Large
- 2025-2026. Travel Awards for Faculty Recognition of Excellence Committee, Member
- 2023- Institutional Review Board, Alternate Member
College
- 2024- AI Across College of Arts and Humanities Group Member
- 2024-Present. Fan Studies Research Group, Member
- 2022-Present. Digital Cultures Research Group, Member
Department of Writing and Rhetoric
- 2023- Parliamentarian, Department of Writing and Rhetoric
- 2025-2026. Steering Committee, Member
- 2025-2026. Undergraduate Programs Committee, Member
- 2025-2026. Composition Committee, Member
- 2024-2025. TeacherTalks Coordinator
- 2023-2024. ENC 1101 Assessment Committee
- 2023-2024. BA ePortfolio Reviewer
- 2023-2024. BA Capstone Committee
- 2023-2024. Faculty Reader, Convergence/Rhetoric
- 2023-2024. BA Capstone Project Mock Interview Panelist
- 2023-2024. Knight’s Write Showcase Student Panelist Coach for ENC 1102 Panelists
- 2023-2024. Knight’s Write Showcase Student Panelist Coach for Convergence/Rhetoric
- 2023-2024. Knights Write Showcase Committee
- 2023-2024. Faculty Reader, Stylus
- 2023-2024. Composition Program Committee
- 2022-2023. Summer ENC 1102 ePortfolio Assessment Committee
- 2022-2023. Faculty Reader, Stylus
- 2022-2023. BA ePortfolio Reviewer
- 2022-2023. BA Capstone Project Mock Interview Panelist
- 2022-2023. Faculty Reader, Convergence/Rhetoric
- 2022-2023. Online Teaching of Writing Taskforce
- 2022-2023. Knight’s Write Showcase Student Panelist Coach
- 2022-2023. Judge, Knight’s Write Showcase Selection Committee
- 2022-2023. National Day on Writing Tabling Volunteer
- 2022-2023. Composition Program Learning Outcomes Committee Member
Valencia College
- 2022. Student Coach, Osceola Prosper Program
- 2022. Online Course Peer Review Panelist, General Psychology
- 2021. Online Course Peer Review Panelist, Advanced ESOL Writing
Eastern Michigan University
- 2018-2019. First-Year Writing Professional Development Committee
- 2018. English Graduate Student Association, Conference Submissions Committee
- 2018. Moderator, QueerTalk Event
- 2017-2018. Peer Mentor, College Supports Program
External Professional Service
- 2025. Rhetoric Society of America, Conference Submission Peer Reviewer
- 2025. Journal of Anime and Manga Studies, Article Peer Reviewer
- 2025. Voting Rights & Civic Engagement Teacher Scholars Program, Member
- 2025. Journal of Anime and Manga Studies, Article Peer-Reviewer
- Humanities, Arts, Science, and Technology Alliance and Collaboratory (HASTAC) Scholar
- 2024. Electronic Literature Organization Scientific Committee, Abstract Reviewer
- 2023. ACM SIGDOC Conference on Methods and Methodologies, Volunteer
- 2023. Global Society of Online Literacy Educators Conference, Moderator
- 2019-2020. Gilman Scholarship Program Alumni Ambassador, U.S. State Department
- 2019. EGSA Student Conference Research Colloquium, Moderator
- 2019. EGSA Student Conference Research Colloquium, Proposal Reviewer
Student Organization Service
- 2025-2026. Acting President, Texts & Technology Student Organization, University of Central Florida
- 2018-2019. Event Planning Coordinator, English Grad Student Association, Eastern Michigan University
- 2018-2019. Vice President, English Grad Student Association, Eastern Michigan University
Other Service
- 2019-2020. Gilman Scholarship Program Alumni Ambassador, U.S. State Department
Professional Memberships
- CCCCs
- Modern Language Association
- Pop Culture Association
- Global Society for Online Literacy Educators