A native of Middle Tennessee, Rachel Donegan earned her Bachelor’s Degree in English and Secondary Education from Lipscomb University and her Master’s Degree and Ph.D. from Middle Tennessee State University. Her research is in rhetoric, composition, and writing studies, particularly at the intersections between disability studies, accessibility, and writing program administration scholarship. She’s designed and taught courses in basic writing, first-year writing, grammar for educators, the history of rhetoric, cultural rhetoric, political rhetoric, and disability rhetoric.