Hi!
It's nice to greet you!
My name is Khushi Patel, I am an undergraduate studying Writing & Rhetoric at the University of Central Florida, and I currently work as a writing center consultant.
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Oh, and I want to study/teach/do rhetoric for the rest of my life. ​

Welcome to my professional-ish site!
​While I am (always!) interested in learning from and engaging with other fields, my main areas of interest are:
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Critical Disability Studies
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Rhetoric of Health and Medicine
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Writing Program Administration
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Technical and Professional Communication ​​​​
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My civic and scholarly interests are one and the same; I'm kind of obsessed with rhetoric and its potential to create a better world. I am motivated by the desire to create more just, inclusive, and accessible environments—in both medical and educational contexts—and hope to do work that influences policy, programmatic, and material changes.​
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My research primarily focuses on the intersection(s) between COVID-19 and disability, which stems from a not-so-secret goal of improving the accessibility of academic, medical, and activist spaces. ​​​​​I approach every project with a sociological lens, and I am especially interested in examining how power and social structures shape the production and circulation of knowledge.
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* Note: I strive to make this site as accessible as possible. If you would like me to share any materials in an alternative format, please don't hesitate to reach out.