Crystal Zanders

Crystal J. Zanders is a neurodivergent poet, educator, and activist from Tennessee. Crystal is a Rackham Merit Fellow, a 2022-2023 Oklahoma Center for the Humanities Fellow, and a doctoral candidate in the Joint Program in English and Education at the University of Michigan. Her research includes topics such as race, (dis)ability, intersectionality, digital pedagogy, language, and educational inequity. Her creative work has been featured in Mud Season Review, Rigorous, WusGood?, and elsewhere. Her scholarly work has been published in College Composition and Communication, Pedagogy, and Assessing Writing. Currently, she is writing her dissertation, Unseen: Black Autistic Women's Masking Practices, Pressures, and Possibilities alongside her faithful furry family, Rex the Wonder-Pug and Tyrion Zannister, chug extraordinaire.