M. Remi Yergeau

M. Remi Yergeau (formerly Melanie Yergeau, born 1984)^[1] is an American academic in the fields of rhetoric and writing studies, digital studies, queer rhetoric, disability studies, and theories of mind. As of 2025, Yergeau is an associate professor in Communication and Media Studies and Canada Research Chair in Critical Disability Studies and Communication at Carleton University.^[2][3]

Yergeau received a Bachelor of Arts in writing from Geneva College in 2005, a Master of Arts in writing from DePaul University in 2007, and a Doctorate of Philosophy in English from the Ohio State University in 2011.^[4] After receiving their Ph.D., Yergeau became an assistant professor with the Department of English at the University of Michigan. They were promoted to associate professor in 2017.^[4]

Yergeau published their first book, Authoring Autism, in 2018.^[5] The book won the 2017 Modern Language Association First Book Prize,^[6] the 2019 CCCC Lavender Rhetorics Book Award, and the 2019 Rhetoric Society of America Book Award.^[7] Further, the book has been reviewed in several academic and public venues, including American Literature,^[8] Disability & Society,^[9] Feminist Formations,^[10] GLQ,^[11] the Journal of Literary and Cultural Disability Studies,^[12] the Los Angeles Review of Books,^[13] philoSOPHIA,^[14] Rhetoric Society Quarterly,^[15] and Public Books.^[16]

Yergeau is autistic and uses they/them pronouns.^[17]