Hann Bingham Brunner

Hann Bingham Brunner holds a PhD in Applied Linguistics and Rhetoric from Oklahoma State University, with a focus in disability studies and neurodiversity. They teach WRT 1011 and other first-year writing courses. Their work focuses on disability and identity, and the ways that these intersect with chronic illness, neurodivergence, and chronic pain. They are the recipient of the GPSGA Outstanding Graduate Teacher Award (2024), the AUCD Emerging Leader Scholarship (2023) and were a semi-finalist for the Heumann-Armstrong award for disability activism in education, the Carol G. Preston Award for Social Justice Research (2022), the Gene Halleck award for Teaching Excellence (2021) and the EQuAl (Employee Queers and Allies) scholarship (2020).

Ph.D., Applied Linguistics, Oklahoma State University
M.A., Applied Linguistics and Teaching English, Iowa State University
B.A. English, Oklahoma Christian University

Upcoming:

McMaughan, DJ, Ruby, M.R., Bingham Brunner, H., and Rahn, R.N. Inclusive by Design: Engaging in Anti-racist Practices, Critical Disability Theory, and Universal Design for Learning in Higher Education

Bingham Brunner, H. “It's not as much of a struggle right now as it has been:” Conceptual metaphor use by women with chronic health conditions.

Bingham Brunner, H. Conflicting preference: A critical conversation analysis of how young women with chronic illness talk about disability.

Published:

Bingham Brunner, H. (2023). The #ActuallyAutistic Community and Métis Autistic Rhetoric on Twitter. Including Disability Journal, (3), 24-57.

Bingham Brunner, H. (2023). AI in the classroom. In Simulations for Critical Discussion in Higher Education. Link, S. and Junnier, F. (E.K. Hess & H. Bingham Brunner, Eds). OSU Libraries.

Bingham Brunner, H. (2023). Is online education accessible? in Simulations for Critical Discussion in Higher Education. Link, S. and Junnier, F. (E.K. Hess & H. Bingham Brunner, Eds). OSU Libraries.

Bingham Brunner and Hess, E. K. Should the United States adopt universal healthcare? in Simulations for Critical Discussion in Higher Education. Link, S. and Junnier, F. (E.K. Hess & H. Bingham Brunner, Eds). OSU Libraries.

Bingham Brunner and Hess, E.K. What's up with the minimum wage? in Simulations for Critical Discussion in Higher Education. Link, S. and Junnier, F. (E.K. Hess & H. Bingham Brunner, Eds). OSU Libraries.

Invited talks:

Bingham Brunner, H. (2024, Feb.). Gender, language, and health: Chronic pain and gender. Invited Guest Lecture. Oklahoma State University, ENGL 4083.

Bingham Brunner, H. (2024, Feb.). Gender, language, and health: Trans narratives in healthcare. Invited Guest Lecture. Oklahoma State University, ENGL 4083.

Bingham Brunner, H. (2023, March). Conceptual metaphor and metaphors of health and disability. Invited Guest Lecture, University of Wyoming. Philosophy 4000.

Link, S., Horton, N., Redmon, R., and Bingham Brunner, H. (2022, April). Bringing HUMANities into Computational Research. CADRE. Oklahoma State University.

Bingham Brunner, H. (2021, Sept.) Social Media and Disability. Invited Guest Lecture. University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Comm 368.

Bingham Brunner, H. (2021, June). Queer and disabled: Navigating medical spaces from the margins. Invited talk, University of Penn Medicine, Chester County.

Conference presentations:

Bingham Brunner, H. (2024, Jan). “It's not as much of a struggle right now as it has been:” Conceptual metaphor use by women with chronic health conditions. Poster presentation at Linguistic Society of America Annual Meeting, NYC, NY.

Bingham Brunner, H. (2023, Nov). The #ActuallyAutistic Community and Autistic Rhetoric on Twitter. Poster presentation at Association of University Centers on Disabilities 2023 Conference, Washington, D.C.

Bingham Brunner, H., Hess, E., Junnier, F., and Link, S. (2023, Nov.). Critical Discussions: The development of a simulation-based OER for the higher ed classroom. Oklahoma OER Summit. Midwest City, OK.

Bingham Brunner, H., Hess, E., Junnier, F., and Link, S. (2023, Sept). Writing an Open Educational Resource: Simulations for Critical Discussions in Higher Education. TESOL and Linguistics Summit. Virtual.

Bingham Brunner, H. (2023, April). The #ActuallyAutistic Community and Métis Autistic Rhetoric on Twitter. Paper presented at Including Disability Global Summit. Virtual.

Bingham Brunner, H.(2023, March). Sia’s “Music” and the #ActuallyAutistic Community on Twitter. Paper presented at Popular Culture Association Conference. San Antonio, TX.

Bingham Brunner, H. (2022, November). A battle or a journey? Use of metaphor by young women with chronic illness. Presented at High Desert Linguistics Society 15. Virtual.

Bingham Brunner, H. and Olayibi, T. (2022, March). Closed Captioning for Online Writing Sessions. SCWCA, Virtual.

Bingham Brunner, H. (2021, Feb.) “But, honestly, no:” Disability identity in chronic illness: A conversation analysis of how young adults with chronic illness construct their health identities. Presenter at Sociolinguistics Symposium (SOSY). Virtual.

Bingham Brunner, H. (2021, Feb.) “Broken” narratives: How Instagram creates space for chronic pain stories. Presenter at Southwest Popular and American Culture Association, Virtual.

Bingham Brunner, H. and Savage, A. (2020). Down the Cripping Rabbit Hole: Mental Illness and Neurodiversity in the Writing Center. SCWCA Presentation: Stillwater, Oklahoma. (SCWCA 2020 canceled due to COVID-19)

Grants:

2024

Online Consortium of Oklahoma ($500). Open Educational Resources Ancillary Materials for ENGL 1123: International Composition I, Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, Role: Co-PI with Fran Junnier, Steph Link, and Eunhye Hess.

Online Consortium of Oklahoma ($3000). Open Educational Resources Authorship for ENGL 1123: International Composition I, Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, Role: Co-PI with Fran Junnier, Steph Link, and Eunhye Hess.

2023

Online Consortium of Oklahoma ($1500). Open Educational Resources Remix for ENGL 1123: International Composition I, Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, Role: Co-PI with Fran Junnier, Steph Link, and Eunhye Hess.

Online Consortium of Oklahoma ($1500). Open Educational Resources Remix for ENGL 1223: International Composition II, Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, Role: Co-PI with Fran Junnier, Steph Link, and Eunhye Hess.

2022

OpenOKSTATE for Open Educational Resources ($2000). Scientific Writing for Publication. Role: Co-PI with Steph Link and Sara Nezami Nav

Critical Disability

Studies Neurodiversity in the Writing Classroom

Universal Design for Learning

Critical Disability Linguistics

Neurodiversity in Linguistics