Dr. Kate Skipsey

Dr. Skipsey has taught in the Academic and Technical Writing Program since January 2020, with an emphasis on the engineering-specific needs of ENGR 110, 120, and 240. Prior to joining the ATWP, she taught Introduction to Literature and Introduction to Women and Gender Studies at the University of Saskatchewan, courses which focused on developing the critical reading and academic writing skills of first year undergraduates. She focuses on helping you further developing your own critical thinking and writing skills for university assignments and professional tasks. As the elimination of academic ableism is core to her teaching philosophy, she aims to make her classes as accessible and inclusive as possible. Feel free to email her to discuss any accommodations or needs you may require while in her class so that we can come up with an effective plan.

Alongside Dr. Skipsey's teaching, she researches disability studies, specifically on eighteenth-century novels and technical manuals on sensibility, nervous theory, and conduct, as well as lecture and write on current academic ableism and disability justice. Her dissertation explored representations of disability in the novels of Jane Austen and Frances Burney, and specifically focused on the reliance of the Culture of Sensibility on recognizing and reading disability in the bodies of others. Her current research focuses on late eighteenth-century and Regency novels as early sites of disability justice in literature.