Krista Grant PhD Student - Technical Communication & Rhetoric

Krista Grant (she/her) is a PhD student in the Technical Communication and Rhetoric program. Her primary research interests are in digital rhetoric and fan studies.

Prior Degrees

MA in Technical and Professional Communication, Auburn University, 2022

BA in Public and Professional Writing, Auburn University, 2020

BA in Sociology, Auburn University, 2020

Publications

Grant, K. (2025). "Canon" and "fanon" in the Danny Phantom/Detective Comics (DC) comics crossover fandom: Expanding authorship and authority in transformative fan works, Computers and Composition, 76, 102937.

Grant, K. (2025). Review of Not Playing Around: Feminist and Queer Rhetorics in Videogames, by Rebecca Richards. Rhetoric Society Quarterly, 56(1), 84-87. DOI: 10.1080/02773945.2025.2599076

Conference Presentations

Queer Rhetorical Framings in Two Fandoms' Responses to a Canon Creator's Transphobia. Computers and Writing. June 4-7, 2026.

Fanfiction and Terms of Service: How Terms of Service for Two Major Fanfiction Platforms Intersect with Messy Copyright Laws in a Digital Age. Applied Rhetoric Collaborative. June 4-5, 2026.

The "Terms of Service" Genre as Social Action: A case study of FFN and AO3. Fan Studies Network North America Conference. October, 2025.