
Sean Yeager joined Kenyon’s Science and Nature Writing program in 2025. They earned their Ph.D. in English at The Ohio State University, and had previously served as an assistant professor of physics and mathematics at Pacific Northwest College of Art. Yeager’s data-driven visualizations of time in narrative received the Paul Fourtier Prize for best paper by an emerging scholar at the 2019 Digital Humanities Conference. Yeager’s research on neurodivergent reading practices received honorable mention for the Nadal Prize at the 2022 International Conference on Narrative, and their research on neurodivergent temporalities received honorable mention for the Bruns Prize at the 2024 meeting of the Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts.
Areas of Expertise
Contemporary literature, narratology, neuroqueer theory, particle physicsEducation
2024 — Doctor of Philosophy from The Ohio State University
2019 — Master of Arts from Pacific Northwest College of A
2013 — Master of Science from Texas A&M University