I just published an article in Technical Communication Quarterly with Dr. Holly Baker about technical editing and AI. This is a project that's been long in the works and we're happy to see it go live! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
If you’re at #4C26, consider joining Dr. Holly Baker and me as we present on A Human Centrred Approach to Teaching AI Competency in the Technical Editing Classroom.
Today Technical Communication Quarterly published an article I wrote on climate science communication on Twitter. My biggest takeaway: while negative emotional interactions may generate more clicks, positive interactions build stronger networks. Be positive!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Undergraduate student presenting poster
Undergraduate student presenting poster
Graduate student presenting poster
Undergraduate student presenting poster
We are delighted to announce the finalists in the 2025 Student Research Competition. Please join us at 8:00am on Sat Oct 25 in Room 124 in the Student Union Building to hear their presentations.
Thanks to all of participants, our excellent judges, and everyone who attended the poster session.
If any of you will be at any of these conferences, come say hi!!
At SIGDOC, I get to just enjoy being there and supporting one of my students, who is presenting at SIGDOC's Student Research Competition.
Next weekend (October 23-25), CPTSC and SIGDOC, co-sited in Lubbock. AT CPTSC I'll be presenting with colleagues some of our early work on assessing curricula for technical communication minors.
It's going to be a busy couple of weeks. First up, this weekend (October 16-18): Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association (RMMLA) in Spokane where I'll be presenting about community-centered simulation assignment sequences in technical communication courses.
Excited to announce that University of Tennessee at Martin is hiring a TT faculty member! Specialty is Prof/Tech Writing, and teaching first-year comp is also expected. bit.ly/UTM-PTW-AY26TT. Priority deadline is Nov 3rd. I'm Search Chair, so let me know if you have questions. #techcomm #rhetcomp
Check out our work on mentorship!!
New Year's Resolution: Post here at least once.
Hey, how about that.
Or is the SECOND class the statistical anomaly? Discuss…
In a class this morning I referenced The Godfather, and one of my students asked, “What’s The Godfather?” Not a single student in class had heard of it.
In my next class, out of curiosity I asked if students had heard of it, and I’m thankful to report that the first class is a statistical anomaly.
Hey all, my SIGDOC paper (on using snowball sampling and discourse-based interviews to study networked communication) is published. Have a read! And if you’re at SIGDOC, come have a listen!
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Keith Giffen is one of the masterminds behind my favorite JL era, made me fall in love with the Legion of Superheroes, and was one of the great writer-artists. Between losing him and Romita this year, and Perez and Adams last year, it's been a one-two (and three-four) gut-punch of comic book losses.
Anytime I put on clothes that aren’t pajamas I count it as a win.
A student today asked me for basic tips on "how to get the writing done." I gave them some of my usual suggestions, but I'm wondering what you all think/do. What tips do you share with students about how to go from blank pages to full fledged papers?
Magic 8 ball saying “All signs point to yes.”
Today I talked with students about reading academic articles and I joined Bluesky. So…good day?
