Technical Communication and Rhetoric

We are hosting an open house, too!

Join us next Tuesday at 3:00 CST for a Zoom hour with our graduate studies director to learn about our MA and PhD programs.

Ask us about our curriculum 📚, faculty 🧑‍🏫, financial aid 💵, capstone/dissertation projects 🔎, and application requirements 📝.

Registration not required for the event. Just show up!

www.bit.ly/tcr-open-house-24

The TTU Society for Technical Communication is pleased to host a featured speaker event:

Date: October 25, 2024 (Friday)
Time: 12:30-1:30 pm (central time)
Room: Humanities Building 359
Zoom access: www.bit.ly/stc-ttu-hennes

Dr. Jack Hennes is a Senior Communication Specialist working in Denver, Colorado. He will present on his experience working as a strategic communicator, the tools of the trade (including AI methods), and tips for addressing unique demands at work.

Attendees will be able to ask questions following the presentation. All are welcome to this free event.

Congratulations to Josephine Lawson (MATC '23) and Dr. Michael Faris on their publication in Computers and Composition, "Ecologies, bodies, and OWI teacher preparation: Reflecting on a practicum for graduate instructors teaching writing online."

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S8755461524000574?via%3Dihub

Need a bit more time to put together your application materials? You got it!

We are extending our job application deadline to October 25 (Friday). Please find the job description linked below.

https://sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Search/home/Home?partnerid=25898&siteid=5637 =874097_5637

Congratulations to TCR PhD student Jamie Littlefield on this new publication on the notion of AI-generated "publics" examined through the lens of feminist care ethics. Read this free, online-first article!

Stochastic Publics: The Emergence and Ethics of AI-Generated Publics in Technical Communication - Jamie Littlefield, 2024 The concept of a public—a group of strangers drawn together through their mutual attention to a text—has historically been tied to the notion of human intention...

⭐ It's publication week for TCR! ⭐

We congratulate TCR faculty Dr. Michael Faris and Dr. TJ Geiger on their co-edited symposium in the prestigious journal, College English, which commemorates the 50th anniversary of The Homosexual Imagination (CE special issue, 1974) and re-reading of q***r rhetorics: https://doi.org/10.58680/ce2024866435

Congratulations also to Dr. Priyanka Ganguly, one of our newest TCR assistant professors, on her book, Challenging Stories: Exploring the Intersections between Health and the Humanities, co-edited with Thomas Ewing, published by Virginia Tech Publishing: https://vtechworks.lib.vt.edu/items/b20215be-2ab8-4f93-969a-69941bb9b370

We are proud that TCR alum continue to make waves in the field through their scholarship. We celebrate Dr. Akshata Balgahre's article, "Cultivating Empathic Engineering Design through UX Pedagogy: Challenges and Insights," co-authored with Ashley Rea and published in the latest special issue of Communication Design Quarterly:https://cdq.sigdoc.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/CDQ-Volume-12-Issue-3.pdf

Great work all around!

The Department of English in the College of Arts and Sciences at Texas Tech University invites applications for a full-time, 9-month, tenure-track Assistant Professor in Technical Communication and Rhetoric, with a specialization in user experience design and digital rhetoric, to begin fall 2025.

Review of applications will begin October 15.

Apply here: https://tinyurl.com/tcr2024-ux

Congratulations to TCR alum Dr. Wilson Knight and faculty Dr. Scott Weedon on their recently published collaborative article, "Framing Memories of the Dead: The Rhetorical Work of the Memory Picture in the Deathcare Industry," in the Quarterly Journal of Speech.

Framing memories of the dead: the rhetorical work of the memory picture in the deathcare industry Rhetorical studies of public memory explore the ways in which memory is made material and how those means condition our own embodiment of memory. One space for this type of rhetorical memory work f...

Say hello to Nivi, the newly hired graduate editorial assistant for Computers and Composition: An International Journal. Nivi will work with TCR faculty Dr. Jason Tham, co-editor of the journal.

Journal website: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/computers-and-composition

Niveditha Pookkottuvariam is a third-year Ph.D. student in Technical Communication and Rhetoric at Texas Tech University. She holds a Master of Science in Information and Communication Technology from the University of Denver and a Bachelor of Visual Arts in Painting from Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda. Her research interests include user experience design and usability, online pedagogy, social media, collaboration, and inclusivity in digital environments.

Niveditha has published articles on topics such as net neutrality, art, and art history, and has designed book covers and illustrated children's books. With over seven years of experience as a UI/UX designer, she combines practical expertise with academic research. She has also taught courses in college rhetoric and technical communication, actively engaging in both teaching and research.

So good to see everyone at our table today!

Congratulations to Dr. Beau Pihlaja and TCR graduate students on their publication of the article, "Translation and Localization in Global Technical Communication," in IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication.

Translation and Localization in Global Technical Communication | IEEE Journals & Magazine | IEEE Xplore Many technical and professional communication (TPC) students, practitioners, and instructors are not trained translators or localizers. However, translation and

Congratulations to TCR students and faculty on yet another successful May Seminar!

This week, distance-learning PhD students from around the country came to Lubbock for a 3-day intensive that included professional development workshops, faculty keynotes, research presentations, doctoral defense, and social events.

We are so glad to see you all. We are proud of your aspirations and achievements. Keep up the good work!

Have a save trip home and a great summer ahead!

Congratulations to English faculty Dr. Callie Kostelich (right) and Dr. Deena Varna (left) on their graduation from the 2023-2024 Ethics in Teaching and Learning program, sponsored by the TTU Teaching and Learning Professional Development Center (TLPDC).

Our final TCR Parlor session of the semester is tomorrow! Join us for speed talks by our students and faculty.

Congratulations to Thomas Schnaible, an undergraduate technical communication student (also majoring in theatre), who has won second place in the inaugural LEDA Outstanding Commercialization Award ($5,000) at the TTU Undergraduate Research Conference that took place this week.

Thomas is a McNair Scholar and a TrUE Scholar. He will be graduating this May. We are very proud of his achievements!

Calling all aspiring teachers!

Summer Teachers of English Project (STEP) | Department of English | TTU Texas Tech University

Congratulations Dr. Tham!

Jason Tham, Ph.D. , associate professor and assistant chair of the Dept. of English at Texas Tech University, has been selected as the new editor of the esteemed academic journal “Computers and Composition: An International Journal”. Tham will officially assume the position of editor in 2025.

Read more: https://www.depts.ttu.edu/artsandsciences/faculty/news_briefs/news-release-dr.jasontham.php

Congratulations to TCR faculty and students who will be heading to the Conference on College Composition and Communication - CCCC in Spokane, WA. Special shout-outs to those who will be workshopping their projects at the Qualitative Research Network session:

Student presenters:
Jaden Cowley
Joe Schicke
Camille Faught
Francine Miller-Sallese

Faculty roundtable leaders:
Dr. Michael Faris
Dr. Jason Tham

Dr. Faris is also going to be featured as the keynote speaker at the QRN!

QRN 2024 Program DRAFT Qualitative Research Network Wednesday April 3, 2024, 1:00 – 5:00 PM PST *** The initial hour of the workshop will feature Dr. Michael J. Faris, Associate Professor of English and Department …