A downloadable printed .pdf version of the conference program is also available.
- Monday 17 Jul 2023
- Tuesday 18 Jul 2023
- Wednesday 19 Jul 2023
- Thursday 20 Jul 2023
Monday 17 Jul 2023
5:00 pm – 7:00 pm Welcome Party
Registration
Johnson Museum, 6/F, Cornell University
Mon 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Welcome Party
Johnson Museum, 6/F, Cornell University
Mon 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Tuesday 18 Jul 2023
8:00 am – 3:30 pm Registration – Day 2
Registration
Upson 116
Tue 8:00 am – 3:30 pm
8:30 am – 9:30 am User Experience & Language Session
User Experience
Zhijun Gao, Tianshu Wang, Meina Wang and Yunhong Zhang; Meng Yu; Joseph JeyarajUpson 206
Paper Titles: UX Testing of Developer Documentation — A Case Study of O Database Documentation // What can we learn from the super mobile apps? // UX Writing and Design: Dissolving Boundaries
Tue 8:30 am – 9:30 am
Zooming in on Language
Tzipora Rakedzon and Orit Rabkin; Jordan Smith; Rick EvansUpson 216
Paper Titles: From 0 to 100 since covid, how a major reform in the humanities department in a STEM university sparked writing culture and pedagogies // Analyzing levels of prescriptivism in American English usage guides // Why is it so hard to teach my graduate students to write?
Tue 8:30 am – 9:30 am
9:30 am – 9:45 am Coffee break
Venue: Upson 116
9:45 am – 11:00 am PANELS / WORKSHOP
Panel – Emerging Tech Comm Skill Sets: UX, Content Strategy, and Instructional Design
Guiseppe Getto, Bremen Vance, Suzan Flanagan, Kylie Jacobsen and Christina MayrUpson 222
Tue 9:45 am – 11:00 am
Panel – The Enduring Value(s) of Cultural Research Methods in TPC
Calvin Pollak, Dorcas Anabire, Margaret Hsiao, Wesley Mathis and R. Elle SmithUpson 216
Tue 9:45 am – 11:00 am
Workshop – Teaming up for Stronger Communication: An Integrated Approach to Teamwork and Communication Instruction
Lydia Wilkinson and Patricia SheridanUpson 206
Tue 9:45 am – 11:00 am
11:00 am – 11:15 am Coffee break 2
Venue: Upson 116
11:15 am – 12:00 pm Joenk Award Winner Session
(Re)Designing Technical Documentation about COVID-19 with and for Indigenous Communities
Laura Gonzales, Robin Lewy, Erika Hernandez Cuevas, and Vianna Lucia Gonzalez AjiatazOlin Hall 165
(Re)Designing Technical Documentation about COVID-19 with and for Indigenous Communities in Gainesville, Florida, Oaxaca de Juarez, Mexico, and Quetzaltenango, Guatemala
Tue 11:15 am – 12:00 pm
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Lunch Buffet
Venue: Duffield Atrium (attached to Upson Hall)
1:00 pm – 2:30 pm Keynote with Breakouts
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Craig McMahan, Mercer University
Olin Hall 165
“Stepping into the Mekong: A Study in Motivation”
Tue 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
2:30 pm – 2:45 pm Coffee break 3
Venue: Upson 116
2:45 pm – 3:45 pm DEI & Engineering Education Sessions
DEI Session – Inclusive Learning and Teaching
Allison Godwin, Linda DeAngelo, Erica McGreevy, Eric McChesney, Kevin Binning, Charlie Díaz, Gerard Dorvé-Lewis, Ketura Elie, Kevin Kaufman-Ortiz and Jacqueline Rohde ; Morgan Banville, Kat Gray, Emily Gresbrink, Rachael Jordan, Elena Kalodner-Martin and Heather Listharke; Laura Patterson and Darina SlatteryUpson 206
Paper Titles: Communicating for Belonging in First-Year Engineering // Imagining a Social Justice Technical Communication “Dream” Course // Moving Towards More Inclusive Conferences and Events: Reflections on Establishing an Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Chair
Tue 2:45 pm – 3:45 pm
Engineering Education Session – Mapping Engineering Writing Education
Marie Paretti, Catherine Berdanier and Magnus Gustafsson ; Kelly Scarff; Belinda Oechsler, Yvonne Cleary and Sissi ClossUpson 216
Paper Titles: Mapping Approaches to Teaching Writing in Engineering // Engineering Technical Communication Programs – A Change in Writing Instruction // Curriculum Development for the First Technical Communication Study Program in Kenya: The Challenges of Digitalization
Tue 2:45 pm – 3:45 pm
3:45 pm – 4:00 pm Coffee break 4
Venue: Upson 116
4:00 pm – 5:00 pm AI and Education Sessions
AI Panel – Co-AI Technical Writing: Documentation, Experimentation, User Testing, Ethical Design
Ann Hill Duin, Isabel Pedersen, Jim Hall, Dan Card and Lee-Ann Kastman BreuchUpson 222
Tue 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Engineering Education Session – Approaches to Graduate Education
Christine Burgoyne and Kim GrandstaffUpson 206
Paper Titles: Developing a Community of Scholarly Practice for Graduate Students Through An Integrated Communications Program in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Virginia Tech
Tue 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
TPC Education Session – Intercultural & Online Education
Jiaxin Zhang, Jianfen Chen and Chenxing Xie ;Saul CarlinerUpson 216
Paper Titles: A Systematic Review on the Latest Trends in Intercultural Technical and Professional Communication // Two Online Writing Courses in One—The Redesign of Educational Communication
Tue 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Mixer & Awards
Coltivare
235 S Cayuga St, Ithaca, NY 14850
Shuttle available from Best Western Hotel (conf hotel) to Coltivare for event start. Participants should anticipate their own ride back to their hotels afterwards. Coltivare parking is available at adjacent garage at 235 S. Cayuga St.
Tue 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Wednesday 19 Jul 2023
8:00 am – 3:30 pm Registration – Day 3
Registration
Upson 116
Wed 8:00 am – 3:30 pm
8:30 am – 9:30 am DEI Session & The State of Texas
DEI Session – Writing for Employment
Rachel Tofteland-TrampeUpson 206
Paper Title: Professional Writing for Employment
Wed 8:30 am – 9:30 am
The State of Texas
Tristin Hooker, Clay Spinuzzi, Vanessa Lopez, Maclain Scott, Andrew Booth, Drake Gossi and Nigel O’Hearn; Drake Gossi, Andrew Booth, Maclain Scott, Vanessa Lopez, Nigel O’Hearn, Tristin Hooker and Clay Spinuzzi; Drake GossiUpson 216
Paper Titles: Origin stories: How Stories of Founding in Small Texas Communities Reflect Current Relations // Material Rhetorical Infrastructure as Limits and as Limiter in Rural Texas Communities // “I'd like to still see that family unit being the center of it”: The Institutional Logic of the Family in a Small-town Entrepreneurial Ecosystem
Wed 8:30 am – 9:30 am
9:30 am – 9:45 am Coffee break – Day 2
Venue: Upson 116
9:45 am – 11:00 am WORKSHOPS / PANELS
Panel – Specialized Writing Courses: Changing National Trends
Lora Anderson, Teresa Cook and Laura WilsonUpson 206
Wed 9:45 am – 11:00 am
Workshop – Attending to the Affective Domain and Disciplinary Identity while Teaching Academic Technical Writing
Catherine BerdanierUpson 222
Wed 9:45 am – 11:00 am
Workshop – Using AI-Generated Content to Support the Writing Process
Bremen Vance, Pam Brewer and Ann Hill DuinUpson 216
Wed 9:45 am – 11:00 am
11:00 am – 11:15 am Coffee Break 2- Day 2
Venue: Upson 116
11:15 am – 12:00 pm Roundtables
Artificial Intelligence and Content Strategy
Bremen Vance, Allison HutchisonUpson 216
Wed 11:15 am – 12:00 pm
Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
Kira Dreher and Laura PattersonUpson 222
Wed 11:15 am – 12:00 pm
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Lunch Boxed
Venue: Duffield Atrium (attached to Upson Hall)
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Plenary
“Tools to Think With — An Approach to Designing for the Future”
Dr. Suguru Ishizaki, Carnegie Mellon UniversityOlin Hall 165
Wed 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
2:00 pm – 2:15 pm Coffee Break 3 – Day 2
Venue: Upson 116
2:15 pm – 3:15 pm Engineering Education, TPC Education Sessions, AI and Posthumanism in TPC
AI and Posthumanism in TPC
Brandon Strubberg, Kristin Bennett and Carroll Ferguson Nardone ; Kira Dreher and Jeffrey SquiresUpson 222
Paper Titles: How to Navigate Shifting Tides: Mapping Technical Writing Students’ Use of Artificial Intelligence // Posthumanism and Technical Communication: Using an Assemblage Assignment in an Interdisciplinary Course
Wed 2:15 pm – 3:15 pm
Engineering Education Session – Innovative Approaches
Hua Wang; Lydia Wilkinson; Eva Brumberger and Allison EllsworthUpson 206
Paper Titles: A Critical and Ethical Approach to Teaching Genre Change Awareness // Skule Night: Developing Transdisciplinary Skills through an Extracurricular Community of Practice // Changing Course: Collaborative (Re)Design of an Engineering Communication Curriculum
Wed 2:15 pm – 3:15 pm
TPC Education Session – Focus on Assignments
Mika Stepankiw; Lisa Johnson and Debi Galley; Maren JohnsonUpson 216
Paper Titles: Expanding Proposal Writing Pedagogy: A Content Analysis of Course Syllabi // Teaching the Recommendation Report in the Technical Communication Classroom: Aligning Genre with Professional Expectations // New Technologies and Changing Pedagogy: Incorporating GoReact in the Technical Communication Classroom to Improve Student Oral Presentations
Wed 2:15 pm – 3:15 pm
3:15 pm – 3:30 pm Coffee Break 4 – Day 2
Venue: Upson 116
3:30 pm – 4:45 pm WORKSHOPS / PANEL
Workshop – LXD—Where UXD Meets ID
Saul CarlinerUpson 222
LXD—Where UXD Meets ID
Wed 3:30 pm – 4:45 pm
Panel – Structuring Genre Performance for Future Data Scientists via an Interactionist Design Model
Allison Hutchison, Michael Laudenbach, Danielle Xu and Zhiyu GuoUpson 206
Structuring Genre Performance for Future Data Scientists
Wed 3:30 pm – 4:45 pm
Workshop – Radical Communication: Making (and Teaching) Zines in (and for) Technical Communication
Derek Ross and Kayleigh PearsUpson 216
Wed 3:30 pm – 4:45 pm
5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Waterfall Walk
Guided by Traci Nathans-Kelly
from conference venue to Ithaca’s downtown Commons. Dinner on your own. Waterfall walkerswill be brought to Ithaca’s culinary center at the end, where you can find plenty of places to eat.
Wed 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Thursday 20 Jul 2023
8:00 am – 10:00 am Registration – Day 4
Registration
Upson 102
Thu 8:00 am – 10:00 am
8:30 am – 9:30 am Environment & Politics + TPC & Workplace Connections
Environment & Politics(Lufkin Winner Session)
John Fowler and Mark Zachry (Lufkin Winner); Jessie Golding and Suguru Ishizaki ; Barbara George
Paper Titles: Discovering and Designing for the Data Visualization Needs of Child Welfare System Professionals Influencing Public Policy // Building Robust Long-Term Conservation Monitoring with Design Thinking // Articulating Environmental & Human Health: Rust Belt Communication
Thu 8:30 am – 9:30 am
TPC & Workplace Connections (Hayhoe Winner)
Rachael Jordan (Hayhoe Winner), Mason Pellegrini, Aidan O’Neill and Yvonne Cleary
Paper Titles: Shifting Dynamics in Online Sex Work: A Pilot Analysis of ‘Sexual Content’ in Terms of Service (Hayhoe Award Winner) // The Role of The Pitch: Gatekeeping and Pitch Development in a High Technology Business Accelerator // Measuring Transfer of Training Using Five-Component Objectives
Thu 8:30 am – 9:30 am
9:30 am – 9:45 am Coffee break – Day 3
Venue: Upson 102
9:45 am – 11:00 am TPC & Complex Problems + Political & Public Communication
Political & Public Communication
Ryan Cheek and Samuel Allen; Daniel LiddleUpson 216
Paper Titles: Professionalizing Campaign Text Spam: How Technical Marketing Rhetoric Influences Rapid Change to the Professional Communication of Politics // The Goofy Roots of the Plain Language Movement: Reconsidering the Rhetorical Hedonism of ‘Gobbledygook Has Gotta Go’
Thu 9:45 am – 11:00 am
TPC & Complex Problems
Alan Chong; JD Applen; Karen GulbrandsenUpson 206
Paper Titles: What can engineering students learn from how the COVID-19 pandemic played out in the media? // Considering Race and Mortality from COVID as a Wicked Problem Using Praxiography as Pedagogy // Ethos: A Framework to Assess Character and Stance
Thu 9:45 am – 11:00 am
11:00 am – 12:00 pm Town Hall
Town Hall – Facilitated by Alan Chong, ProComm President & ProComm BoG
Olin Hall 165
Thu 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Lunch – Day 3
Venue: Duffield Atrium (attached to Upson Hall)
1:00 pm – 3:00 pm (Optional) Wine Tasting in Ithaca: Finger Lakes Style
From 1:30-3:30pm on July 20, please join us for an event lead by Annemarie Morse, who is an amazing wine connoisseur, international wine judge, and educator who specializes in Finger Lakes regional wines and international wines, too. It promises to be a delightful and informative wine tasting!
Tickets are now available, but seats for the wine tasting are limited to 20 spots. Please, if you brought a traveling partner with you and they would like to join (and they are over 21 years old), feel free to buy them a ticket, too.
Purchase tickets via our EventBrite portal at
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/winetasting-in-ithaca-finger-lakes-style-tickets-673938416947