This is the first scholarly monograph marking the social justice turn in technical and
professional communication (TPC). Social justice often draws attention to structural …

This article presents an antenarrative of the field of technical and professional
communication. Part methodology and part practice, an antenarrative allows the work of the …

By tracing the traditional progression of rhetoric from the Greek Sophists to contemporary
theorists, this textbook gives students a conceptual framework for evaluating and practicing …

This article engages disciplinary (and interdisciplinary) conversations at the intersections of
race, rhetoric, technology, and technical communication and offers a case study of …

Extending the work of critical and cultural studies requires an intentional focus on social
justice, diversity, and inclusion. Scott, Longo, and Wills (2006) asserted that technical …

In this article, we build on arguments in risk communication that the predominant linear risk
communication models are problematic for their failure to consider audience and additional …

Human-centered design is a burgeoning field of study that has the potential to work toward
actively creating more just and equitable technology design while critically interrogating the …

The authors explore the parallels to be found by comparing descriptions of the technical
communicator with differing views of the communication process—the transmission …

This article proposes a theoretical frame for technical communication peda-gogy based on
six layered literacies: basic, rhetorical, social, technological, ethical, and critical. The layered …

Certain aspects of social justice research tacitly work from political frameworks of “passive
equality.” Passive equality can limit a technical communicator's ability to enact social justice …