<div dir="ltr"><div><blockquote type="cite" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:15px"><div dir="ltr" style="border:0px;font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit"><div style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","Book Antiqua",Palatino,serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:1em 0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-style:inherit;font-variant-ligatures:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-weight:inherit;color:inherit">Dear </span>ATTW-L followers<span style="font-size:12pt;font-style:inherit;font-variant-ligatures:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-weight:inherit;color:inherit">,</span></div><div style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","Book Antiqua",Palatino,serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:1em 0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">I am pleased to announce that the 2025 Proceedings of the Teaching Tech Comm and AI Symposium are now available on <a id="m_5793707942422333565gmail-OWAe4f4035d-9ad4-da10-f0b4-c9c81e36ebe1" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftechneforge.com%2Fai-symposium-2025%2F&data=05%7C02%7Cgallagher_pb%40mercer.edu%7C2a206c6412104e47a0ad08dd7dfb53f3%7C4fb34d2889b247109bcc30824d17fc30%7C0%7C0%7C638805240635710866%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=ENx0QCR0g59%2FFrpiFSp9urbqzMMrltQZEg%2FgzaHOPRo%3D&reserved=0" title="Original URL: https://techneforge.com/ai-symposium-2025/. Click or tap if you trust this link." target="_blank" style="border:0px;font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">TechneForge.com</a>, an academic platform exploring the evolving relationships between Generative AI, communication technologies, and technical and professional communication (TPC) scholarship and pedagogy.</div><div style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","Book Antiqua",Palatino,serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:1em 0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">Curated by Eugene Crane, Associate Professor of English at Utah Valley University, this year’s micro-conference continued its mission of convening educators, scholars, and practitioners to critically examine AI’s growing role in the teaching and practice of technical communication.</div><div style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","Book Antiqua",Palatino,serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:1em 0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">Highlights from this year’s proceedings include:</div><div style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","Book Antiqua",Palatino,serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:1em 0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><b>Keynote Address:</b> Geoffrey Sauer delivers a compelling keynote presentation titled <i>"How Technical Communicators May Work Safely within the ‘Fog’ of Emerging GenAI Ethics,"</i> where he outlines practical strategies for ethical engagement with generative AI in professional and instructional contexts.</div><div style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","Book Antiqua",Palatino,serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:1em 0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><b>Reimagining Practice and Collaboration:</b> Shiva Mainaly considers the evolving role of AI in professional writing in his talk <i>"Reimagining Expertise: AI as a Co-Author in Technical Communication Workflows,"</i> exploring how AI can function as a collaborative writing partner. Similarly, Gustav Verhulsdonck and Jialei Jiang analyze how generative AI contributes to iterative UX design in their case study <i>"‘Knotworking’ with Generative AI."</i></div><div style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","Book Antiqua",Palatino,serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:1em 0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><b>Professional Foundations and Training:</b> Bremen Vance, Geoffrey Sauer, and Guisseppe Getto offer a foundational overview of AI concepts and how they affect professional roles in <i>"Demystifying AI: Foundations, Training, and Professional Impact for Technical Communicators."</i> In a complementary contribution, Jamie Littlefield shares applied classroom strategies for preparing students to fine-tune large language models in <i>"Large Language Model Fine-Tuning."</i></div><div style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","Book Antiqua",Palatino,serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:1em 0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><b>Pedagogical Innovations:</b> Stuart Selber and Eric York propose a reconfiguration of curriculum to better reflect GenAI realities in <i>"Redesigning the Technical Communication Service Course for Gen AI."</i> Justin Cook explores how AI reshapes rhetorical genre theory and classroom practice in <i>"Means, Motive, and AI? Renegotiating Genre and Embracing AI in the Technical Writing Classroom."</i> In <i>"Fostering Ethical and Engaging Student Research,"</i> Codi Renee Blackmon presents a case study of using NotebookLM to support AI-assisted student research while maintaining ethical focus.</div><div style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","Book Antiqua",Palatino,serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:1em 0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><b>Research and Ethics in AI Use:</b> Mohamed Yacoub and colleagues present findings from a comparative study examining how student writers respond to AI-generated versus instructor feedback in <i>"AI vs. Human Teachers."</i> Lance Cummings, G. Edzordzi Agbozo, and Colleen Reilly examine shifting norms in authorship and editing practices with <i>"Recentering Technical Editing."</i> Nupoor Ranade advocates for increased transparency and documentation of AI use in classroom and professional settings in her presentation <i>"Making AI Visible."</i></div><div style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","Book Antiqua",Palatino,serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:1em 0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><b>Expanding Perspectives:</b> Zsuzsanna Palmer contributes a forward-looking piece titled <i>"Perspectives about the Role of AI in Assistive Technology,"</i> in which she investigates how AI-enabled tools are redefining accessibility and shaping more inclusive approaches to writing pedagogy.</div><div style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","Book Antiqua",Palatino,serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:1em 0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">These presentations collectively demonstrate the diversity of inquiry and innovation shaping the next chapter of AI-integrated technical communication.</div><div style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","Book Antiqua",Palatino,serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:1em 0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">I invite you to explore the full 2025 proceedings, watch the presentations, and join the ongoing scholarly conversation by contributing your own AI Use Cases and Feature articles to the platform.</div><div style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","Book Antiqua",Palatino,serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:1em 0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">Explore the symposium here: <a id="m_5793707942422333565gmail-OWAc0577842-1fd1-c4fa-55fc-6aa7b101aa2c" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftechneforge.com%2Fai-symposium-2025%2F&data=05%7C02%7Cgallagher_pb%40mercer.edu%7C2a206c6412104e47a0ad08dd7dfb53f3%7C4fb34d2889b247109bcc30824d17fc30%7C0%7C0%7C638805240635730967%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=Qr6JQj1xMv77ECvpMDFAItfOXci3BGWFuq2EWFPoUVA%3D&reserved=0" title="Original URL: https://techneforge.com/ai-symposium-2025/. Click or tap if you trust this link." target="_blank" style="border:0px;font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