[ATTW-L] #NEWS: Announcing the 2025 Teaching Tech Comm and AI Symposium Proceedings on Techneforge.com

[philip gallagher]

Dear ATTW-L followers,
I am pleased to announce that the 2025 Proceedings of the Teaching Tech
Comm and AI Symposium are now available on TechneForge.com
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an academic platform exploring the evolving relationships between
Generative AI, communication technologies, and technical and professional
communication (TPC) scholarship and pedagogy.
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.
Highlights from this year’s proceedings include:
*Keynote Address:* Geoffrey Sauer delivers a compelling keynote
presentation titled *"How Technical Communicators May Work Safely within
the ‘Fog’ of Emerging GenAI Ethics,"* where he outlines practical
strategies for ethical engagement with generative AI in professional and
instructional contexts.
*Reimagining Practice and Collaboration:* Shiva Mainaly considers the
evolving role of AI in professional writing in his talk *"Reimagining
Expertise: AI as a Co-Author in Technical Communication Workflows,"* 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 *"‘Knotworking’ with Generative
AI."*
*Professional Foundations and Training:* Bremen Vance, Geoffrey Sauer, and
Guisseppe Getto offer a foundational overview of AI concepts and how they
affect professional roles in *"Demystifying AI: Foundations, Training, and
Professional Impact for Technical Communicators."* In a complementary
contribution, Jamie Littlefield shares applied classroom strategies for
preparing students to fine-tune large language models in *"Large Language
Model Fine-Tuning."*
*Pedagogical Innovations:* Stuart Selber and Eric York propose a
reconfiguration of curriculum to better reflect GenAI realities in
*"Redesigning
the Technical Communication Service Course for Gen AI."* Justin Cook
explores how AI reshapes rhetorical genre theory and classroom
practice in *"Means,
Motive, and AI? Renegotiating Genre and Embracing AI in the Technical
Writing Classroom."* In *"Fostering Ethical and Engaging Student
Research,"* Codi
Renee Blackmon presents a case study of using NotebookLM to support
AI-assisted student research while maintaining ethical focus.
*Research and Ethics in AI Use:* Mohamed Yacoub and colleagues present
findings from a comparative study examining how student writers respond to
AI-generated versus instructor feedback in *"AI vs. Human Teachers."* Lance
Cummings, G. Edzordzi Agbozo, and Colleen Reilly examine shifting norms in
authorship and editing practices with *"Recentering Technical Editing."* Nupoor
Ranade advocates for increased transparency and documentation of AI use in
classroom and professional settings in her presentation *"Making AI
Visible."*
*Expanding Perspectives:* Zsuzsanna Palmer contributes a forward-looking
piece titled *"Perspectives about the Role of AI in Assistive Technology,"* in
which she investigates how AI-enabled tools are redefining accessibility
and shaping more inclusive approaches to writing pedagogy.
These presentations collectively demonstrate the diversity of inquiry and
innovation shaping the next chapter of AI-integrated technical
communication.
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.
Explore the symposium here: https://techneforge.com/ai-symposium-2025/
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Warm regards,
Dr. Phil Gallagher


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Dr. Philip B. Gallagher | He, Him, His

Assistant Professor

Department of Technical Communication

Mercer University School of Engineering
pbgallagher.eiu at gmail.com
gallagher_pb at mercer.edu

478-301-2299
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