Dear colleagues,
We are pleased to announce that Programmatic Perspectives 14.2 has been published!
This special issue, co-edited by Timothy Ponce and I, consists of the following entries on design + design thinking in technical and professional communication programs. All entries are open-access on the journal’s website.
From the Guest Editors
Design and Design Thinking in Technical and Professional Communication Programs: Examining Our Pedagogies, Practices, and Perspectives
Jason Tham, Timothy Ponce
Research Articles
Artificial Intelligence, Large Language Models, and Design Thinking in TPC Classrooms
Christine Masters-Wheeler, Jennifer Bay, Patricia Sullivan
Leveraging Participatory Design and User Experience Methods to Collaboratively Envision an Inclusive, User-centered Writing and Design Lab
Ashley Rea, Amelia Chesley, Erin Cromer Twal, Tianxing Zhang
Online Design Thinking and Community-Based Learning: Co-Designing an Indigenous Curriculum to Help Redress Language Marginalization
Nora Rivera
Commentaries
Interventions, Ecologies, Reflections: Reframing Student Resistances with Design Thinking
Michael J. Healy, Jessi Thomsen
The Wicked Problems of Lean Technical Communication: A Case for Design Thinking in Curriculum and Programming
Emma Kostopolus
Design Thinking as a Pedagogical Tool for Writing Centers
Vittoria Rubino
FOCUS
The Emergence of Jambord Usage as a Technical Communication Tool In a Covid-19 Zoom Classroom
David Ornelas Jr.
Aphorisms for Internationalizing Technical Communication Programs
Kirk St.Amant
Program Showcases
Using Design Thinking Methods as Tools for Writing Program Administration
Scott Wible
Experience Architecture: Developing an Interdisciplinary UX Undergraduate Degree
Casey McArdle, Liza Potts, Rebecca Tegtmeyer
We Took an IDEO Course Together: Design Thinking as Professional Development in Florida International University’s Writing Program
Luke Thominet, Vytautas Malesh, Michael Sohan, Vanessa Sohan, Paul Feigenbaum
Book Reviews
Review of The Changing Face of VR: Pushing the Boundaries of Experience Across Multiple Industries
Akshata Balghare
Review of The End of Genre: Curations and Experiments in Intentional Discourses
Nicole St. Germaine
Review of User Experience as Innovative Academic Practice
Imari Cheyne Tetu
We hope you find this issue useful in your respective scholarly work and teaching!
Regards,
Jason and Timothy
Jason Tham, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Technical Communication & Rhetoric
Assistant Chair, Department of English
Office: Humanities Building 363-D, Texas Tech University