How can language diversity be centered through multimodal design and community-centered technical communication work? And what can that look like in the semester-long space of the undergraduate course? These questions drive the development of a technical communication course design that works to position students as design advocates (a term inspired by Wysocki and Lynch’s Compose, Design, Advocate), who work to understand, analyze, and make positive interventions within writing situations in their own communities, and to increase representation and access in their genres. In doing so, design advocates are asked to engage their communicative resources in context-specific design practice. In this…
Author: Matthew V. Jacobson
Dana Comi
Matthew V. Jacobson is a Ph.D. candidate in Rhetoric and Writing Studies at the University of Oklahoma. You can find him digitally on Twitter: @MakingArguments