Technical Communication Quarterly Jul 2024

Thinking with Keywords: Investigating the Role and Nature of Professionalism Keywords in TPC Enculturation

Mark A. Hannah Arizona State University ; Courtney Caputo Arizona State University ; Lily Deen Arizona State University ; Amber Hedquist Arizona State University ; Catherine Salgado Arizona State University ; Seher Shah Arizona State University ; Laura Cruser Arizona State University ; Chris Fluty Arizona State University ; Tom Lane Arizona State University ; Tristan Rebe Arizona State University ; Dwi Budidarma Sutrisno Arizona State University

Abstract

This article examines the role of TPC professionalism keywords on early career scholars' disciplinary enculturation. The article reports on a collaboration between the article's authors that explored how the deployment of professionalism keywords in teaching and research created conditions for defining what it might mean to work as a TPC professional. The article offers insights into the challenges keywords pose to forwarding non-normative understandings of professionalism that enable broader inclusion and visibility for TPC stakeholders.

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Technical Communication Quarterly
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2024-07-02
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10.1080/10572252.2024.2340434
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