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

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

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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.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)342-357
Number of pages16
JournalTechnical Communication Quarterly
Volume33
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 2024

Keywords

  • disciplinarity
  • enculturation
  • expertise
  • Professionalism

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Education
  • Communication

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