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David Coad, PhD

@dcoad.bsky.social
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Asst Teaching Professor @ Santa Clara U | Mentoring the next gen thru digital culture | Digital Literacies for Human Connection, NCTE

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David Coad, PhD @dcoad.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
It's officially announced: I'm the Keynote Speaker at the 2026 TYCE-NE Conference. Can't wait! www.tycanortheast.org/2026-confere...
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2026 Conference Details | TYCA Northeast
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David Coad, PhD @dcoad.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
This summer, I am co-leading faculty workshops titled "Cultivating AI Literacy in the Classroom" with other faculty and the academic technology group. It's been so joyful to engage the conversations happening about AI literacy across the curriculum.
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Anna Mills @annamillsoer.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
When writing teachers present about AI, how often do they talk about using it vs. refusing it? So far in the #4C26 program, I count 75 sessions that explore uses of AI 7 sessions that advocate refusing AI 68 sessions that do not advocate use or refusal link.annarmills.com/sessions
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CCCC_2026_Sessions.xlsx
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carlwhithaus.bsky.social @carlwhithaus.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
I really like the nuance that @annamillsoer.bsky.social 's post brings to the conversations around Refuse AI and #4C26. The IHE article www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-in... made it feel like AI Refusal was the only position faculty were taking.
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Writing Faculty Push for the Right to Refuse AI
As universities rush to adopt generative AI–powered tools that claim to enhance teaching, learning and workforce preparation, a growing contingent of academics is questioning where that urgency is com...
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Patti Poblete @voleuseck.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
I spend so much of my time convincing automated sinks that I exist
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David Coad, PhD @dcoad.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Pro Tip: sit down and brainstorm in the week after you attend a conference—without researching or using AI. Those talks and ideas are floating around in your head—what are they telling you? #4C26
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David Coad, PhD @dcoad.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Buh-bye Cleveland! Flying home from #4C26 a little later than everyone else!
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Composition Studies @compstudiesjrnl.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Last day of #4C26. The ideas from this week's sessions keep following us into the hallway. What conversation has stuck with you this week? #CompositionStudies #RhetComp #WritingStudies
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Michelle Chen @michellechn.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
That's right. Our display copies will officially be cheaper than a bottle of smart water at the #4C26 convention center Starbucks (plus you won't have to wait in a 20 minute line). Come and get em 8AM - 12PM!
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Michelle Chen @michellechn.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Pssssst hey graduate students at #4C26. We're going to be giving way what we don't sell to, well, YOU, so come by our booth before 12PM and pad out your research libraries. You know you'll need it for that lit review.
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David Coad, PhD @dcoad.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Great seeing friends from grad school at #4C26!!! :)
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David Coad, PhD @dcoad.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
If you haven’t said hi yet at #4C26, come by the NCTE booth tomorrow and check out our new book. I’d love to chat about what you’re doing in your classes.
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David Coad, PhD @dcoad.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Come check out our qualitative human-focused research tomorrow morning, #4C26! 8:45-9:15 in room 12.
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Jason Tham @jasontham.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
The antiracist reviewing heuristic is a great, widely adopted resource that many journals and presses are asking reviewers to use when making their contributions. #4c26 docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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Anti-Racist Scholarly Reviewing Practices: A Heuristic for Editors, Reviewers, and Authors
Anti-Racist Scholarly Reviewing Practices: A Heuristic for Editors, Reviewers, and Authors Contributors include: Lauren E. Cagle, Michelle F. Eble, Laura Gonzales, Meredith A. Johnson, Nathan R. John...
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Jason Tham @jasontham.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
#4c26 Most of the learning that happens at CCCC is confined to people who attended the sessions. A collection of knowledge work should help mobilize our collective wisdom beyond the physical conference. Can we do something like this companion publication again? publicationsncte.org/content/CCCC...
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CCCC Convention Companion Publication | ncte.org
This Companion is imagined as a space for those members whose proposals were accepted for presentation at the 2024 CCCC Annual Convention but who were unable to attend. These are contributions that en...
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Anna Mills @annamillsoer.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Looking forward to "Pushing Back against Homogeneity: Conversations with Teachers about Linguistic Justice, Equity, and AI" with my @pairrfeedback.bsky.social colleagues @palimplexus.bsky.social and @sophiaminnillo.bsky.social and also Ana Ruiz Alonso Bartol. #4C26 s1.goeshow.com/ncte/cccc/20...
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2026 CCCC Annual Convention Session Listing
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David Coad, PhD @dcoad.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
#4C26 #OGS Opening General Session starts in 15 minutes in Grand Ballroom AB. Come join us! Pretty empty so far.
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David Coad, PhD @dcoad.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
PREORDERS available now - Digital Literacies for Human Connection: 25 Ways to Engage Students in People-Centered Digital Practices. @mettalrose.bsky.social @ambuck.bsky.social, Rich Shivener, and authors of 25 chapters have pour our heart and soul into this book. Check it out at #4C26!
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David Coad, PhD @dcoad.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Check out my latest substack blog post for a behind the scenes look at my qualitative interview research and why its a great opportunity to harness LISTENING for the greater good.
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David Coad, PhD @dcoad.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
I get to present the mulitmodal award and honorable mentions at the English Department Award Ceremony tonight! Exciting! This year's winners were lit! What an honor to be encouraging and rewarding strong student work!
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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Part of the reason I have developed such a contempt for AIbros like this man and the ecology of techbros who uncritically push AI is the absolute arrogance—they have never set foot in a classroom, or studied pedagogy yet they claim to know better than teachers.
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David Coad, PhD @dcoad.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Read my new substack! open.substack.com/pub/davidcoa...
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David Coad, PhD @dcoad.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
This is WILD. Goodbye Apple, Hello OpenAI. Goodbye privacy, Hello, seemless boundary crossing. Goodbye Friends, Hello Machines? Hopefully not.
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OpenAI Unites With Jony Ive in $6.5 Billion Deal to Create A.I. Devices
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David Coad, PhD @dcoad.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
I just read the #4C26 CFP...please note they are explcitly asking us to NOT write to the theme this year, but just to the rubric. So different!!!
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David Coad, PhD @dcoad.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Through my 15 years of teaching college writing, students have always told me they are terrible writers. But now, Gen AI makes them think they're even worse. Read my reflections and what we can do about it here. davidcoad.substack.com/p/students-t...
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Students Think They’re Terrible Writers—and Gen AI is Making It Worse
And What We Can Do About It
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David Coad, PhD @dcoad.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Peer Review is only useful for the person getting feedback? WRONG! Similarly, teaching observations benefit the observer as well. My new substack post explains what I took from a recent teaching observation, and gives my hot take on why the word "hearing" is better than "listening"!
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David Coad | Substack
I'm a writing professor at Santa Clara University. I write about digital technologies in education, what it's like to teach writing, active/social/theatrical forms of learning, and about insights from...
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Business Insider @businessinsider.com · 16/04/2025
OpenAI says it could adjust its AI safety policy if a rival ships a high-risk model without safeguards. Critics say it's backing off key commitments.
businessinsider.com
OpenAI just gave itself wiggle room on safety if rivals release 'high-risk' models
OpenAI says it could adjust its AI safety policy if a rival ships a high-risk model without safeguards. Critics say it's backing off key commitments.
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David Coad, PhD @dcoad.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
A person is more than their opinions. Love them, don’t hate.
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David Coad, PhD @dcoad.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Yo, folks, I can disagree with the idea of totally refusing GAI while also accepting many useful criticisms of it and respecting and valuing those who refuse.
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David Coad, PhD @dcoad.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
One of the best/funniest aspects of #4C25, realizing I was someone’s “uncle advisor” because her advisor studied under my adviser. Lol!
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Jennifer Sano-Franchini @jsanofranchini.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
I've had a bunch of people ask me for access to my #4C25 Chair's Address transcript, so after taking a bit of time to clean it up, I've made it available, here: docs.google.com/document/d/1... #teamrhetoric #rhetcomp #techcomm @ncte.org
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2025 CCCC Chair’s Address Transcript Sano-Franchini
Timely, (Un)Disciplinary, and Solutions-Oriented: Remembering and Enacting Abundance in These Times When We Just Have to Keep Going Jennifer Sano-Franchini West Virginia University [SLIDE] Part 1. T...
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TJ The Quilt Researcher @thequiltresearcher.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Glad to be home from #4C25. Spending some time reflecting on what I learned during the conference and doing some research to spark new interests!
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David Coad, PhD @dcoad.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
Finally made it back to California after #4C25! Thank you EVERYONE, especially @jsanofranchini.bsky.social , @ncte.org , and everyone who worked behind the scenes to make it happen! I’m *cheering* all of you on!!!
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John Gallagher @johnrgallagher.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
Interested content creators? Gossip about YouTube's algorithm? Academic articles with unnecessary long titles? "Algorithmic Anthropomorphizing, Platform Gossip, and Backlashes: Aspirational Content Creators’ Narratives About YouTube’s Algorithm on Reddit" journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Algorithmic Anthropomorphizing, Platform Gossip, and Backlashes: Aspirational Content Creators’ Narratives About YouTube’s Algorithm on Reddit - John R. Gallagher, Antonia Pecoraro Hernandez, 2025
This paper examines how aspirational content creators (ACCs) on the r/NewTubers subreddit forum understand and discuss YouTube’s algorithm. This study employs t...
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David Coad, PhD @dcoad.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
#4C25 Saturday Afternoon workshop. Phew! I'm beat. Gotta head to the airport partway thru tho.
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David Coad, PhD @dcoad.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
As you leave #4C25: try (try) to take time in the next few days or week to sit down and reflect on what you’re taking away. What are you DOING with what you learned? Or just collapse from fatigue. That’s good too.
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David Coad, PhD @dcoad.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
One of the cheerleader dads asked me what the conference theme “computer love” meant. I said I have no idea either lol #4C25
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David Coad, PhD @dcoad.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Where are folks grabbing dinner tonight? Before Bedford party? #4C25
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David Coad, PhD @dcoad.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
@annamillsoer.bsky.social I’d love to meet you in person at some point here at the conference! I’ve only followed you online and through stories of friends!
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David Coad, PhD @dcoad.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
#Collaboration is a changemaker in post-graduate writing according to Karen Lunsford in the Wayfinder project #4C25
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Jason Tham @jasontham.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Congratulations to all Scholars for the Dream award this year! #4C25
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David Coad, PhD @dcoad.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
The Wayfinding Project includes 19 focus groups / 30 participants!!!!!! exploring UC graduates' orientation toward writing 3-10 years after graduation. What a great project! @carlwhithaus.bsky.social, Karen Lunsford, and Jonathan Alexander #4C25
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David Coad, PhD @dcoad.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
@carlwhithaus.bsky.social and Karen Lunsford do a great job giving background and framing fo the Wayfinding Project, not assuming too much prior knowledge on the topic. Really interesting project! #4C25
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David Coad, PhD @dcoad.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
It was lovely seeing editors and publishers in the action center and in the exhibition #4C25
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David Coad, PhD @dcoad.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
These presentations are too long. 15 minutes is plenty. #4C25
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Cody Hmelar @codyhmelar.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Aspiring to channel the energy of @voleuseck.bsky.social’s live recaps of #4C25. Currently in A.12 Strategic Illegibility: Rhetorics of Nontranslation. New book under review with very cool collaborators.
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David Coad, PhD @dcoad.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Calling on Ladson-Billings, Hambrick explains how #TFT #Transfer pedagogy can be adapted to be more anti-racist and culturally sustaining. “We need to expand what counts as Prior Knowledge” she says! Boom! #4C25
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David Coad, PhD @dcoad.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Now hearing Keira Hambrick speak about #TFT #Transfer in FYW. I love how she doesn't assume everyone knows what trasnfer is yet. Great presentation! #4C25
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David Coad, PhD @dcoad.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
In the #transfer #TFT sponsored session at #4C25, learning about transfer into WID courses
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David Coad, PhD @dcoad.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Yay for #cwcon representing in the opening talk at #4C25!!! What a great analysis of GenAI and its problems.
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