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Technical Communication & Social Justice Journal @techcommsj.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

The editorial team at TCSJ is aware, with regret, of the dechartering/dissolution of CCCC by NCTE. We would like to express support for scholars, practitioners, and colleagues in CCCC, as well as writing studies and related disciplines. 1/2

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Technical Communication & Social Justice Journal @techcommsj.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

4.1 also includes Anastasia Pestova’s book review of @merbroussard.bsky.social's book, More Than a Glitch: Confronting Race, Gender, and Ability Bias in Tech (@mitpress.bsky.social, 2024). Check it out on our website: techcommsocialjustice.org/index.php/tc...

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The Exigence of Ethical AI: Understanding Algorithmic Bias and Moving Towards Anti-Racism | Technical Communication and Social Justice

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Technical Communication & Social Justice Journal @techcommsj.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Our last research article in 4.1 is Ifeanyi Mordi’s "Ethical Usability: Technical Communication Strategies to Addressing User-centered Challenges in E-governance.” Read it here: techcommsocialjustice.org/index.php/tc... 1/2

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Technical Communication & Social Justice Journal @techcommsj.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

If you use the anti-racist reviewing heuristics at your institution/journal, you might also like Jeanna Balreira’s "Creating, Implementing, and Deploying a Diversity and Inclusion Style Guide: A review of one editor’s process at Trinity University and strategies for buy-in at your institution.” 1/2

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Technical Communication & Social Justice Journal @techcommsj.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Happy Monday! Today, we’re spotlighting Shanna Cameron’s article, "Rare vs. Rarely Diagnosed: Counterstory and Coalition Building in Online Patient Advocacy Communities.” Cameron explores how digital spaces foster information-sharing and advocacy efforts within the greater medical community. 1/2

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Technical Communication & Social Justice Journal @techcommsj.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Up next in 4.1 is @codirenee.bsky.social's "Race Conversations as Technical and Professional Communication.” In it, Blackmon makes the case for critical race conversations as TPC, arguing that dissemination of specialized information to diverse audiences is central to TPC’s social justice work. 1/2

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Technical Communication & Social Justice Journal @techcommsj.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Today, we’re spotlighting @alexslotkin.bsky.social and April O’Brien’s article, "Situating Public Memory as a Keyword in Technical and Professional Communication.” They make a case for bringing public memory and TPC together as a tool to further social impact. 1/2

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Technical Communication & Social Justice Journal @techcommsj.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Our first (official) article of 4.1 is Katie Powell and Adam Pope’s article, "Dear Campus Community: Coalitional Public Statements as Positive Permission Structures after the Social Justice Turn.” Read it here: techcommsocialjustice.org/index.php/tc... 1/2

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Technical Communication & Social Justice Journal @techcommsj.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

First, we have "Design Justice: Integrating AI into Technical and Professional Communication Curricula at Hispanic Serving Institutions,” by Timothy Ponce and Amy Hodges. Situated in design justice principles, Ponce & Hodges describe the potential for AI to address the digital divide in HSIs. 1/2

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Technical Communication & Social Justice Journal @techcommsj.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

TCSJ is thrilled to announce the publication of our latest issue (4.1)! Whether you are interested in TPC’s potential to further engage with race and antiracism, disparities in medical diagnosis and care, or usability research in transnational contexts, there is something for you. 1/2

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Vol. 4 No. 1 (2026): Spring Issue | Technical Communication and Social Justice

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Technical Communication & Social Justice Journal @techcommsj.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

TCSJ and special issue co-editors Chen Chen, Emma Rose, and Dorcas Anabire are seeking proposals for a new special issue, Embracing and Reframing Research Failures: Toward More Socially Just Practices! Interested? See the CFP: docs.google.com/document/d/1.... Proposals due 3/31/2026.

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Technical Communication & Social Justice Journal @techcommsj.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

Last, but certainly not least, Issue 3.2 includes Courtney Fallon’s "Good Queer, Bad Queer: Pinkwashing as LGBTQ+ Citizen-Subjectification.” Fallon traces how the NYT’s pinkwashing of Palestinian violence reinforces the “Good Queer" through positioning queer Palestinians as “Bad Queers.” 1/2

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Technical Communication & Social Justice Journal @techcommsj.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

3.2 also includes Elena Kalodner-Martin’s (@ekalodnermar.bsky.social)’s article, "'What Do I Need to Say to Make You Trust Me?': Influences of Competing Permission Structures on COVID-19 Vaccination Decision-Making.” 1/2

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Technical Communication & Social Justice Journal @techcommsj.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

Kicking off Monday with the latest research? Check out Sarah Riddick's (@sarahriddick.bsky.social) article "Donation Bag Programs as Multimodal Permission Structures: Selling Climate-Positive Consumerism through Digital Marketing.” You can read it here: techcommsocialjustice.org/index.php/tc... 1/2

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Technical Communication & Social Justice Journal @techcommsj.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

We’re thrilled to share our next article: S. Marek Muller and David Rooney’s "Culture(d) Wars: Reciprocal Permission Structures in Cultured Meat Bans,” available here: techcommsocialjustice.org/index.php/tc...

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Technical Communication & Social Justice Journal @techcommsj.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

Our third article in 3.2 is Nick Sanders’ article "Anti-DEI Legislation as an Unjust Permission Structure: A Critical Discourse Analysis of White Racial Resentment in State-level Anti-DEI Bills.” 1/2

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Technical Communication & Social Justice Journal @techcommsj.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

Next up, we have Sara DiCaglio’s "Permission From the Future: Science Fiction Fantasies and “Extrauterine Children” in Post-Dobbs Imaginaries.” Examining Alabama’s IVF ruling, DiCaglio shows how speculative futures function as permission structures, shaping legal, ethical, and lived realities. 1/2

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Technical Communication & Social Justice Journal @techcommsj.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Our first article in 3.2 is Ryan Cheek and Isidore Dorpenyo’s "Deny, Defend, Depose: Structuring Permission for Bureaucratic Indifference, Slow (Civic) Violence, and the Institutional Betrayal of DEI.” They explore how DDD functions rhetorically amidst increasing legislative attacks on DEI work. 1/2

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Technical Communication & Social Justice Journal @techcommsj.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

TCSJ also wants to take a moment to honor co-editor Kymberly Morquecho, who passed away before this special issue was published. We mourn her loss and recognize her contributions to this issue, her communities, and the field of TPC. 1/2

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Technical Communication & Social Justice Journal @techcommsj.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

Our latest issue kicks off with "Introduction to Special Issue on Unjust “Permission Structures” in/as Technical Communication,” written by special issue co-editors R.J. Lambert, @rwmonty.bsky.social, Kymberly Morquecho, and Sarah Warren-Riley. 1/x

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Technical Communication & Social Justice Journal @techcommsj.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

We are thrilled to share Vol. 3, Issue 2! Contributors include R.J. Lambert, Randall W. Monty, Kymberly Morquecho, Sarah Warren-Riley (Eds.), Ryan Cheek, Isidore Dorpenyo, Sara DiCaglio, Nick Sanders, S. Marek Muller, David Rooney, Sarah Riddick, Elena Kalodner-Martin, and Courtney Fallon.

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Technical Communication & Social Justice Journal @techcommsj.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

@beaupihlaja.bsky.social and @ekalodnermar.bsky.social are here at the Editors' Roundtable answering questions about TCSJ! If you're at #ATTW25 (in person or on Zoom), come on by.

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Dr. Elena Kalodner-Martin @ekalodnermar.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

#ATTW25 attendees: come to the TPC Editors' Roundtable today at 4:45pm CST in BCH 125 and on Zoom! I'll be there on behalf of @tcsocialjustice.bsky.social. We look forward to chatting with you about all things submitting, reviewing, and more.

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Technical Communication & Social Justice Journal @techcommsj.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Last but not least in issue 3.1 is Theresa Evans' article, "Transcending Binaries of Course Delivery: A Transmedia Mindset as Resistance to a Single Standard and a Default Normal." Give it a read here: techcommsocialjustice.org/index.php/tc... 1/2

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Technical Communication & Social Justice Journal @techcommsj.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Looking for some Monday reading to start your week? Check out Shelby Ramsey article, "A Digital-Decolonial Approach to Writing Pedagogy," published in our most recent special issue. You can read it here: techcommsocialjustice.org/index.php/tc... 1/2

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Technical Communication & Social Justice Journal @techcommsj.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Our next featured article is Eva Jin's "Interest-Driven Public Networks and Writing Pedagogy: Reframing and Harnessing Digital Spaces as Activism Playgrounds" available here: techcommsocialjustice.org/index.php/tc... 1/2

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Technical Communication & Social Justice Journal @techcommsj.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

In "Looking “Under the Hood” of SEO Conversion," Katherine Mavridou-Hernandez and Anna Minks explore SEO's impact and offer pedagogical approaches for improving students' understanding of search engines' ethical implications. 1/2

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Technical Communication & Social Justice Journal @techcommsj.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

Looking for Monday reading material? Check out the the 3.1 co-editors' introduction, written by Nicole Allen, Mina Bikmohammadi, Codi Renee Blackmon, Amanda Patterson Partin, William P. Banks, Erin A. Clark, Desiree Dighton, and Michelle F. Eble, here: techcommsocialjustice.org/index.php/tc... 1/3

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Technical Communication & Social Justice Journal @techcommsj.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

Issue 3.1 is live! This is a special issue on digital activism, pedagogy, and advocacy, co-edited by Nicole Allen, Mina Bikmohammadi, Codi Renee Blackmon, Amanda Patterson Partin, William Banks, Erin Clark, Desiree Dighton, and Michelle Eble. Give it a read: techcommsocialjustice.org/index.php/tc...

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Vol. 3 No. 1 (2025): Spring Issue: Special Issue on Digital Activism, Pedagogy, and Advocacy | Technical Communication and Social Justice

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Mike Duncan @theophrastean.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

One of my field’s oldest organizations, STC, just bankrupted, taking Technical Communication, its journal, with it. #techcomm www.stc.org If your paper got marooned, send it to TCSJ. We review quick. More thoughts later.

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Technical Communication & Social Justice Journal @techcommsj.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Hi, Bluesky! We're TCSJ, an interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed, and open-source online journal, published biannually, and hosted at East Carolina University. You can find out more and read our Fall 2024 issue on our website: techcommsocialjustice.org/index.php/tcsj

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Technical Communication and Social Justice (TCSJ) is an interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed, and open-source online journal, published biannually and hosted by East Carolina University.

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