@article{pigg_2024, title={Research writing with ChatGPT: A descriptive embodied practice framework}, url={https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compcom.2024.102830}, DOI={10.1016/j.compcom.2024.102830}, abstractNote={Research approaches that emphasize embodied practice and value the idiosyncratic uptake of writing technologies should be central to how writing researchers process the early moment of generative AI's availability to public audiences. Based on a qualitative analysis of 35 publicly available videos depicting the use of ChatGPT and Bing, the study offers a framework of descriptive codes that identify practices early adopters enact when integrating these technologies into research writing processes. The research contributes three key categories of practice that describe research writers’ interaction with generative AI across research design, writing research genres, and proofreading and editing: requesting, evaluating, and refining. This study is significant for providing an early descriptive analysis of the uptake of ChatGPT in research writing, while also identifying how disparate uses of generative AI technologies emerge from conflicting beliefs about writing, research, and invention. In particular, the study describes how experts in writing and research portray uses of and attitudes toward these technologies that often differ from students who are learning to research and write in their respective fields.}, journal={Computers and Composition}, author={Pigg, Stacey}, year={2024}, month={Mar} }
 @article{berger_pigg_2023, title={Peer-Led Professional Development: How One Technical Communication Team Learns on the Job}, volume={6}, ISSN={["1552-4574"]}, url={https://doi.org/10.1177/10506519231179964}, DOI={10.1177/10506519231179964}, abstractNote={ Technical communication practice can change rapidly over time and across organizations. As a result, lifelong learning is an important mind-set, yet few studies explore how technical communicators learn on the job. This study builds on research about technical communication training by reporting on learning practices in one documentation team working at a large, multinational corporate information technology firm. Based on interviews and artifact analysis, the authors report on topics, technologies, and learning purposes that the team discussed, finding that peer-led, collaborative learning enables documentation teams to create and sustain group dynamics, an underexplored facet of on-the-job learning. }, journal={JOURNAL OF BUSINESS AND TECHNICAL COMMUNICATION}, author={Berger, Arthur and Pigg, Stacey}, year={2023}, month={Jun} }
 @article{pigg_scheper_2022, title={When Extension and Rhetorical Engagement Meet: Framing Public Audiences for Agricultural Science Communication}, volume={2}, ISSN={["1542-7625"]}, DOI={10.1080/10572252.2022.2034974}, abstractNote={ABSTRACT This article reports from a qualitative case study exploring how a team of agricultural scientists framed their nonscientific audiences for science communication. Our results indicate communication audiences and strategies were shaped by state extension systems. As a result, we argue that technical communicators can contribute to agricultural science communication teams by modeling rhetorically engaged communication and building capacity for audiences overlooked by extension models most focused on economic impact.}, journal={TECHNICAL COMMUNICATION QUARTERLY}, author={Pigg, Stacey and Scheper, Lindsey Ray}, year={2022}, month={Feb} }
 @article{andersen_abernathy_berlinsky_bolton_booker_borski_brown_cerino_ciaramella_clark_et al._2021, title={The status of striped bass, <scp><i>Morone saxatilis</i>,</scp> as a commercially ready species for U.S. marine aquaculture}, volume={52}, ISSN={0893-8849 1749-7345}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jwas.12812}, DOI={10.1111/jwas.12812}, abstractNote={Abstract}, number={3}, journal={Journal of the World Aquaculture Society}, publisher={Wiley}, author={Andersen, Linnea K. and Abernathy, Jason and Berlinsky, David L. and Bolton, Greg and Booker, Matthew M. and Borski, Russell J. and Brown, Travis and Cerino, David and Ciaramella, Michael and Clark, Robert W. and et al.}, year={2021}, month={May}, pages={710–730} }
 @misc{pigg_2020, title={Transient Literacies in Action: Composing with the Mobile Surround}, ISBN={9781642151015}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.37514/wri-b.2020.1015}, DOI={10.37514/wri-b.2020.1015}, abstractNote={At least three different cities shaped this book, and each had a coffee place or two that became woven into it.I mark the beginning of this project in Lansing, Michigan, when I started walking from my house to the Gone Wired Café almost daily to read and write for class.The coffee shop was a block or so away from the bus stop nearest my home, and three blocks away from my house.I was a fixture there, as much as anyone who participated in my research.It wasn't just Gone Wired though.There was Biggby if I wanted a change of pace, or Espresso Royale if I wanted to find grad school friends.My laptop was clunky, but it allowed me to be in any of those places.My phone was a flip phone, but I still texted with it.My dissertation committee of}, publisher={The WAC Clearinghouse; University Press of Colorado}, author={Pigg, Stacey}, year={2020}, month={Aug} }
 @article{pigg_berger_zdanski_graham_2019, title={You got a job; now what? How early-career technical communicators professionalize and learn in a corporate technology context}, DOI={10.1145/3328020.3353939}, abstractNote={This panel examines how early-career communication designers use formal and informal professional development strategies to navigate the changing boundaries of work responsibilities, job titles, and organizational focus within a corporate technology setting.}, journal={SIGDOC'19: PROCEEDINGS OF THE 37TH ACM INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE DESIGN OF COMMUNICATION}, author={Pigg, Stacey and Berger, Arthur and Zdanski, Laura and Graham, Rachael}, year={2019} }
 @article{pigg_reading_2018, title={Knowing Bass: Accounting for Information Environments in Designing Online Public Outreach}, volume={4}, ISSN={["2056-6700"]}, DOI={10.16995/olh.377}, abstractNote={Social media and online news sites have become common outlets through which publics encounter information that shape their knowledge, values, and opinions about food. This article extends scholarship at the intersections of user experience design and online public outreach by focusing on the role of social media and online news sites in information environments that impact public site users’ knowledge about and practices of seafood production and consumption. First, we introduce an ongoing design project about North Carolina seafood production and consumption to provide an example of how and why site designers should account for how online information affects public understanding. Next, we contextualize the challenges of this project by introducing a conceptual framework that helps to explain why the values and practices of understanding seafood production are so complex. Finally, through this case and framework, we argue that designers of online public outreach projects should become more aware of designing in contexts shaped by social media. The potential for public learning is affected by how people search for, encounter, and discuss information about the issues that matter to their lives. We offer a classroom heuristic for identifying and addressing the role of information environments in rhetoric and/or technical communication courses.}, number={2}, journal={OPEN LIBRARY OF HUMANITIES}, author={Pigg, Stacey and Reading, Benjamin J.}, year={2018} }
 @article{yang_kim_2017, title={A semiparametric inference to regression analysis with missing covariates in survey data}, volume={27}, ISSN={1017-0405}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.5705/ss.2014.174}, DOI={10.5705/ss.2014.174}, abstractNote={Parameter estimation in parametric regression models with missing covariates is considered under a survey sampling setup. Under missingness at random, a semiparametric maximum likelihood approach is proposed which requires no parametric specification of the marginal covariate distribution. By drawing from the von Mises calculus and V-Statistics theory, we obtain an asymptotic linear representation of the semiparametric maximum likelihood estimator (SMLE) of the regression parameters, which allows for a consistent estimator of asymptotic variance. An EM algorithm for computation is then developed to implement the proposed method using fractional imputation. Simulation results suggest that the SMLE method is robust, whereas the fully parametric method is subject to severe bias under model misspecification. A rangeland study from the National Resources Inventory (NRI) is used to illustrate the practical use of the proposed methodology.}, number={1}, journal={Statistica Sinica}, publisher={Institute of Statistical Science}, author={Yang, Shu and Kim, Jae Kwang}, year={2017}, pages={261–285} }
 @article{lauren_pigg_2016, title={Networking in a Field of Introverts: The Egonets, Networking Practices, and Networking Technologies of Technical Communication Entrepreneurs}, volume={59}, ISSN={["1558-1500"]}, DOI={10.1109/tpc.2016.2614744}, abstractNote={Research problem: Although labor statistics document a steady rise in contract, contingent, and entrepreneurial labor, knowledge about the professional communication practices that build and sustain independent careers in the field of technical communication (TC) largely emerges from broad survey analysis, cultural/social critiques, or individual anecdotes. From these statistics and stories, we already know that independent technical communicators face challenges ranging from legal issues to establishing marketing visibility when they start and maintain businesses. Drawing on thick qualitative description from semistructured interviews, this article responds to the need for more systematic research tracing the networking practices, technologies, and relationships that enable entrepreneurial work. Research question: How do established individual entrepreneurs in TC describe the social relationships, networking practices, and networking technologies that shape their careers over time? Literature review: This project extends prior research at the intersections of entrepreneurship, technical communication, and social networks. Entrepreneurial studies research indicates that strong social ties and embeddedness influence venture performance; however, systematic scholarship on the networks or networking practices of independent or entrepreneurial technical communication practice has been limited. Methodology: The project used semistructured interviews to analyze the professional communication practices of eight technical communicators with considerable experience working independently as consultants or small-business owners. We used an online search to identify experienced entrepreneurs in the interdisciplinary field of technical communication. After recruiting participants via email, we conducted semistructured interviews to gather employment narratives, while prompting participants to share information about career-relevant ties, networking practices, and networking technologies. We then analyzed data through two iterative qualitative coding passes. Results and conclusions: Our participants, made up of experienced TC entrepreneurs, have used networking over at least two decades to advance personal business outcomes and evolve technical communication as a field and profession. Findings detail how networking is central to professional social knowledge construction, as TC entrepreneurs establish transactional contact with others, practice learning, and enact exponential reputation-building that addresses the isolation of working outside traditional organizations. Since this is a qualitative study based on self-report, the results are not generalizable but provide a foundation for future larger-scale research building from these qualitative themes.}, number={4}, journal={IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION}, author={Lauren, Benjamin and Pigg, Stacey}, year={2016}, month={Dec}, pages={342–362} }
 @article{moore_rosinski_peeples_pigg_rife_brunk-chavez_lackey_rumsey_tasaka_curran_et al._2016, title={Revisualizing Composition: How First-Year Writers Use Composing Technologies}, volume={39}, ISSN={8755-4615}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/J.COMPCOM.2015.11.001}, DOI={10.1016/J.COMPCOM.2015.11.001}, abstractNote={Reporting on survey data from 1,366 students from seven colleges and universities, this article examines the self-reported writing choices of students as they compose different kinds of texts using a wide range of composing technologies, both traditional (i.e., paper, pencils, pens, etc.), and digital (i.e., cell phones, wikis, blogs, etc.). This analysis and discussion is part of the larger Revisualizing Composition study, which examines the writing lives of first-year students across multiple institution types throughout the United States. We focus especially on what appear to be, at first glance, contradictory or confusing results, because these moments of ambiguity in students’ use of composing technologies point to shifts or tensions in students’ attitudes, beliefs, practices and rhetorical decision-making strategies when writing in the 21st century. The implications of these ambiguous results suggest paths for continued collaborative research and action. They also, we argue, point to a need to foster students’ reflexive, critical, and rhetorical writing – across composing technologies – and to develop updated writing pedagogies that account for students’ flexible use of these technologies.}, journal={Computers and Composition}, publisher={Elsevier BV}, author={Moore, Jessie L. and Rosinski, Paula and Peeples, Tim and Pigg, Stacey and Rife, Martine Courant and Brunk-Chavez, Beth and Lackey, Dundee and Rumsey, Suzanne Kesler and Tasaka, Robyn and Curran, Paul and et al.}, year={2016}, month={Mar}, pages={1–13} }
 @article{lauren_pigg_2016, title={Toward multidirectional knowledge flows: Lessons from research and publication practices of technical communication entrepreneurs}, volume={63}, number={4}, journal={Technical Communication (Society for Technical Communication)}, author={Lauren, B. and Pigg, S.}, year={2016}, pages={299–313} }
 @article{pigg_2014, title={Coordinating Constant Invention: Social Media's Role in Distributed Work}, volume={23}, ISSN={1057-2252 1542-7625}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10572252.2013.796545}, DOI={10.1080/10572252.2013.796545}, abstractNote={Cultural shifts in technology and organizational structure are affecting the embodied practice of symbolic-analytic work, creating the need for more fine-grained tracings of everyday activity. Drawing on interviews and observations, this article explores how one freelance professional communicator's social media use is intertwined with inventive social coordination. Networked writing environments help symbolic analysts gain access to communities of practice, maintain a presence within them, and leverage social norms to circulate texts through them.}, number={2}, journal={Technical Communication Quarterly}, publisher={Informa UK Limited}, author={Pigg, Stacey}, year={2014}, month={Mar}, pages={69–87} }
 @article{pigg_2012, title={Does Writing Have a Future?, by Vilém Flusser}, volume={42}, ISSN={0277-3945 1930-322X}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02773945.2012.731845}, DOI={10.1080/02773945.2012.731845}, abstractNote={If the title of the text under review is not sufficient warning, Vilem Flusser (1920–1991) was a provocateur. With roots in 1920s and ‘30 s Prague and the intersecting Czech, German, and Jewish cul...}, number={5}, journal={Rhetoric Society Quarterly}, publisher={Informa UK Limited}, author={Pigg, Stacey}, year={2012}, month={Oct}, pages={499–503} }
 @article{grabill_pigg_2012, title={Messy Rhetoric: Identity Performance as Rhetorical Agency in Online Public Forums}, volume={42}, ISSN={0277-3945 1930-322X}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02773945.2012.660369}, DOI={10.1080/02773945.2012.660369}, abstractNote={Our essay draws from a study of interaction in a large and active online public forum. Studying rhetorical activity in open forums presents a number of methodological and conceptual challenges because the interactions are persistent and nonlinear in terms of when and how participants engage, and engagement often happens via textual fragments. We take up two related issues in this essay: one is the methodological challenge of how to study engagement in open digital places. We take up that issue by way of the example study featured here. The second issue is more conceptual and concerns how identity is leveraged as a form of rhetorical agency in these conversations. We argue that in the context of open forums like Science Buzz these identity performances are crucial as rhetorical agencies, creating space as they function to move discussion.}, number={2}, journal={Rhetoric Society Quarterly}, publisher={Informa UK Limited}, author={Grabill, Jeffrey T. and Pigg, Stacey}, year={2012}, month={Mar}, pages={99–119} }
 @article{leon_pigg_2011, title={Graduate Students Professionalizing in Digital Time/Space: A View From “Down Below”}, volume={28}, ISSN={8755-4615}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compcom.2010.12.002}, DOI={10.1016/j.compcom.2010.12.002}, abstractNote={As they write in multiple online social spaces, graduate students employ digital writing practices and experiences unaccounted for in previous narratives of professionalization. These practices, which revolve around the multiple spaces assembled on their computer screens, are often productive for graduate students. Their digital multitasking allows them to practice employing theoretical concepts in unexpected personal sites while establishing connections and creating professional networks. However, these practices also evoke strong affective responses as graduate students often express guilt or shame about the extent to which these digital practices do not feel like “work.” In this article that draws from a multi-phased research project employing time-use diaries, screen captures, and interviews, the authors describe work-related digital writing moments of two graduate students, Phillip and Alyssa. After describing these practices, as well as Phillip and Alyssa's affective reactions to them, the authors reflect on the state of professionalizing practice in the time/space associated with writing in digital environments, then raise questions for future inquiry.}, number={1}, journal={Computers and Composition}, publisher={Elsevier BV}, author={Leon, Kendall and Pigg, Stacey}, year={2011}, month={Mar}, pages={3–13} }