Technical Communication Quarterly Oct 2020

Toward a Radical Collaboratory Model for Graduate Research Education: A Collaborative Autoethnography

Jason Chew Kit Tham ; Jeremy Rosselot-Merritt University of Minnesota System ; Saveena (Chakrika) Veeramoothoo ; Nathan William Bollig University of Minnesota System ; Ann Hill Duin University of Minnesota System

Abstract

This article builds upon the exigence highlighted in recent scholarship on preparing technical and professional communication (TPC) graduate students for collaborative research and professionalization. Using collaborative autoethnography as a self-study methodology, the authors offer authentic graduate research and mentorship experiences in a collaborative research incubator, the Wearables Research Collaboratory, at a midwestern research university.

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Technical Communication Quarterly
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2020-10-01
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10.1080/10572252.2020.1713404
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