Amber Hedquist

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Journal Articles

Hedquist, A. (2025). “Inviting Participation: From Sample-Building to
Relationship-Building in Participant Recruitment.” IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication, 68(2), 228-240.

Hannah, M. A., Caputo, C., Deen, L., Hedquist, A., Salgado, C., Shah, S., ... & Sutrisno, D. B. (2024). “Thinking with Keywords: Investigating the Role and Nature of Professionalism Keywords in TPC Enculturation.” Technical Communication Quarterly, 33(3), 342-357. 

Dennen, Vanessa P., Hall, B., and Hedquist, A. (2023). “A Systematic Review of Research on Inter-subjectivity in Online Learning: Illuminating Opportunities for Cohesion and Mutual Understanding in the Research Conversation.” Online Learning, 27(1), 158-186.

Dennen, V. P., Shi, H., Rutledge, S. A., Bagdy, L. M., Jung, D., Bunn, S., …& Hedquist, A. (2022). “Parenting Teenage Social Media Users: Perceptions and Permissions as the Pandemic Began.” IADIS International Journal on WWW/Internet, 20(2), 80-98. 

Dennen, V., Jung, D., Cargill, C., & Hedquist, A. (2021). “Social Media And Parenting Support: A Systematic Scoping Review (2010-2019).” IADIS International Journal on WWW/Internet, 19(2), 1-18.

Conference Proceedings

Hedquist, A., Willers, H., Hannah, Mark A. (2024) “Discipline-Driven AI: Training a GPT to Qualitatively Code for Technical and Professional Communication Research." In Proceedings of the ACM International Conference on Design of Communication (SIGDOC), 266-268. Association for Computing Machinery.

Dennen, V. P., Shi, H., Rutledge, S. A., Bagdy, L. M., Jung, D., Bunn, S., Cargill, C., Cosgrove, C., & Hedquist, A. (2022). “Teen Social Media Use During COVID-19: Parent Perceptions and Oversight.” In Proceedings of the International Conferences e-Society 2022 and Mobile Learning 2022, 155-162. International Association for the Development of the Information Society.

Dennen, V. P., Rutledge, S. A., Bagdy, L. M., Bunn, S., Jung, D., Cargill, C., Cosgrove, C., Hedquist, A., & McWaters, S. (2021) “Virtual independence: Teen social media use during the summer of quarantine.” In Proceedings of the International Conference on Web-Based Communities and Social Media, 211-215. IADIS.

Dennen, V. P., Jung, D., Cargill, C., & Hedquist, A. (2021). “Parents, Social Media, and Online Support: A Systematic Review of the Literature.” In Proceedings of the International Conference on Web-Based Communities and Social Media, 102-109. IADIS

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Journal Articles

Hedquist, A., Castillon, M., Cooper, M., Keim, V., Mohseni, T., Purcell, K. “Facilitating AI in Research Operations: Reflections on a Collaborative Implementation Heuristic.” Journal of Research Administration.

Book Chapters

Hedquist, A. UX Strategy and What Academic Researchers Can Learn from It: A Framework for Community-Engaged Researchers. (2026*) The Routledge Handbook of User Experience in Technical Communication. Routledge Books.

Caputo, C., Hedquist, A., Hannah, M. A. Network Pivots: A Dialogue on Lessons Learned in Participant Recruitment. (2026*) Research Practice in Technical and Professional Communication. WAC Clearing House.

Hedquist, A., Hannah, M.A., Willers, Heidi., Navigating Human-AI Collaboration: The Emerging Role of Technical Communicators as AI Facilitators. (2025*) WAC Clearing House

Conference Proceedings

Hedquist, A., Hannah, M. A., Caputo, C. “Facilitation in TPC Research Practice: Navigating the Complexities of Collaborative Research.” In Proceedings of the ACM International Conference on Design of Communication (SIGDOC).

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UNDER REVIEW

Hedquist, A., Cooper, N., Baia, S., Streberger, E., Lauer, C., “Positioning Theory as a Lens for Cultural Perspectives in Information Design”

Hedquist, A., Storey, D., Gohil, V., Ketkar, P.,Muthyala, M., Nikam, A.,
Lambrecht, K., Carradini, S., Lauer, C. “Taking Usability Testing into Virtual Reality: What Do UX Researchers Need to Know?”

Hedquist, A., Caughman, L., Lauer, C. “Tuning In: Rhetorical Attunement as a Methodological Practice for Collaborative Research.”

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CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS (*Upcoming)

International

“Facilitation in TPC Research Practice: Navigating the Complexities of Collaborative Research.” With Courtney Caputo and Mark A. Hannah. Poster Presentation. ACM SIGDOC 2025 Conference. Lubbock, TX. October 2025.

“Engaging Digital Audiences: Early Insights on Invitational Rhetoric in User Experience Research.” (2025) Panel. ABC Annual International Conference. Long Beach, California, October 2025.

“AI at Work: A Deep Dive into the Social and Emotional Dimensions of AI Integration.” (2025). With Mark A. Hannah. Presentation. ABC Regional Conference 2025: Building Bridges between Business Communication and Management. Bergen, Norway, June 2025.

“Discipline-Driven AI: Training a GPT to Qualitatively Code in Technical and Professional Communication.” (2024). With Mark A. Hannah and Heidi Willers. Poster Presentation. ACM SIGDOC 2024 Conference. Arlington, VA. October 2024.

“Human-Centered AI Implementation in Research Admin: Early Experiences and an Emerging Heuristic." (2024). With Valerie Keim. Poster Presentation. Society of Research Administrators International (SRAI) Annual Meeting. Chicago, IL. October 24.

“Learning during disruption: Teenagers' use of social media to support their classroom learning and future planning during quarantine.” (2022). With Lauren Bagdy, Vanessa Dennen, Daeun Jung, Casey Cargill, and Catherine Cosgrove. Presentation. Association for Educational Communications & Technology International Convention. Las Vegas, NV. October 2022.

National

“Community-Engaged Research at Scale: Empowering Community Partners as Researchers.” With Liliana Caughman, Danielle Storey, and Claire Lauer. Presentation. CPTSC 2025 Annual Conference. Lubbock, TX. October 2025.

“Participant-Generated Video Diaries as Data: A Systematic Review of Researcher Approaches and Practices.” (2025*). WIth Lauren Bagdy and Vanessa Dennen. Roundtable Session: “Expanding and Rethinking Methods.” American Educational Research Association Annual Conference. Denver, CO. April 2025.

“Disability and Digital Advocacy: Collaborating with Coalitions.” (2024). With Heidi Willers and Mark A. Hannah. Presentation. Applied Rhetoric Collaborative Conference. Virtual. May 2024.

“Teenage social media use in the time of COVID-19: Resilience, connection, entertainment, and learning.” (2021). Poster Presentation. With Lauren Bagdy, Vanessa Dennen, Stacey Routledge, Daeun Jung, Casey Cargill, Catherine Cosgrove, and Shannon McWaters. Presentation. American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting. Virtual. 2021.