Rich Shivener's recent research has investigated digital media composing practices and emotions, and he teaches courses in the Writing Department's digital authoring stream. From 2016-2024, Rich was also an section editor for the digital journal Kairos: A Journal of Rhetoric, Technology, and Pedagogy. Years prior to academia, he reported for local newspapers and national magazines, and he wrote technical support documents with software developers. He takes pride in being a flexible colleague who can research and teach a range of writing inquiries.
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Degrees
PhD, University of Cincinnati
MA, Northern Kentucky University
Research Interests
Writing, Media, Emotion Studies, Digital Rhetoric and Circulation, Editing
Shivener, R. (2024). On the slippages and swells of revising digital media. In C. LaVecchia, A. Carr, L.R. Micciche, H. J. Rule, and J. E. O. Stone (Eds.), Title of work: Capital letter also for subtitle (pp. 94-105). Utah State University Press.
2024
Shivener, R. (2022). Cultivating signal, noise, and feeling: Songwriting practices in digital rhetoric courses. In Amplifying Soundwriting Pedagogies: Integrating Sound into Rhetoric and Writing, edited by Michael J. Faris, Courtney S. Danforth, & Kyle D. Stedman. The WAC Clearinghouse; University Press of Colorado. https://doi.org/10.37514/PRA-B.2022.1688
2022
Journal Articles
Publication
Year
Shivener, R., Caravella, E., & Gittins, R. (2024). Heuristics for equitable technical communication in remote & hybrid game development. Technical Communication, 71(2), 43-57.
2024
Edwards, D. W., Gelms, B., & Shivener, R. (2023). Infrastructural storytelling: A methodological approach for narrating environmental (in) justice in technical and professional communication. Technical Communication Quarterly, 32(3), 242-253.
2023
Caravella, E., Shivener, R., & Narayanamoorthy, N. (2023). Surveying the effects of remote communication & collaboration practices on Game developers amid a pandemic. Communication Design Quarterly, 10(4), 5-15.
2023
Riddick, S., & Shivener, R. (2022). Affective spamming on Twitch: rhetorics of an emote-only audience in a presidential inauguration livestream. Computers and Composition, 64, 102711.
2022
Shivener, R. & Silva, J. O. D. (2022). Sharing pain and pleasure: A case for studying post-mortems and game development feelings. Computers and Composition Online, http://cconlinejournal.org/fall2022/ccwebtext_shivsilva/index.html
2022
Shivener, R., Silva, J. O. D., & Rahman, A. (2022). The discourse-based interview on Twitch: Methods for studying the tacit knowledge of game developers. Composition Forum, 49
2022
Shivener, R. et al. (2021). Canadian mixtape: Sounding out digital authoring practices with undergraduate writer/designers. Kairos: A Journal of Rhetoric, Technology, and Pedagogy, https://praxis.technorhetoric.net/tiki-index.php?page=PraxisWiki%3A_%3ASoundWriting
2021
Bahl, E. K., Figueiredo, S., & Shivener, R. (2020). Comics and graphic storytelling in technical communication. Technical Communication Quarterly, 29(3), 219-221.
2020
Shivener, R. (2020). Pressurized rhetorical bodies: Between feeling rules and affective publics. Present Tense: A Journal of Rhetoric in Society. https://www.presenttensejournal.org/volume-8/pressurized-rhetorical-bodies-student-athletes-between-feeling-rules-and-affective-publics/
2020
Shivener, R., & Edwards, D.(2020). The environmental unconscious of digital composing: Mapping climate change rhetorics in data center ecologies. enculturation, 32.
2020
Bahl, E. K., & Shivener, R. (2020). The needle and the bird: Invention, delivery, and serialized webcomics. enculturation. http://enculturation.net/needle_and_the_bird
2020
Shivener, R. (2020). Theorizing rhetorical-affective workflows: Behind the scenes with webtext authors. College English, 83(1), 42-65.
2020
Professional Journal Articles
Publication
Year
Caravella, E. & Shivener, R. (2021). Writing like a game designer. Writing Spaces, https://writingspaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Caravella-Shivener-AAA-contribution.pdf
2021
Rich Shivener's recent research has investigated digital media composing practices and emotions, and he teaches courses in the Writing Department's digital authoring stream. From 2016-2024, Rich was also an section editor for the digital journal Kairos: A Journal of Rhetoric, Technology, and Pedagogy. Years prior to academia, he reported for local newspapers and national magazines, and he wrote technical support documents with software developers. He takes pride in being a flexible colleague who can research and teach a range of writing inquiries.
Degrees
PhD, University of Cincinnati
MA, Northern Kentucky University
Research Interests
Writing, Media, Emotion Studies, Digital Rhetoric and Circulation, Editing
All Publications
Book Chapters
Publication
Year
Shivener, R. (2024). On the slippages and swells of revising digital media. In C. LaVecchia, A. Carr, L.R. Micciche, H. J. Rule, and J. E. O. Stone (Eds.), Title of work: Capital letter also for subtitle (pp. 94-105). Utah State University Press.
2024
Shivener, R. (2022). Cultivating signal, noise, and feeling: Songwriting practices in digital rhetoric courses. In Amplifying Soundwriting Pedagogies: Integrating Sound into Rhetoric and Writing, edited by Michael J. Faris, Courtney S. Danforth, & Kyle D. Stedman. The WAC Clearinghouse; University Press of Colorado. https://doi.org/10.37514/PRA-B.2022.1688
2022
Journal Articles
Publication
Year
Shivener, R., Caravella, E., & Gittins, R. (2024). Heuristics for equitable technical communication in remote & hybrid game development. Technical Communication, 71(2), 43-57.
2024
Edwards, D. W., Gelms, B., & Shivener, R. (2023). Infrastructural storytelling: A methodological approach for narrating environmental (in) justice in technical and professional communication. Technical Communication Quarterly, 32(3), 242-253.
2023
Caravella, E., Shivener, R., & Narayanamoorthy, N. (2023). Surveying the effects of remote communication & collaboration practices on Game developers amid a pandemic. Communication Design Quarterly, 10(4), 5-15.
2023
Riddick, S., & Shivener, R. (2022). Affective spamming on Twitch: rhetorics of an emote-only audience in a presidential inauguration livestream. Computers and Composition, 64, 102711.
2022
Shivener, R. & Silva, J. O. D. (2022). Sharing pain and pleasure: A case for studying post-mortems and game development feelings. Computers and Composition Online, http://cconlinejournal.org/fall2022/ccwebtext_shivsilva/index.html
2022
Shivener, R., Silva, J. O. D., & Rahman, A. (2022). The discourse-based interview on Twitch: Methods for studying the tacit knowledge of game developers. Composition Forum, 49
2022
Shivener, R. et al. (2021). Canadian mixtape: Sounding out digital authoring practices with undergraduate writer/designers. Kairos: A Journal of Rhetoric, Technology, and Pedagogy, https://praxis.technorhetoric.net/tiki-index.php?page=PraxisWiki%3A_%3ASoundWriting
2021
Bahl, E. K., Figueiredo, S., & Shivener, R. (2020). Comics and graphic storytelling in technical communication. Technical Communication Quarterly, 29(3), 219-221.
2020
Shivener, R. (2020). Pressurized rhetorical bodies: Between feeling rules and affective publics. Present Tense: A Journal of Rhetoric in Society. https://www.presenttensejournal.org/volume-8/pressurized-rhetorical-bodies-student-athletes-between-feeling-rules-and-affective-publics/
2020
Shivener, R., & Edwards, D.(2020). The environmental unconscious of digital composing: Mapping climate change rhetorics in data center ecologies. enculturation, 32.
2020
Bahl, E. K., & Shivener, R. (2020). The needle and the bird: Invention, delivery, and serialized webcomics. enculturation. http://enculturation.net/needle_and_the_bird
2020
Shivener, R. (2020). Theorizing rhetorical-affective workflows: Behind the scenes with webtext authors. College English, 83(1), 42-65.
2020
Professional Journal Articles
Publication
Year
Caravella, E. & Shivener, R. (2021). Writing like a game designer. Writing Spaces, https://writingspaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Caravella-Shivener-AAA-contribution.pdf