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Rich Shivener

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Rich Shivener

Associate Professor

Writing Department

York University

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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11 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 4 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.

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Writing Media Emotion Studies Digital Rhetoric and Circulation Editing

Latest papers

The User Experience of Virtual Reality for Longitudinal Writing: A Diary Study of Immersive Graduate Dissertation Composing Experience
Journal of Technical Writing and Communication · 2026
Hype Circulation: Shaping Public Engagement with Emerging Technologies Through Anticipatory Communities and Embodiment
Rhetoric Society Quarterly · 2026 · first author
The felt sense of virtual writing: embodied experiences in immersive digital environments
Computers & composition/Computers and composition · 2026 · senior author

All 14 publications

14 publications.

The User Experience of Virtual Reality for Longitudinal Writing: A Diary Study of Immersive Graduate Dissertation Composing Experience

Jason Tham, Rich Shivener, Niveditha Pookkottuvariam, Sarah Riddick

Journal of Technical Writing and Communication2026

DOI: 10.1177/00472816261429914

Hype Circulation: Shaping Public Engagement with Emerging Technologies Through Anticipatory Communities and Embodiment

Rich Shivener, Jason Chew Kit Tham

Rhetoric Society Quarterly2026First author

DOI: 10.1080/02773945.2026.2684344

The felt sense of virtual writing: embodied experiences in immersive digital environments

Jason Tham, Rich Shivener

Computers & composition/Computers and composition2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.compcom.2026.103037

Capturing the Experiences of Simulated Writing for Novice Virtual Reality Users

Rich Shivener, Jason Chew Kit Tham

IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication20255 citationsFirst author

DOI: 10.1109/tpc.2025.3529095

Writing in Virtual Reality: Understanding Invention, Collaboration, and Friction in Hybrid Spaces

Rich Shivener, Elizabeth Caravella

Written Communication20254 citationsFirst authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.1177/07410883251328315

Accessibility in virtual reality: A multimodal user experience framework for considering hardware, embodied, and spatial access

Elizabeth Caravella, Rich Shivener

Computers & composition/Computers and composition20253 citationsSenior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.1016/j.compcom.2025.102971

Heuristics for Equitable Technical Communication in Remote & Hybrid Game Development

Rich Shivener, Elizabeth Caravella, Renee Renee Gittins

Technical Communication: Journal of the Society for Technical Communication20241 citationsFirst author

DOI: 10.55177/tc359562

7 On the Slippages and Swells of Revising Digital Media

Rich Shivener

Utah State University Press eBooks2024First author

DOI: 10.7330/9781646425501.c013

Infrastructural Storytelling: A Methodological Approach for Narrating Environmental (In)justice in Technical and Professional Communication

Dustin W. Edwards, Bridget Gelms, Rich Shivener

Technical Communication Quarterly202311 citationsSenior author

DOI: 10.1080/10572252.2023.2210198

Affective Spamming on Twitch: Rhetorics of an Emote-Only Audience in a Presidential Inauguration Livestream

Sarah Riddick, Rich Shivener

Computers & composition/Computers and composition20229 citationsSenior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.compcom.2022.102711

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Rich Shivener

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Latest papers

The User Experience of Virtual Reality for Longitudinal Writing: A Diary Study of Immersive Graduate Dissertation Composing Experience

Hype Circulation: Shaping Public Engagement with Emerging Technologies Through Anticipatory Communities and Embodiment

The felt sense of virtual writing: embodied experiences in immersive digital environments

Capturing the Experiences of Simulated Writing for Novice Virtual Reality Users

Writing in Virtual Reality: Understanding Invention, Collaboration, and Friction in Hybrid Spaces

Accessibility in virtual reality: A multimodal user experience framework for considering hardware, embodied, and spatial access

Heuristics for Equitable Technical Communication in Remote & Hybrid Game Development

7 On the Slippages and Swells of Revising Digital Media

Infrastructural Storytelling: A Methodological Approach for Narrating Environmental (In)justice in Technical and Professional Communication

Affective Spamming on Twitch: Rhetorics of an Emote-Only Audience in a Presidential Inauguration Livestream

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