Casey McArdle
- (he/him)
- Director of Experience Architecture, Assistant Professor
- Writing, Rhetoric, and Cultures
Biography
Casey McArdle is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Writing, Rhetoric, and Cultures at Michigan State University. He teaches Experience Architecture and has several publications and conference presentations that focus on online interaction via academic, professional, and social spaces. His research interests examine experience architecture, learning experience design, generative artificial intelligence, online writing instruction, leadership, web development, user experience research, user experience design, and rhetorical theory.
Works
Kirby, C., Tutu, I., McArdle, C., Potts, L., Schopieray, S., Cheng, C., & Fu, J. (Forthcoming – 2025). Reimagining Computer Labs: Creating Accessible, Flexible, Distributed Classrooms. DeWitt, S., Jones, J., & McCorkle, B. (Eds.), Histories of the Future: Computer Labs in Writing Instruction.
Lauren, B., McArdle, C., Ismirle, J., & Instone, K. (2025). Building collaborations across industry-academic professional spheres: A cross-case synthesis. In R. Weber & J. Robinson (Eds.), Collaborations and Partnerships in UX. WAC Clearinghouse. https://wac.colostate.edu/books/tpc/ux/
Hart-Davidson, B., Ristich, M., McArdle, C., and L. Potts. (2024). The History of Technical Communication and the Future of Generative AI. In Proceedings of the 42nd ACM International Conference on Design of Communication (SIGDOC ’24). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 253–258. https://doi.org/10.1145/3641237.3691682
Snart, J., Borgman, J., Skurat Harris, H., Whetstone, J., Stillman-Webb, N., Mahaffey, C., Cunningham, J., Hilliard, L., McArdle, C., Stewart, M., and Warnok, S. (2024). OWI: A future of challenge and possibility. Kairos: A Journal of Rhetoric, Technology, and Pedagogy, 28.2. https://kairos.technorhetoric.net/28.2/interviews/snart-et-al/index.html
Hart-Davidson, B., Ristich, M., McArdle, C., & Potts, L. (2024). Revisiting Four Conversations in Technical and Professional Writing Scholarship to Frame Conversations About Artificial Intelligence. Journal of Business and Technical Communication, 39(1), 75-92. https://doi.org/10.1177/10506519241280642
Doan, S., Tetu, I., Potts, L., and McArdle, C. (2024). Emerging Practices in A11y Communication Design: Building Accessible Programs through Accessible Design. In Proceedings of the 42nd ACM International Conference on Design of Communication (SIGDOC ’24). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 206–211. https://doi.org/10.1145/3641237.3691671
McArdle, C., Potts, L., & Tegtmeyer, R. (2024). Experience Architecture: Developing an Interdisciplinary UX Undergraduate Degree. Programmatic Perspectives, 14(2). https://programmaticperspectives.cptsc.org/index.php/jpp/article/view/54
Borgman, J., & McArdle, C. (Eds.). (2023). PARS in Charge: Resources and Strategies for Online Writing Program Leaders. WAC Clearinghouse.
McArdle, C. (2023). Deploying UX Methods in an Intro to Accessibility Class: How to Get Student Buy-In Across Disciplines. Proceedings of the ACM International Conference on Design of Communication, ACM SIGDOC.
Borgman, J., & McArdle, C. (2022). Continuous Delivery: A PARS Online Course Development Cycle. Computers and Composition, 66.
Borgman, J., & McArdle, C. (Eds.). (2021). PARS In Practice: More Resources and Strategies for Online Writing Instructors. WAC Clearinghouse.
Meeks, M. G., Hart-Davidson, B., & McArdle, C. (2021). Feedback. In Introduction to Professional and Public Writing OER.
Borgman, J., & McArdle, C. (2019). Personal, Accessible, Responsive, Strategic: Resources and Strategies for Online Writing Instructors. WAC Clearinghouse.
Sonka, K., McArdle, C., & Potts, L. (2021). Finding a Teaching A11y: Designing an Accessibility-Centered Pedagogy. IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication, 64(3), 264-274.
Ristich, M., McArdle, C., & Rhodes, J. (2021). Assessing the Limits of Program Strategy: “Archi-Strategy” in an Age of Disruption. Programmatic Perspectives, 12(1), 127-151.
McArdle, C. (2016). Mobile Learning Just Keeps on Running: Renegotiating Online Collaborative Spaces for Writing Students. In C. Lutkewitte (Ed.), Mobile Technologies and the Writing Classroom (pp. 117-132). NCTE Press.
McArdle, C. (2015). Review of The Culture of Connectivity: A Critical History of Social Media, by José van Dijck. Kairos: A Journal of Rhetoric, Technology, and Pedagogy, 19(3).
McArdle, C. (2014). Critical Response. Review of English is For Squares: Thomas was Alone as a Classroom Text by Anne Meuser. The Journal of Undergraduate Multimedia Projects, 5.2.
McArdle, C. (2012). Using Web 2.0 to Foster Community and Public Writing in Composition Classrooms. In C. Lutkewitte (Ed.), Web 2.0: Applications for Composition Classrooms (pp. 67-78). Fountainhead Press.
McArdle, C. (2011, November 11). Critical Response. Review of 10 and 2, Are You? by Tanya Patel. The Journal of Undergraduate Multimedia Projects, 3(1).
McArdle, C. (2008). Working with Introductions and Conclusions. In J. Grutsch-McKinney & N. Caswell (Eds.), Writing Center Tutor Training Guide. Muncie: Ball State University.
McArdle, C. (2008). Working with Citations. In J. Grutsch-McKinney & N. Caswell (Eds.), Writing Center Tutor Training Guide. Muncie: Ball State University.
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