In this episode, we are joined by Dustin Edwards to unpack digital damage, his framework for understanding the extractive nature of large-scale digital infrastructures drawn from his forthcoming book, Enduring Digital Damage: Rhetorical Reckonings for Planetary Survival. His insights into the environmental and ethical costs of using AI tools and the implications of digital infrastructure on people and places prompts us to question and consider the impacts of choices for/when using (or not using) generative AI tools.

Resources Related to this Episode

• Pre-order Dustin's book ahead of its expected November 2025 release here: Enduring Digital Damage: Rhetorical Reckonings for Planetary Survival,
• Dustin Edward's previous work in this area: Edwards, Dustin. “Digital Rhetoric on a Damaged Planet: Storying Digital Damage as Inventive Response to the Anthropocene.” Rhetoric Review, vol. 39, no. 1, 2020, 59–72. Honorable Mention for the 2020 Theresa J. Enos Anniversary Award.

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In this episode, we hear the perspectives of three undergraduate writing center consultants, Meredith Perkins, Kylie Mullis, and Ally Britton-Heitz about their research on AI-generated feedback on writing and how it compares to the written feedback given by writing center consultants. We discuss what they have learned about using AI tools, the strengths and weaknesses of the feedback it generates, and the implications for these tools on writing centers and writers' practices for engaging with feedback.

Resources Related to this Episode

• Graphic with Research Findings on AI-Generated vs. Consultant-Generated Feedback
• Ally Britton-Heitz & Jeffrey Merhout's 2024 article: "Human Roles in Implementation and Oversight of Artificial Intelligence: Towards a Governance Framework"
• Perkins, Meredith, Ally Britton-Heitz's, and Kylie Mullis. (2025) "How the Lack of Cohesion in University AI Policy Poses Challenges to Writing Consultants." Praxis: A Writing Center Journal 22(1).

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In this episode, Dennis Cheatham and I discuss various ways for partnering with generative AI as a thinking partner for writing and designing through a process-centered framework. Drawing from a course he specifically designed around creating with AI, this conversation offers insight into the use of AI tools in teaching design and writing in ways that focus on and assess the process as the means for learning. We emphasize the need for human writers and designers in this process while also highlighting the capabilities and consequences of using AI tools.

Resources Related to this Episode

• Dennis's Design Workbench Website
• AI Design Workbench Website
• Integrating AI to Guide Learning (HCWE Teaching Resource)
• AI Text Generators and Teaching Writing Starting Points for Inquiry
• AI Text Generators: Sources to Stimulate Discussion Among Teachers (compiled by Anna Mills)

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