Heidi McKee

Educational Credentials

• Ph.D., English-Composition and Rhetoric, University of Massachusetts-Amherst
• M.A., English, University of Wyoming
• B.A., English, Yale University

Biography

For over 20 years, Dr. McKee has been researching and teaching about digital writing technologies, co-authoring and co-editing five books and 35+ chapters, articles, and conference proceedings, including most recently: “Writing with Generative AI and Human-Machine Teaming: Insights from Faculty and Students”; “Team Roles and Rhetorical Intelligence in Human-Machine Writing”; “Ethics for AI Writing: The Importance of Rhetorical Context”; and “Intercultural Communication and Teamwork: Revising Business Writing for Global Networks.”

Teaching Areas

Professional communication and digital technologies. Specific courses include:

• ENG/IMS 407/507 Interactive Business Communication
• ENG/IMS 224 Professional Communication and Digital Rhetoric
• ENG 415 Capstone in Professional Writing
• ENG 316 Legal Writing
• EGS/ENG 319 Medical Writing
• doctoral-level graduate seminars in research methods and digital writing

Research Interests

Research interests include:

• Professional communication
• Artificial intelligence
• Digital technologies

Select Publications

Books

• McKee, Heidi A., and James E. Porter. Professional Communication and Network Interaction: A Rhetorical and Ethical Approach. New York: Routledge, 2017.

Refereed Articles & Conference Proceedings

• Bedington, Andelyn, Halcomb, Emma F., McKee, Heidi A., Sargent, Thomas, and Smith, Adler. “Writing with Generative AI and Human-Machine Teaming: Insights and Recommendations from Faculty and Students.” Computers and Composition, 71.
• McKee, Heidi A., and Porter, James E. “Team Roles & Rhetorical Intelligence in Human-Machine Writing.”  2022 IEEE International Professional Communication Conference (ProComm), 2022, pp. 384-391. 
• McKee, Heidi A., and Porter, James E. “Ethics for AI Writing: The Importance of Rhetorical Context.” AIES '20: Proceedings of the AAAI/ACM Conference on AI, Ethics, and Society. February 2020: pp. 110-116.
• McKee, Heidi A., and Porter, James E. “The impact of AI on Writing and Writing Instruction.” Digital Rhetoric Collaborative [invited & reviewed blog], Sweetland Center for Writing, University of Michigan. 2018.
• Coffey, Kathleen M., Bridget C. Gelms, Cynthia C. Johnson, and Heidi A. McKee. “Consulting with Collaborative Writing Teams.” Writing Center Journal 36(1). 2017: pp. 147-182. 
• McKee, Heidi. “Researching a New Professional Writing Major.” Programmatic Perspectives 8 (Fall 2016). 
• McKee, Heidi A. “Protecting Net Neutrality and the Infrastructure of Internet Delivery: Considerations for Our Past, Present, and Future.” Invited article as part of the collaborative contribution of Beck et. al. “Writing in an Age of Surveillance, Privacy, & Net Neutrality” for the 20th anniversary of Kairos, 20.2 (2016). 

Chapters

• McKee, Heidi A. (2023). “Professional Writing for Healthcare: Writing & Revising Research Summaries with Artificial Intelligence.” Teaching with Text Generation Technologies, edited by Annette Vee, Tim Laquintano, and Carly Schnitzler, WAC Clearinghouse.
• McKee, Heidi A., and Porter, James E. “Intertext: Writing Machines and Rhetoric.” Writing Futures: Collaborative, Algorithmic, Autonomous, edited by Ann Hill Duin and Isabel Pedersen, Springer, 2021: 47-52. 
• McKee, Heidi A. “Believe in Yourself and Your Ability to Join Public and Scholarly Conversations.” Explanation Points: Publishing in Rhetoric and Composition, edited by John R. Gallagher and Danielle Nicole DeVoss, Utah State University Press, 2019: pp. 41-44.
• McKee, Heidi A. “Intercultural Communication and Teamwork: Revising Business Writing for Global Networks.” The Internationalization of U.S. Writing Programs, edited by Irwin Weiser and Shirley Rose, Utah State University Press, 2018: pp. 185-200.
• McKee, Heidi A., and Porter, James E. “Digital Media Ethics and Rhetoric.” The Routledge Companion to Digital Writing & Rhetoric, edited by Jonathan Alexander and Jacqueline Rhodes. Routledge, 2018: pp. 401-411.
• McKee, Heidi A., and Porter, James E. “Corporate Response to Employee Social Media Missteps: A Rhetorical and Ethical Lens.”  Ethics for a Digital Age, Volume 2 Eds. Bastiaan Vanacker and Don Heider. Peter Lang, 2018: pp. 51-77.