Overview
Background
Beck Wise teaches and researches in professional, technical and academic writing, with specialisations in the rhetoric of science, visual communication, writing in digital environments, and gender studies.
Current research projects include:
- Medical imaging, argumentation and public culture
- Reproductive health and access in Australia
- Writing instruction for diverse academic disciplines
Availability
- Dr Beck Wise is:
- Available for supervision
- Media expert
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Texas
Works
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2024
Journal Article
Tactical storytelling and paradoxical failure: writing, knowledge-making and the public humanities
Van Luyn, Ariella and Wise, Beck (2024). Tactical storytelling and paradoxical failure: writing, knowledge-making and the public humanities. Humanities Research, XX (1), 151-168. doi: 10.22459/hr.xx.01.2024.10
2024
Journal Article
A scholarly dialogue: writing scholarship, authorship, academic integrity and the challenges of AI
Wise, Beck, Emerson, Lisa, Van Luyn, Ariella, Dyson, Bronwen, Bjork, Collin and Thomas, Susan E. (2024). A scholarly dialogue: writing scholarship, authorship, academic integrity and the challenges of AI. Higher Education Research and Development, 43 (3), 578-590. doi: 10.1080/07294360.2023.2280195
2024
Journal Article
A dialogue on public health celebrities during COVID-19
Derkatch, Colleen, Kondrlik, Kristin, Wang, Hua and Wise, Beck (2024). A dialogue on public health celebrities during COVID-19. Rhetoric of Health and Medicine, 6 (4), 474-497. doi: 10.5744/rhm.2023.4005
2024
Journal Article
A dialogue on public health celebrities during COVID-19
Derkatch, Colleen, Kondrlik, Kristin, Wang, Hua and Wise, Beck (2024). A dialogue on public health celebrities during COVID-19. Rhetoric of Health and Medicine, 7 (1).
2023
Journal Article
AI, authorship and academic integrity: how writing scholars will shape the future of higher education
Wise, Beck, Emerson, Lisa, Van Luyn, Ariella, Dyson, Bronwen, Bjork, Collin and Thomas, Susan E. (2023). AI, authorship and academic integrity: how writing scholars will shape the future of higher education. SSRN Electronic Journal. doi: 10.2139/ssrn.4642919
2023
Journal Article
Platform rhetoric and fan labour as the building blocks of LEGO Ideas
Holland, Travis and Wise, Beck (2023). Platform rhetoric and fan labour as the building blocks of LEGO Ideas. M / C Journal, 26 (3). doi: 10.5204/mcj.2946
2023
Conference Publication
Transformative feminist design in technical writing
Wise, Beck and Hawkins, Tekla (2023). Transformative feminist design in technical writing. Writing Research Across Borders, Oslo, Norway, 18-22 February 2023.
2022
Journal Article
“I wrote to become part of that discourse community”: developing writerly identity and agency in an online writing course
Wise, Beck, Lyons, Simone and Waterbright, Siall (2022). “I wrote to become part of that discourse community”: developing writerly identity and agency in an online writing course. Text, 26 (Special issue 69). doi: 10.52086/001c.57759
2022
Conference Publication
Roundtable: The future of writing and writing studies in the Asia-Pacific
Wise, Beck, Walker, Amelia, Miller, Benjamin, Bjork, Collin, Gerrard, Hannah, Brantner, Mark, Henningsgaard, Per, Cooley, Suban Nur and Thomas, Susan (2022). Roundtable: The future of writing and writing studies in the Asia-Pacific. Australasian Assocation of Writing Programs, Sippy Downs, QLD, Australia, 28-30 November 2022.
2022
Conference Publication
Roundtable on the addition of medicine under the ARST umbrella
Derkatch, Colleen, Graham, S. Scott, Majdik, Zoltan, Melonçon, Lisa, Robvais, Racquel and Wise, Beck (2022). Roundtable on the addition of medicine under the ARST umbrella. Association for the Rhetoric of Science, Technology and Medicine Pre-Conference at National Communication Association, New Orleans, LA, United States, 16-20 November 2022.
2022
Book Chapter
"Anti-racist X-rays?": color-blind racism and the "universal" body
Wise, Beck (2022). "Anti-racist X-rays?": color-blind racism and the "universal" body. One size does not fit all: undressing the performance of bodies in popular culture. (pp. 229-248) edited by Sarah S. LeBlanc and K. Megan Hopper. Lanham, MD, United States: Lexington Books.
2022
Conference Publication
‘Just getting on with it’: Rhetorical framings of risk and control in Australia’s COVID response
Wise, Beck (2022). ‘Just getting on with it’: Rhetorical framings of risk and control in Australia’s COVID response. Rhetoric Society of America, Baltimore, MD, United States, 26-29 May 2022.
2022
Conference Publication
Local impacts of transnational health communication: COVID and control in Melbourne’s tower lockdown
Wise, Beck and Hickman, Amy (2022). Local impacts of transnational health communication: COVID and control in Melbourne’s tower lockdown. Association for the Rhetoric of Science, Technology and Medicine Pre-Conference, Rhetoric Society of America, Baltimore, MD, United States, 25 May 2022.
2022
Conference Publication
The place of writing at Australian universities: Policies and practices
Huber, Bernadette and Wise, Beck (2022). The place of writing at Australian universities: Policies and practices. Conference on College Composition and Communication, Chicago, IL, United States, 9-12 March 2022.
2020
Journal Article
Medical humanities research showcase: the emergence of a new trans-disciplinary field in a time of precarity
Sellberg, Karin, Stephens, Elizabeth, Efstathiadou, Anna, Pillai, Suja, Yamada, Kazuki and Wise, Beck (2020). Medical humanities research showcase: the emergence of a new trans-disciplinary field in a time of precarity. Continuum, 34 (6), 1-17. doi: 10.1080/10304312.2020.1842121
2020
Journal Article
Not ‘all writing is creative writing’ and that’s OK: inter/disciplinary collaboration in writing and writing studies
Wise, Beck and Van Luyn, Ariella (2020). Not ‘all writing is creative writing’ and that’s OK: inter/disciplinary collaboration in writing and writing studies. Text: Journal of Writing and Writing Programs, 24 (2). doi: 10.52086/001c.23485
2020
Journal Article
“Not-so-invisible mending”: developing editing skills in large online classes through visible labour
Wise, Beck, Van Luyn, Ariella and Cantrell, Kate (2020). “Not-so-invisible mending”: developing editing skills in large online classes through visible labour. Research in Online Literacy Education, 3 (1)
2020
Other Outputs
Pastel colours and serif fonts: is Annastacia Palaszczuk trying to be an Instagram influencer?”
Wise, Beck (2020, 08 09). Pastel colours and serif fonts: is Annastacia Palaszczuk trying to be an Instagram influencer?” The Conversation
2020
Conference Publication
‘They are not qualified to call themselves counsellors’: Abortion care, professional expertise and policy in New South Wales, Australia
Wise, Beck (2020). ‘They are not qualified to call themselves counsellors’: Abortion care, professional expertise and policy in New South Wales, Australia. Rhetoric Society of America, Baltimore, MD, United States, 21-24 May 2020.
2019
Conference Publication
Developing disciplinary literacies in multimajor classes: a grounded analysis of student research in a Writing About Writing class
Wise, Beck, Lyons, Simone and Waterbright, Siall (2019). Developing disciplinary literacies in multimajor classes: a grounded analysis of student research in a Writing About Writing class. Australasian Association of Writing Programs, Sydney, NSW, Australia, 25-27 November 2019.
Supervision
Availability
- Dr Beck Wise is:
- Available for supervision
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Language accessibility in professional writing
Principal Advisor
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Doctor Philosophy
The Affective Dimension of Academic Writing at University
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Peter Crosthwaite, Dr Kate Power
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Doctor Philosophy
The Affective Dimension of Academic Writing at University
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Peter Crosthwaite, Dr Kate Power
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Doctor Philosophy
Chasing Changelings: Re-visioning Autism Aesthetic and Myth in Theatre
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Stephen Carleton, Dr Emma Cole
Media
Enquiries
Contact Dr Beck Wise directly for media enquiries about:
- argumentation
- gender
- health communication
- higher education teaching
- visual communication
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