William J. Fassbender
Philosopher of digital practices; thoughts shared multi-modally.
Associate Professor of English Education, Montana State University
I study how digital technologies — from generative AI to social media — reshape literacy, teacher identity, and the classrooms secondary English teachers navigate every day. More about my work →
Current & Recent Work
A running log of published research and projects in progress, newest first. Full list on the Research page.
"I Would Prefer Not To": On Radical Refusal of GenAI in Education
Manuscript under review.
Teachers Who "Tech": Recognizing the Practices and Identities of Digitally Literate English Teachers
Manuscript under review.
Cite This with That: Unsettling Colonial Citational Practices Through Constellating Concepts
With R. L. Shane. Manuscript under review.
"I Don't Trust Nobody But the Land": Confronting the Tensions of Pedagogies of Place
With H. L. Hadley & R. L. Shane. Manuscript under review.
Birds Aren't Real: Vigilante Civic Literacies for Classroom Counterpublics
With B. Robinson. Research in the Teaching of English, 60(2), 189–212.
Of Teachers and Centaurs: Exploring the Interactions and Intra-actions of Educators on AI Education Platforms
Learning, Media and Technology, 50(3), 352–364.
ELATE Position Statement: Exploring, Incorporating, and Questioning Generative Artificial Intelligence in English Teacher Education
With B. L. Nash, M. Garcia, C. A. Young, K. H. Turner, M. Rice, A. Piotrowski, et al. English Education, 57(2), 158–165.
"I can almost recognize its voice": AI and Its Impact on Ethical Teacher-Centaur Labor
English Teaching: Practice & Critique, 23(1), 104–117.