Robin Mansell and I are editing a collection called The Need to Rename Tech. It's about words–often metaphors coined by Big Tech–that fool us into thinking the digital technologies we use every day are beautiful, benign, and consequence-free.

They’re not.

Let’s rebrand.

More information: bit.ly/CFPRenameTech

Chokshi, C. (under review). The end of allusion: On generative AI and the collapse of intellectual community.

Chokshi, C. (2024). X-Gram and/as techsposure: Spelling out the climate consequences of generative AI. Journal of Digital Social Research, 6(4), 118-133. https://doi.org/10.33621/jdsr.v6i440480

Chokshi, C. (2023). Doing things with words: The new consequences of writing in the age of AI [Doctoral dissertation, University of Calgary]. PRISM Institutional Repository. https://prism.ucalgary.ca/items/9c087a63-42e0-4959-87c1-b39ca6db278e

Chokshi, C. (2021). In other words: Smart Compose and the consequences of writing in the age of AI. Culture Machine, 20. https://culturemachine.net/vol-20-machine-intelligences/in-other-words-smart-compose-and-the-consequences-of-writing-in-the-age-of-ai-crystal-chokshi/

Chokshi, C. (2021, January 19). Recommended writing. Real Life. https://reallifemag.com/recommended-writing/

Chokshi, C. (2019, October 30). Making email more efficient means answering more emails even faster. The Conversation Canada. https://theconversation.com/making-email-more-efficient-means-answering-more-emails-even-faster-125057

In Winter 2025, I will teach "Computer-Mediated Communication" and "Writing and AI in PR." Both courses encourage change in students' perceptions of digital technologies. Pursuing inclusivity, anticolonialism, and degrowth, I teach these courses to help students think through tech's social and environmental (which is to say, relational) consequences. As I teach in a Public Relations department, my goal is for students to develop a critical consciousness in their everyday work as communicators.

I invite you to browse through my creative dossier.