Expanding the Discourse: Future Practices in Scholarly Publishing JESSICA BARNESS Kent State University, jbarness@kent.edu AMY PAPAELIAS SUNY New Paltz, papaelia@newpaltz.edu with TANIA SCHLATTER Northeastern University, t.schlatter@northeastern.edu Keywords: academic publishing, design, digital archives, digital scholarship, future publishing, knowledge production, scholarly journals What does the future of published scholarship look like? We explored this question through our conversation session at the Decipher conference with a group of approximately 20 design faculty, researchers, and professionals. The focus of this conversation involved looking at the historical, contemporary, and future role of design in scholarly journals and the role of scholarly publishing in design research. Design research practices include a range of activities: archival research, interviews, data collection, visual analysis and observation, and exploratory/critical making. Publication and dissemination of these varied practices takes on many traditional and non-traditional formats: from peer-reviewed articles in academic journals to self-authored publications and experimental venues. The ways these practices are recognized by tenure review committees, peers, and by scholars in other disciplines informs the perceived value of those venues. This is worthy of discussion as design students (both undergraduate and graduate), faculty, and researchers explore and expand new avenues for understanding how design research can be disseminated across disciplines. As scholarly production embraces the digital, new implications arise for the publication, interactivity, and reading experiences of academic research. Publication design, format, and authored content can influence the perceived identity of the research itself, 2018 DESIGN EDUCATORS RESEARCH CONFERENCE 54