Abbreviated CV
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EDUCATION HIGHLIGHTS
POSITION SUMMARY
EXTERNAL and INTERNAL GRANTS SUMMARY
AWARDS and HONORS SUMMARY
TEACHING SUMMARY
SCHOLARLY PUBLICATION SUMMARY
PRESENTATION SUMMARY
CONSULTING/PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE SUMMARY
SERVICE SUMMARY
EDUCATION HIGHLIGHTS
- Certificate June 2009, Harvard University, Institute for Management and Leadership in Education, Cambridge, MA
- PhD Rhetoric, 1991, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Dissertation: Conflict in the Collaborative Planning of Co-Authors: How Substantive Conflict, Representation of Task, and Dominance Relate to High-Quality Documents (1992 NCTE Promising Researcher Award) - MA English, 1989, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
- MEd Curriculum Design; Educational Administration, 1974, now University of Massachusetts at Lowell (formerly University of Lowell)
- BA English (honors), 1968, University of Massachusetts at Amherst
- Undergraduate Honors Thesis: Metrical Variance in John Donne’s Poetry
- English Education Block, Smith College, Northampton, MA
- Study abroad, St. Hilda’s College, Oxford University, England
POSITION SUMMARY
Academic Positions
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA—Professor and Class of ’58 Endowed Professor, School of Literature, Media, and Communication, 2007–present.
Rice University, Houston, TX—Visiting Professor, The Cain Project in Engineering and Professional Communication, Spring 2002.
Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI—Visiting Professor, Summer 1999.
Iowa State University, Ames, IA—University Professor Emeritus, 2007–present; University Professor, 2002–2007; Professor, 1999–2002; Associate Professor, 1994–1999; Assistant Professor, 1991–1994.
Fellowships and Adjunct Instructorships
Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA, Teaching Fellow, Adjunct Instructor, 1987-1990
University of Lowell (now University of Massachusetts, Lowell), Adjunct Instructor, 1979-1987
Northeastern University, Boston, MA, Adjunct Instructor, 1983-1986
Merrimack College, North Andover, MA, Adjunct Instructor, 1981-1985
Fort Devens, US Army, Defense Language Institute, Ayer, MA, Adjunct Instructor, 1977
Northern Essex Community College, Haverhill, MA, Adjunct Instructor, 1975-1984
Public School Teaching
Chelmsford High School, Chelmsford, MA, English Teacher, 1971-1987
Taconic High School, Pittsfield, MA, English Teacher, 1969-1971
Crosby Junior High School, Pittsfield, MA, English Teacher, 1968-1969
Southern Berkshire Regional District, Sheffield, MA, Title I Teacher, Summer 1968
Administrative Positions
(See full CV for details about positions)
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
Director of Writing and Communication, 2007–present
Rice University, Houston, TX
Acting Director, The Cain Project in Engineering and Professional Communication, Spring 2005
Iowa State University, Ames, IA
Director of Advanced Communication, Department of English, 2000–2007
Co-Director of AgComm, College of Agriculture, 1995–2007
Coordinator, Rhetoric and Professional Communication, Department of English, 2003–2005
Developer and Consultant, ISUComm, Communication-across-the-Curriculum Program 1998–2005
Assessment Coordinator, ISUComm, Communication-across-the-Curriculum Program, 1999–2001
Editorial Positions
Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Business and Technical Communication, 1997–2002. During my five years as editor-in-chief, this international research and pedagogy journal received 15 national awards for “best article” in the discipline.
Editor, Master Gardener Page (weekly page in the daily local paper, Ames Tribune (IA). Wrote, solicited, and edited gardening articles for two years, 1998-2000.
Editor, AgComm: Something to Talk About—Communication across the Curriculum (2-4 issues per year distributed to 400+ teaching faculty in Iowa State University, College of Agriculture), 1996-2007.
Editor, Chelmsford In-Service Newsletter (6 volumes, 4 issues per volume, of a newsletter ranging from 8-16 pages distributed quarterly to 800+ professional staff), 1980-85.
GRANT SUMMARY
(See full CV for grant awards prior to 2004 and a list of all unfunded grant proposals.)
External Grants, 2000-2015
- 2014 Conference on College Composition and Communication. “Attitudes, Preferences, and Practices of College Writing Instructors toward Digital Pedagogy.” PI: Rebecca Burnett. Co-PIs: Lisa Dusenberry, Andy Frazee, Liz Hutter, and Joy Robinson. ($6,950)
- 2012 Gates Foundation: MOOCs in Introductory Classes—“First-Year Composition 2.0.” PI: P. Baker. Co-PIs: Rebecca Burnett and Karen Head. Project Manager: Andy Frazee. Collaborators: Sarah Bleakney, James Gregory, Kathleen Hanggi, Christine Hoffmann, Joshua Jones, Amanda Madden, Noah Mass, Chris Ritter, Rebecca Weaver. Project consultants: Steve Hodges, Caroline Noyes, John Thornton, Richard Utz, and Robin Wharton. ($50,000 from the Gates Foundation; $10,000 from the Georgia Tech Office of the Provost)
- 2005-06 Iowa Department of Transportation. Project: “Redesigning the Iowa DOT Specifications Content Management System, Phase 4.” PI: G. Sauer; Co-PIs: R. E. Burnett, L. Honeycutt, R. Walters ($45,000)
- 2005-06 Co-Principal Investigator. National Science Foundation: Grants for the Department-Level Reform of Undergraduate Engineering Education. Project: “Civil and Environmental Engineering Program Update for the 21st Century.” PI: P. Bedient; Co-PIs: P. Alvarez, R. E. Burnett, and A. Durrani. (P. Bedient, P. Alvarez, and A. Durrani: Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Rice University). ($100,000)
- 2004-05 Iowa Department of Transportation. Project: “Analysis Of Web-Based Content Management Systems for Managing Iowa DPT Engineering Specifications: Assessing Best Practices, Phase 3.” PI: G. Sauer; Co-PIs: R. E. Burnett, L. Honeycutt, R. Walters ($44,700)
Internal Grants, 2000-2015
(See full CV for grant awards prior to 2000 and a list of all unfunded grant proposals.)
- 2015 Georgia Tech, Professional Educational—Development Funds for Educational Programming. “Distance Education for First-Year Education,” Rebecca Burnett and Andy Frazee. ($30,000)
- 2012 Georgia Tech, WST Student-Faculty Research Partnership. “Extending Mentoring through a Database Identifying Speaker/Workshop Opportunities”and “Examining Student Evaluations for Possible Gender Bias.” PIs: Rebecca Burnett, Robin Wharton, Andy Frazee.
- 2006 Iowa State University, Faculty Senate Committee on Professional Development, Foreign Travel Grant ($750)
- 2004-05 Iowa State University, Women’s Enrichment Fund. Project: “Communication Practices Affecting Women Students in Undergraduate Engineering and Science Classes at ISU.” PI: R. E. Burnett; Research Assistant: S. M. Brown (MA Student) ($2,500)
- 2001-2002 Iowa State University, WOI Funds. Project: College of Liberal Arts & Sciences Center for On-Line Learning. PI: T. Ingebritsen. Co-PIs: P. Boysen, R. E. Burnett, J. Pleasants, S. Schmidt, D. Stuart ($70,000) 2001-2002 Office of the Provost: ISU Learning Community Initiative 2001. Project: “Building Agronomy/ English Learning Communities.” Co-PIs: R. E. Burnett, T.A. Polito, D. Roberts, and J. Schafer ($17,850)
- 2000-2001 Iowa State University, Office of the Dean of Liberal Arts & Sciences. Project: “Development of Web-Based Modules for English 302: Business Communication and English 314: Technical Communication.” PI: R. E. Burnett, ($50,000)
- 2000-2001 Iowa State University, Office of the Provost: Learning Community Initiative 2000. Project: “Building Agronomy/ English Learning Communities.” PIs: R. E. Burnett, T.A. Polito, S. Pogranichniy, D. Roberts, and J. Schafer ($23,900)
AWARDS and HONORS
Meada Gibbs Outstanding Teacher Award, 2012. The Association for Business Communication.
Georgia Tech Thank-a-Teacher Awards, 2009, 2010, 2012.
Media Literacy Award, 2011. The National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) presented to Georgia Tech’s Writing and Communication Program.
Jay R. Gould Award for Excellence in Teaching Technical Communication, 2006. International Society of Technical Communication.
Associate Fellow of the Society of Technical Communication, 2003.
University Professor, Iowa State University, 2002.
Outstanding Innovations Award, Iowa State University, 2001.
Master Teacher, Iowa State University, 2000-2001.
Sabbatical, 1995-96. Research in Japan about corporate teams and structure of instructional documents.
Promising Research Award, National Council of Teachers of English, 1992.
TEACHING SUMMARY
Courses
Georgia Tech, 2007-present
Postdoctoral Seminars
Pedagogy and Practice of Business, Professional, and Technical Communication
Digital Pedagogy in a Multimodal Curriculum
Research Methodologies
Professional Development Practices
Undergraduate and Graduate Courses
LCC 3408: The Rhetoric of Narrative: Telling Stories Beyond Storybooks
LCC 3403: Technical Communication for STAC
LCC 3410-6215: Rhetoric of Nonlinear Documents: Rhetoric of Images
LCC 3412-6215-8910, Communicating Science and Technology to Public Audiences (variations of this course include Risk in the City, Communicating Risk in Science, The Rhetoric of Wicked Risks, Calculating Risk)
Iowa State University, 1991-2007
English 592: Calculating Risk: Factors that Affect the Communication and Perception of Risk
English 590: Independent Study
English 589: Theory and Practice of Collaboration
English 587: Internship in Business, Technical, and Professional Communication
English 583: Writing Manuals and Other Instructional Materials
English 507: Writing and Analyzing Professional Documents
English 504: Teaching Professional Communication
English 490: Independent Study
English 487: Internship in Business, Technical, and Professional Communication
English 463: Intersections of Imaginative and Technical Literatures
English 413: Composing Documentation and Instructional Materials
English 314/314H: Technical Communication (regular, honors, and computer-lab sections)
English 310: Rhetorical Analysis
English 105: First-Year Composition, Honors
Honors 321: Popularization of Science
Honors 302: Honors Leadership Seminar
Rice University
Visiting Professor, The Cain Project in Engineering and Professional Communication, Houston, TX. Jan-June 2002. Research Issues in Professional Communication; Research Design in Professional Communication.
Michigan Technological University
Visiting Professor, Department of Humanities, Houghton, MI, Summer 1999. Research Design in Professional Communication.
Carnegie Mellon University
Teaching Fellow, Department of English, and Graduate School of Industrial Administration, Adjunct Instructor Pittsburgh, PA, 1987-1990. First-year Composition; Professional Writing; Business Communication; Technical Writing.
Other Institutions
University of Lowell (now University of Massachusetts-Lowell), Adjunct Instructor, Lowell, MA, 1979-1987. Northeastern University, Adjunct Instructor, Boston, MA, 1983-1986. Merrimack College, Adjunct Instructor, N. Andover, MA, 1981-1985. Fort Devens, US Army Base, Defense Language Institute, Ayer, MA, summer 1977. Northern Essex Community College, Haverhill, MA, 1975-1984. Chelmsford High School, Chelmsford, MA, English Teacheer, 1971-1987. Taconic [Academic-Vocational] High School, English Teacher, Pittsfield, MA, 1969-1971. Crosby Junior High School, English Teacher, Pittsfield, MA, 1968-1969. Southern Berkshire Regional School District, Sheffield, MA, Summer 1968.
Individual Guidance
**Designates award-winning thesis or dissertation
(See my full CV for a list of the 35+ MA thesis and creative component committees that I chaired or on which I served as well as undergraduate theses and independent study projects I have chaired.)
Chair of PhD Dissertation Committees
Maria Cochran, PhD in Rhetoric and Professional Communication. May
Katherine S. Miles, PhD in Rhetoric and Professional Communication. May 2006.
**Donna Kain, PhD in Rhetoric and Professional Communication, May 2003.
Julie Zeleznik, PhD in Rhetoric and Professional Communication, May 2003.
Lee Tesdell, PhD in Rhetoric & Professional Communication, Co-Chair with D. Wallace. Aug 1999.
**Michael Hassett, PhD in Rhetoric & Professional Communication, Aug 1995.
Member of PhD Dissertation Committees
Dhanaraj Thakur, Ph.D. in Public Policy. Georgia Tech, Aug 2010.
Rebecca Pope-Ruark, PhD in Rhetoric and Professional Communication. Iowa State University, May 2007.
**Dave Clark, PhD in Rhetoric & Professional Communication. Iowa State University, Aug 2001.
Robert Reason, PhD in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies. Iowa State University, Dec 2001.
**Clay Spinuzzi, PhD in Rhetoric & Professional Communication. Iowa State University, May 1999.
Lee-Ann Kastman, PhD in Rhetoric & Professional Communication. Iowa State University, Aug 1998.
Teaching Outreach, 2010-2015
(See full CV for outreach workshops prior to 2010.)
Continuing Outreach Workshops
- Basic Principles of Effective Scientific/Technical Communication. School of Applied Physiology. GA. Workshop Series (two sessions) designed for M.S. Students in Prosthetics & Orthotics (Professor: Geza Kogler) — Every March and April since 2010.
- Effective Communication at Georgia Tech. OMED’s Summer Challenge Program. Atlanta, GA: Georgia Tech — Every June since 2010.
- Designing and Drafting Your Resume. Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) (Professor: Carol Colatrella). Atlanta, GA: Georgia Tech — Every April since 2010.
- Debate Strategies. School of Public Policy (Professors: Diana Hicks and John Walsh), Georgia Tech. March 2014. October 2012. October 2011. Atlanta, GA.
- Writing about Research. INTA 4741: International Political Economy (Professors: Olga Shemyakina and Zak Taylor). 2011. 2010. Atlanta, GA: Georgia Tech.
Single-Occurence Outreach Workshops
- MOOCs: Curriculum, Technology, and Pedagogy. Oglethorpe University, March 7, 2014, Atlanta, GA.
- Promises and Practices: Creating and Implementing a Composition MOOC. Co-presenter: Karen Head (Georgia Tech). GVU Brown Bag. Georgia Tech, March 2014, Atlanta, GA. (Archived: http://gvu.gatech.edu/events/gvu-brown-bag-seminar-rebecca-burnett-and-karen-head).
- What’s It Like to be at Georgia Tech? WRECK Camp. Office of Student Affairs. August 2012. Atlanta, GA: Georgia Tech.
- Being Interviewed. Women in Science and Engineering. (Professor: Carol Colatrella). Atlanta, GA: Georgia Tech.
- Social Media Panel. GTAAN Advisers. 2011. Atlanta, GA: Georgia Tech.
- Digital Media Skills Panel. Future Media 2010. October 6, 2010. Atlanta, GA: Georgia Tech.
PUBLICATION SUMMARY, 2000-2015
(See full CV for publications prior to 2000.)
Monograph and Textbooks
- Martin, Robert, Jennifer Alexander, Jessica Bowser, Rebecca Burnett, Dwayne Cartmell, David Doerfert, Sharon Kinsey, & Melea Reicks Licht. (2009). Strategies for teaching communication in secondary agricultural education programs: A blueprint for research and practice in teaching written, oral, visual, electronic, and nonverbal communication. National Council for Agricultural Education.
- Burnett, Rebecca E. (2005). Technical communication (6th ed.). Boston: International Thomson/Wadsworth. (5th ed., Harcourt, 2001; 4th ed., Wadsworth, 1997; 3rd ed., Wadsworth, 1994; 2nd ed., Wadsworth, 1990; 1st ed., Wadsworth, 1986.)
- Burnett, Rebecca E. (2002). Number-crunchers and other quantitative types (2nd ed.). Chicago, IL: NTC.
- Zeleznik, Julie M., with Philippa Benson and Rebecca Burnett. (2002). Technical writing: What it is & how to do it. Jersey City, NJ: LearningExpress.
Refereed Book Chapters
- Welhausen, Candice A. and & Rebecca E. Burnett. (In press). Visualizing public health: Communicating risk in depictions of smallpox in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries In Charles Kostelnick and Miles Kimball (Eds.), Essays on the History of Statistical Graphics. Surrey, UK: Ashgate Press.
- Head, Karen A., & Rebecca E. Burnett. (2015). Imagining it. Building it. Living it. A new model for flexible learning environments. In R. Carpenter, D. Selfe, S. Apostel, & K. Apostel (Eds.), Sustainable next-gen learning spaces. Logan, UT: Computers and Composition Digital Press/Utah State University Press.
- Burnett, Rebecca E., Karen Head, Brandy Ball Blake, Andy Frazee, Diane Jakacki, Christopher Ritter, Nirmal Trivedi, and Christopher Weedman. (2014). From the ground up: shaping community, collaboration, and multiliteracies. In Jim Purdy and Danielle Nicole DeVoss (Eds.), Making space: Writing instruction, infrastructure, and multiliteracies. University of Michigan Press, 2014. http://www.digitalwriting.org/ms/
- Burnett, Rebecca E., L. Andrew Cooper, and Candice A. Welhausen. (2013). How can technical communicators develop strategies for effective collaboration? In Johndan Johnson-Eilola and Stuart A. Selber (Eds.), Solving problems in technical communication (454-478). Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
- Miles, Katherine M., and Rebecca E. Burnett. The minutia of mentorships: Up close and personal reflections about professional development. In Michelle F. Eble and Lynée Lewis Gaillet (Eds.), Stories of mentoring. West Lafayette, IN: Parlor Press, 2008.
- Mendelson, Michael and Rebecca E. Burnett. (2008). Rhetorical knowledge, practice, and citizenship. Apuntes de economía, finanzas y desarrollo sustentable en Colima y México. Seminario anual de la Cuenca del Pacífico, Colima. Universidad de Colima.
- Zeleznik, Julie M., Rebecca E. Burnett, Thomas Polito, David Roberts, and John Schafer. (2002). Managing disciplinary difference.” In Chris M. Anson (Ed.), Writing making learning: Cross-curricular scenes for reflection and faculty development (49-52). New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
- Zeleznik, Julie M., Rebecca E. Burnett, Thomas Polito, David Roberts, and John Schafer. (2002). Ranks, roles, and responsibilities: Crossing the fine lines in cross-disciplinary mentorship. In Chris M. Anson (Ed.), Writing making learning: Cross-curricular scenes for reflection and faculty development (227-236). New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles
- Burnett, Rebecca E., Andy Frazee, Kathleen Hanggi, and Amanda Madden. (2014, March). A programmatic ecology of assessment: using a common rubric to evaluate multimodal processes and artifacts. Computers & Composition (special issue on multimodal assessment). Ed. Carl Whithaus. 31: 53–66. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S8755461513000789
- Watts, Julie & Rebecca E. Burnett. (2012). Pairing Courses across the disciplines: Effects on writing performance. Written Communication, 29(2), 208-235. http://wcx.sagepub.com/content/29/2/208.abstract
PRESENTATION SUMMARY
(See full CV for all presentations prior to 2010)
KEYNOTE PRESENTATIONS 2010-2015
MOOC Keynotes
- Interactions in distance learning. France-Atlanta Conference. Keynote panel co-presenters: Jacques Dubucs, Jean Heutte, and Alain Mille. October 20-21, 2014. Atlanta, GA
- MOOCs: curriculum, technology, and pedagogy. Keynote presenter for Oglelthorpe’s Table Talks. March 7, 2014. Atlanta, GA
Multimodal Keynotes
- Rethinking Ranganathan’s laws: From custodian to catalyst—new expectations for librarians, students and digital engagement. The 50th anniversary celebration of the Graduate School of Library and Information Studies at the University of Rhode Island: Rethinking Ranganathan’s Laws: Exploring the Connections among Writing, Composition, Literacy, Libraries and Digital Engagement. November 6, 2013. Providence, RI.
- The critical role of writing in a multimodal curriculum. The 2nd International Conference of
e-Learning and Distance Learning. Ministry of Higher Education: National Center for e-Learning & Distance Learning. February 21-23, 2011. Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. - The synergy of multimodality integrating writing and orality. Writing Program Conference. University of Kentucky. January 10, 2011. Louisville, KY.
Narrative Keynote
- Narrative technologies. Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) HSCB Modeling Research Program. February 16, 2011. Chantilly, VA.
RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS 2010-2015
MOOC Research
- Redefining class: how MOOCs are changing the ecology of universities. Co-presenters: Andy Frazee and Karen Head (both Georgia Tech). International Higher Education Teaching and Learning Association (HETL). May 31-June 2, 2014, Anchorage, AK.
- Composition MOOCs and pedagogy by the thousands: Reflections on four open education innovations. Co-presenters: Denise Comer (Duke), Kay Halasek (Ohio State), Karen Head (Georgia Tech), and Joe Moxley (S. Florida). Conference on College Composition and Communication, March 19-22, 2014, Indianapolis, IN.
- MOOCs: Be patient while practice catches up to hype. Presenter and first author: Rebecca Burnett.
Co-authors: Andy Frazee (Georgia Tech) and Karen Head (Georgia Tech). Association for Business Communication International Convention. October 23-26, 2013. New Orleans, LA. - MOOCs and media literacy. Presenter and first author: Andy Frazee. Co-authors: Rebecca Burnett (Georgia Tech) and Karen Head (Georgia Tech). Symposium on the Historical Roots of Media Literacy. September 20, 2013. Providence, RI.
Multimodal Research
- Multimodality: Emphasizing workplace realities in business communication. Association for Business Communication International Convention. October 23-26, 2013. New Orleans, LA.
- Extended Relations: How Multimodal Assessment Reshapes the Boundaries of Discipline and Class.
Co-presenter: L. A. Cooper. Conference on College Composition and Communication. April 8, 2011. Atlanta, GA.
Narrative Research
- Narrative technologies for socio-cultural training and problem solving (Paper and Poster).
Co-presenters: L. A. Cooper, J. A. Harris, K. Knoespel (all from Georgia Tech), D. Bennett, P. Koskey, and H. Collins (all from Bennett Aerospace). Human Social Culture Behavior (HSCB) Modeling Program Focus - Collaborative narration: Negotiating cultural conflicts through multimodality. Co-project members:
L. A. Cooper, and D. McBride (Representing Bennett Aerospace). Response to DARPA SN-10-52, NAC—Negotiate Across Cultures. June 2010. Chantilly, VA.
Risk Research
- Hawthorne and fictional authenticity: Culture, context, and poison. Interdisciplinary Nineteenth-Century Studies Conference. April 2015. Atlanta, GA.
- Poison, Padua, and risk: Authenticating toxins. Medievalisms on the Move. October, 2014, Atlanta, GA.
- Shifting epistemology: Early statistical graphics in medicine and public health and the move toward visual thinking. Co-presenters: Lee Brasseur (Illinois State), Candice Wellhausen (Delaware) on a panel Visual Thinking in Public Health: The Evolution of Statistical Graphics in the 17th, 18th and 19th Centuries. Association of Teachers of Technical Writing Conference (ATTW). March 18, 2014. Indianapolis, IN.
PEDGOGY PRESENTATIONS 2010-2015
Art and Visual Rhetoric Pedagogy
- Rhetoric, artifacts, and exhibitions for public audiences. Co-presenters on In Full View: Making Learning Public panel: Doris Bremm (Georgia Tech) and Jennifer Parrott (Bucknell). Writing Program Administrators, July 20, 2013. Savannah, GA.
- In full view: Public exhibitions as a critical part of multimodal classrooms. Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC) Annual Convention. March 13-16, 2013. Las Vegas, NV.
Collaboration Pedagogy
- Encouraging curricular innovation by partnering. Co-presenters on panel: John Harkey (Georgia Tech) and Malavika Shetty (Bucknell). Writing Program Administrators, July 20, 2013. Savannah, GA.
- How can technical communicators develop strategies for effective collaboration? Co-presenters:
L. Andrew Cooper (University of Louisville) and Candice Welhausen (University of Delaware). Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC) Annual Convention. March 13-16, 2013. Las Vegas, NV. - Multimodality collaboration: A synergy of minds and media. Co-presenters: L. Andrew Cooper, and Candice Welhausen. Conference of the Association of Teachers of Technical Writing (ATTW). March 2010. Louisville, KY.
MOOC Pedagogy
- Teaching writing at scale and online. WebEx Series hosted by Jeff Grabill, Michigan State University. Archived Webinar: https://connect.msu.edu/p5t526iezou/
- What does it mean to have a writing MOOC? January 25, 2013
- MOOCs as writing research platforms? What can we learn about learning? February 22, 2013
- What does peer learning enable for teaching at scale and online? March 22, 2013
Multimodal Pedagogy
- Why don’t you just teach writing? co-presenters on makers’ culture and the future of English studies panel: Mark Bousquet, Brian Croxall, and Stewart Varner (all from Emory University). SAMLA, November 8-10, 2013. Atlanta, GA.
- Implementing a multimodal curriculum, from invention to assessment. Co-presenter: L. A. Cooper. July 2010. Council of Writing Program Administrators. Philadelphia, PA.
- Multimodality and rigor: How to keep writing from slipping through the cracks. Undergraduate student
co-presenters: M. Gerrior, A. Jester, D. Kerckhof, J. Ofoli, M. Sattler, and M. Williams. Rhetorical reflections: borderless communication in a multimodal world. Co-sponsored by Bedford/St. Martin’s and Georgia Institute of Tech’s Writing and Communication Program. April 9, 2010. Atlanta, GA: Academy of Medicine.
Program Innovation Affecting Pedagogy
- Pushing the boundaries to professionalize work by fixed-term faculty. Presenter and first author: Andy Frazee (Georgia Tech). Writing Program Administrators (WPA), July 18-20, 2014, Normal, IL.
- 25 free ways to avoid making your organization look bad. International Higher Education Teaching and Learning Association (HETL), May 31-June 2, 2014, Anchorage, AK.
- Embrace risk. From error to efficacy: Learning from our mistakes panel. Association for Business Communication International Convention. October 23-26, 2013. New Orleans, LA.
- Challenging the marginalization of fixed-term faculty. Co-presenter: Andy Frazee (Georgia Tech). Writing Program Administrators, July 19, 2013. Savannah, GA.
- Our program’s best resource: Innovative, confident, successful instructors. Council of Writing Program Administrators Conference, June 19-22, 2012. Albuquerque, NM.
Space
- Birth of the cool: Designing and promoting flexible, new spaces for high- and low-tech pedagogies.
Co-presenter: Karen Head (Georgia Tech). International Higher Education Teaching and Learning Association. January 13-15, 2013. Orlando, FL: University of Central Florida.
CONSULTING AND PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE
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Analyst: Analyze, define, and evaluate communication problems in industry. Clients have included General Electric and Honeywell.
Designer/Developer: Work with individuals and small groups designing documentation for proprietary engineering software.
Expert Witness: Analyze instructional manuals and materials, give depositions, and testify in litigation involving factors such as failure to warn and adequacy of text, visuals, and design in instructions.
Industrial/Business Trainer: Develop and conduct communication workshops for clients. Help scientists and engineers to strengthen their skills in preparing technical documents and presentations.
Writer/Editor: Formulate, write, and edit federal and state grant proposals, training and user manuals, analytical and evaluative reports, brochures, curriculum and instructor guides, text manuscripts, newsletters.
SERVICE SUMMARY
(See full CV for details of service.)
Service to the Profession (Highlights)
- Editorial Board, Computers & Composition Digital Press, 2007-present
- Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Business and Technical Communication, 1997–2002. During my five years as editor-in-chief, this international research and pedagogy journal received 15 national awards for “best article” in the discipline.
- CCCC Executive Committee (national election), 1996-99
Service to Georgia Tech (Selected Committees)
- University System of Georgia/Board of Regents Academic Committee on Communication (RACC), 2012-present
- University System of Georgia/Board of Regents Academic Committee on English (ACE), 2008-present
- Athletics Academic Steering Committee, Member 2013-present
- MOOC Selection Peer Review Committee, Member 2013-present
- Complete College Georgia Steering Committee, Member 2013-present
- GenEd Committee, Member 2010-present
- Search Committee: Dean of Ivan Allen College, Member 2009-2010 (Recommended: Jacqueline Royster)
- Search Committee: VP for Communications & Marketing, Member 2009-2010 (Recommended: Michael Warden)
Service to Georgia Tech’s Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts (Selected Committees)
- Ivan Allen College Handbook Committee, 2012-present
- Westside Task Force, Member 2011-2012
Service to Georgia Tech’s School of Literature, Media, and Communication (Selected Committees)
- Executive Committee, Member 2008-09, 2012-present. Chair 2007-08.
- Handbook Committee, 2013-present
- Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, Non-voting Member 2007-present
- External Review Committee, 2014-15
- Search Committee for Tenure-Line Hire in Technical Communication, 2014-15
Service to the Writing and Communication Program (Selected Committees)
- Assessment Committee, Member 2007-2010, 2011-present; Chair 2010-2011
- Awards Committee (Teaching Awards & Multimodal Student Awards), Member 2007-present
- Brittain Fellow Hiring Committee, Member 2007-present
- WOVENText Committee, Member 2007-present
- Technical Communication Committee, Member 2007-present
- Grants Committee, Member 2011-present