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DONALD
C. SAMSON, JR.
English Department 5317 Curry Ford M-201, Orlando FL 32812 (407) 282-8487
TEACHING EXPERIENCE Professor Radford
University (1992--). Teach
Technical Writing, Science Writing, Business Writing, Technical Editing,
American Literature survey, and Shakespeare.
Tenured 1996; promoted 1997. Associate
Professor Eastern
Michigan University (August 1989 - December 1990). Taught Advanced Technical Writing and Shakespeare; developed
technical communication courses.
Assistant
Professor
University of Tennessee (1985-1989).
Taught Advanced Technical Writing and Technical Editing at undergraduate and
graduate levels, and Film Studies.
Directed M. A. theses.
University of Central Florida, Orlando (1982-1983).
Taught Technical Report Writing and Advanced Expository Writing.
Chaired committee to redesign upperclass Business Writing course.
Meredith College, Raleigh, NC (1976-1982).
Taught British Literature, American Literature, Advanced Expository Writing,
Literary Research, and Composition (regular/remedial). Instructor and Teaching Assistant
Rollins College, Winter Park, FL (January 1991 - May 1992).
Taught Advanced Expository Writing to reentry/nontraditional students.
William Peace College, Raleigh, NC (1974-1976).
Taught British and American Literature and Freshman Composition.
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (1970-1974).
Instructor one year, Teaching Assistant three years.
Taught Shakespeare, Advanced Expository Writing, Introduction to Drama,
Contemporary Literature, British Literature survey, and Composition. EDUCATION PhD in English, University of North
Carolina, Chapel Hill.
Major: Renaissance. Minor:
Drama. Dissertation: Shakespeare's
Early
Tragic
Structure. Written examinations in medieval, American, and
twentieth-century literature. Oral examination in Renaissance literature and English,
American, and world drama.
Reading proficiencies in German and French.
MA in English, UNC-Chapel Hill.
Major: Renaissance. Thesis:
Woe
and
Wonder:
The
Emotional
Effects of
Hamlet.
BA in English, Cornell University.
Major: English. New York State Regents Scholarship in Cornell University, New
York State Regents Scholarship, New York State Scholar Incentive Award.
Course work included calculus, chemistry, and physics; documentary
film; Latin, Spanish, French. MBA program, Florida Institute of
Technology.
Courses in financial accounting, managerial accounting, and personnel. North Carolina State University,
courses in educational psychology and social foundations of education. PUBLICATIONS Books:
Professional Writing in Context: Lessons from Teaching and Consulting in
Worlds of Work
(with J. Frederick Reynolds, Joyce Magnotto, Carolyn Matalene, and Lynn
Sadler). Lawrence Erlbaum &
Associates, March 1995.
Editing
Technical
Writing
(Oxford University Press, 1993).
A technical editing text for use by students in graduate and advanced
undergraduate courses in technical editing, and by communication
professionals in business and government. Articles
in Collections, Journals, and Conference Proceedings: “Learning and Teaching,” to appear in Carol Geller, ed., Excellent Teaching at Radford University, Pearson Publishing, 2007. “What First-Year Composition Textbooks are Beginning to Say about Writing in Business,” to appear in the Proceedings of the Association for Business Communication (ABC) annual conference, 2007. “Teaching Writing for the Workplace,” Virginia English Bulletin, 56, 2 (Fall 2006), 56-69. "A Native-American Bad-News Message from 1805," Proceedings of the Association for Business Communication Annual Conference 2006. "Teaching and Explaining Punctuation," Proceedings of the Society for Technical Communication (STC) Annual Conference 2006. "How to Edit a Sentence," Proceedings of the STC Annual Conference 2006. "Writing about Science in Newspapers and Magazines," Proceedings of the 2006 STC Atlanta chapter Currents conference. "Workplace Behavior Recommendations for Interns and New Hires," Proceedings of the STC Annual Conference 2005. "Science Writing and Scientific Comunication: Audiences, Purposes, and Techniques," Proceedings of the STC Annual Conference 2005. “Preparing Students to Work with
Technical Staff,” Proceedings of the STC Annual Conference 2001.
“Writing about Science for General Audiences,” Proceedings of the STC
Annual Conference 2001.
"Writing and Editing Good Sentences," Proceedings of the STC Annual
Conference 2000, 514-517. "Preparing Composition Students for
Career Writing," Reforming College
Composition: Writing the Wrongs, ed. Jackson, Lewis, and Wallace,
Greenwood Press, 2000, 123-135.
"Preparing to Teach Technical Writing," Proceedings of the STC Annual
Conference 1999, on CD.
"Teaching Science Writing," Proceedings of the STC Annual Conference
1999, on CD.
"Producing Effective Electronic Resumes,"
Twentieth Annual Practical Conference on Communication Proceedings
(Society for Technical Communication, 1996), 81-95.
"Helping Students Learn about Workplace Writing,"
Extra Credit (Tennessee Council of Teachers of English), September 1995,
18.
"The GMAT Analytical Writing Assessment,"
Proceedings
of the Association for Business Communication Southeast Regional Conference,
Nashville, March 1995, 14-16.
"Degrees and Levels of Edit," Intercom
(Society for Technical Communication), May 1995, 14.
"Editing to Degrees," Dateline Houston
(Houston Chapter, Society for Technical Communication) January 1995, 9.
(Second part of two-part article.)
"Keep It Simple with Degrees of Edit,"
Technically Speaking (Arkansas Chapter, Society for Technical
Communication) January 1995, 1.
(Reprint of Dateline Houston article,
December 1994.)
"Degrees of Edit," Dateline Houston
(Houston Chapter, Society for Technical Communication) December 1994, 9.
"Degrees of Edit," Proceedings of the
STC Annual Conference 1993, 175-178.
"Teaching Audience in Technical Communication,"
Proceedings
of the STC Annual Conference 1993, 248-251.
"Effective Technical Graphics," Proceedings
of the STC Annual Conference 1993, 548-551.
"Career Opportunities for Humanities Majors,"
Humanities in the South 77 (Spring 1993), 9-10.
"The Audiences of Technical Documents,"
Sixteenth Annual Practical Conference on Communication Proceedings
(Society for Technical Communication, 1992), 5-9.
"Writing Assignments for a Graduate Course in Technical Writing," in
Journal of Technical Writing and Communication 22, 2 (1992), 211-219.
"Teaching Technical Editing," Proceedings
of the STC Annual Conference 1992 , 553-556.
"Common Flaws in Technical Graphics,"
Proceedings
of the STC Annual Conference 1992, 246.
"Graduate Technical Writing Course Writing Assignments,"
Proceedings
of the STC Annual Conference 1992, 569-572.
"Macro and Micro Editing," Fifteenth Annual
Practical Conference on Communication Proceedings (Society for Technical
Communication, 1991), 55-60.
"Tutoring Technical Students in the Writing Center," in Jeanne Simpson and
Ray Wallace, Expanding and
Changing
the
Writing
Center:
New
Directions (Garland Press, 1990).
"Worth Far Less than 1,000 Words: Technical Illustrations Gone Awry,"
Fourteenth
Annual
Practical
Conference
on
Communication Proceedings (Society for Technical Communication, 1990), 51-56.
"An Editing Project for Teaching Technical Editing," in
Technical
Communication 37, 3 (August 1990),
262-267.
"Technical Writing Situations in the Workplace,"
The
Technical Writing
Teacher
XVII, 2 (Spring 1990), 114-118.
Review of Larry Riney, Technical
Writing
for
Industry:
An
Operations
Manual for
the
Technical
Writer, in
Journal
of
Technical
Writing
and
Communication 20, 2 (1990), 215-216.
(With Scott Wells, an undergraduate student at the University of
Tennessee.)
"Collaborative Writing of Technical Proposals," in Richard Louth and Ann
Scott, eds., Collaborative Technical
Writing:
Theory and
Practice (Association of Teachers of
Technical Writing, 1989), 61-69.
"Exploring Democratic Values in the Teaching of
Julius
Caesar, Hamlet, and
Macbeth,"
The
Leaflet
(New England Association of Teachers of English) 88, 1 (Winter 1989), 37-42.
"Helping Technical Staff Write Better,"
Twelfth
Annual Practical
Conference
on
Communication
Proceedings (Society for Technical Communication, 1988), 35-40.
"The Role of Rhetoric in Academic Inquiry: The Philosophy and Effect of the
Writing to Learn Program at The University of Tennessee, Knoxville,"
Teaching-Learning
Issues (Learning Research Center
Publications, University of Tennessee, 1988).
"A Publications Department's Role in Marketing,"
Institute
of
Electrical
and
Electronics
Engineers
Transactions
on
Professional
Communication 31, 2 (June 1988), 88-92.
"Humanities Education and Technical Communication,"
Proceedings
of the
35th
International
Technical
Communication
Conference (STC, 1988), RET 134-137.
"Ten Tips on Proofreading," Institute
of
Electrical
and
Electronics
Engineers
Professional
Communication
Society
Newsletter
32, 2 (April 1988), 11.
"The Final Product," in Timothy Whalen,
Writing
and Managing
Winning
Technical
Proposals
(Artech House, 1987), 130-142.
(On writing, editing, page makeup, layout, final review, printing, and
binding of proposals.)
"The Importance of Writing Skills in Civil Engineering,"
Foundations
(American
Society of Civil Engineers, University of Tennessee Chapter, 1987), 7-20.
(With Alice Templeton, a graduate student at the University of
Tennessee.)
"Before the Writing Begins: Proposal Work for the Technical Communicator,"
Proceedings
of the 34th International Technical Communication Conference (STC,
1987), WE 36-39.
"Editing Technical Proposals Well," Tenth Annual Practical
Conference
on
Communication
Proceedings (Society for Technical Communication, 1986), 35-43.
(Reprinted in Whalen.)
"Basic Problems in Writing and Editing Technical Proposals,"
Ninth
Annual
Practical
Conference
on
Communication Proceedings (Society for Technical Communication, 1985), 141-148.
(Reprinted in Whalen.)
"Using the Tarot in Composition Classes,"
Exercise
Exchange (1977), reprinted in
Writing
Exercises
from
Exercise
Exchange
Vol. 2, ed. Charles Duke (1984), 19-22.
"'Romer' in Rich's Farewell
to
Military
Profession,"
The
Explicator
34 (1975), 1-3.
"Fellini: Autobiography and Art," An Introduction to
Film
Criticism (University of North Carolina,
1973), 200-205. "The Structure of Bergman's The Seventh Seal" (with Dr. Joan Plummer), An Introduction to Film Criticism (University of North Carolina, 1973), 263-268. PRESENTATIONS (Excludes papers published in Proceedings) "A Bad-News Message from Philadelphia, 1776," to be presented at the Association for Business Communication conference, Washington, DC, October 2007. “What Composition Textbooks Are Beginning to Say about Writing in Business,” to be presented at the Conference on College Composition and Communication (4 C’s), New Orleans, April 2008. “Writing Teachers as Consultants in Business and Government: How to Prepare for, Identify, and Successfully Apply for Positions,” Conference on College Composition and Communication (4 C’s) conference, San Francisco, March 2005. “Effective Letters of Application,” Virginia Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (VAHPERD) Conference, Reston, November 2004. “Punctuation Made Easy: Guidelines for Writers and Teachers,” Association for Business Communication (ABC) Conference, Boston, October 2004. “Guidelines for Effective Sentences: A Presentation and Workshop,” ABC Conference, Boston, October 2004. “Better Ingredients, Better Writing: Guidelines for Effective Sentences,” ABC Spring Conference, La Jolla, April 2004. “Student/Teacher Partners in Research on Shakespeare,” National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) Conference, San Francisco, November 2003. “Shakespeare and the Standards of Learning,” Virginia Association of Teachers of English (VATE) conference, Charlottesville, November 2002. “Writing a Good Letter of Application,” VAHPERD Conference, Richmond, November 2002. "Tools and Tutorials for Students and Novice Technical Writers," Society for Technical Communication (STC) Annual Conference, 2000.
"Literacies for the Electronic Workplace: Tips, Tools, and Tutorials," South
Atlantic Modern Language Association (SAMLA) Conference, Atlanta, November
1999.
"Writing for Publication in a Professional Journal," VAHPERD Conference,
Williamsburg, November 1999.
"Science Writing," STC Annual Conference, Cincinnati, June 1999.
"Shakespeare at the Movies,” National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)
Conference, Nashville, November 1998. "'I Can Write!': Tips and Strategies for Turning Great Ideas into Published Articles," VAHPERD Conference, Newport News, November 1998. "As They Want It: Commercial Success of Film Adaptations of Shakespeare’s Plays," Popular Culture Association of America Conference, Orlando, April 1998. "Creating an Effective Resume," VAHPERD Conference, Richmond, November 1997. "Teaching Grammar," VATE Conference, Williamsburg, October 1997.
"Preparing Students to Write in Their Work," TCTE Conference, Nashville,
September 1994, and VATE, Roanoke, October 1993.
"Writing Problems and Solutions in High-Tech Firms," Society for Technical
Communication East Tennessee Chapter, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, March 1994.
"English Departments and Programs in Professional and Technical
Communication," CCCC, Nashville, March 1994.
"Defining Purpose, Selecting Faculty, and Establishing Credibility for
Professional and Technical Writing Programs," SAMLA Conference, Atlanta,
November 1993.
"Science, Technology, and Technical Communication Students," Council for
Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication, Charlotte, October 1993.
"Mixed Signals: Common Weaknesses in Graphics for Written Texts," CCCC, San
Diego, April 1993.
"Professional Opportunities for Humanities Majors in the Post-Bush Economy,"
SAMLA Conference, Knoxville, 1992.
"Collaborative Writing in Business Settings," SAMLA, Knoxville, 1992. "The Editing Course in Programs in Scientific and
Technical Communication," STC Region 4 Conference, Bowling Green, Ohio,
1990.
"Teaching Editing," CCCC, Chicago, 1990. "Peer Tutoring with Technical Communication Students
in the Writing Center," Sixth Conference on Peer Tutoring in Writing,
Youngstown, 1989.
"Developing Writing Skills of Non-College-Bound Students," NCTE Spring
Conference, Charleston, 1989.
"The Editor's Role in Business Writing," CCCC, Seattle, 1989.
"Collaborative Writing in Business and Government," SAMLA, Washington, 1988.
"Defining Democratic Values Using Shakespeare's Plays," New England
Association of Teachers of English (NEATE) Conference, Nashua, NH, 1988. "The Writing to Learn Program at The University of Tennessee," CCCC, St. Louis, 1988. "The Place of Humanities Graduates in Technical Communication," SAMLA, Atlanta, 1987.
"Preparing Students to Write in This Workaday World," NEATE, Nashua, NH,
1987.
"Patterns of Tragedy in Shakespeare's Plays,"
Conference on Comparative Drama, Gainesville, 1986. "Opportunities for Humanities Graduates in
High-Technology Firms," Humanities and Technology Conference, Marietta, GA,
1983.
"Understanding Shakespeare through the Structure of His Plays," NCTE
Southeast Regional Conference, 1980.
"Helping Weak Students in Freshman Composition: A New Strategy," North
Carolina--Virginia College English Association Convention, Williamsburg,
1980.
"A Research Project for English Majors," North Carolina Baptist English
Teachers of English Conference, 1980.
"Using Shakespeare's Sonnets to Teach Shakespeare's Plays," NCTE Conference,
1978.
"Let's Give Them a Reason for Writing: The Support Section Approach," NCTE
Southeast Regional Conference, Birmingham, 1978.
"Students' Attitudes and the Evaluation of Teaching," Modern Language
Association (MLA) Conference, Chicago, 1977.
"Community in Ellison's Invisible
Man," Conference on Twentieth-Century Literature, Louisville, 1976. "Generating Student Interest and Developing Ability
in Composition: The Tarot Exercise," CCCC, Philadelphia, 1976. "Solving the PhD Surplus," MLA Conference, New York, 1974.
SESSIONS CHAIRED AT CONFERENCES
"Humanities and the Job Market Discussion Circle," SAMLA, 1990.
"Discourse Communities in Collision: A Study of the Strengthening of Two
Discourse Communities through their Interaction," CCCC, 1990.
"Employer Expectations and Technical Communication Education," 35th
International Technical Communication Conference, Philadelphia, 1988.
"Teaching Shakespeare," MLA, 1975, 1976, and 1977.
(The first three sessions to be held on Teaching Shakespeare at the
MLA Convention.)
"Evaluating Teaching," MLA, 1976.
TECHNICAL WRITING EXPERIENCE
Instructional Designer, GoCo-op Inc., Maitland, FL (July 2001-August 2001,
as an independent contractor).
Designed the Enhancements Summary for the new version of the company’s
procurement software (Procura).
Revised and created sets of procedures for User’s Guide.
Documentation Manager and Lead Technical Writer, OutStart Inc., Maitland,
FL.
For this e-learning software developer, analyzed documentation
processes and recommended revisions, updated the user guide using PaintShop
Pro and FrameMaker, and documented publication processes. Edited a new-business proposal and the OutStart capability
statement. Planned the
conversion of user documentation from FrameMaker to OutStart’s authoring
software (Evolution).
(March/April 2001.)
Instructional Designer, GoCo-op Inc., Maitland, FL (July 2000-January 2001,
as a contractor through Renaissance Worldwide).
For this e-commerce procurement software developer, served as the
Team Lead for the Program Administrator’s Guide.
Redesigned all user documentation to make it task-oriented.
Wrote technical sections of a successful Business Plan for pre-IPO
funding of $30 million (recognized by COO and CTO for contribution).
Documented the build process, the code drop process, and the RoboHelp
file linking process. Advised GoCo-op on translation and
internationalization issues.
Participated in Joint Application Development sessions with Business System
Analysts, Developers, and Quality Assurance staff.
Created floor plans and organization charts in Visio.
Supervised writers.
Reviewed resumes and interviewed applicants for technical writer positions.
Technical Editor, AT&T Solutions Documentation Systems and Information
Management, Maitland, FL (Summer 1999, Contractor, through CIBER Information
Systems). Edited HTML-based online documentation for AT&T Support
Center staff to use to monitor and maintain data networks AT&T sets up for
large corporations.
Documentation Writer, MultiMedia Medical Systems, Maitland, FL (Summer 1998,
as a contractor through Renaissance Worldwide).
Designed the user manual for the U. S. Government version of a
telemedicine software product.
Rewrote and revised sections, and wrote sections.
Edited and proofread the manual.
Senior Writer/Editor, Lockheed Martin Aerospace (then Martin Marietta),
Orlando, FL. Wrote sections of
technical proposals; edited proposals, papers, reports, and briefing
materials.
Estimated costs, schedules, and staffing requirements for
publications work on proposals and reports.
Supervised editors and support personnel. (1983-1985) Standards Engineer, Operation Sheet Writer,
Crouse-Hinds Company, Syracuse, NY.
Reviewed engineering drawings, wrote and revised operation sheets for
casting, machining, and assembly of traffic signal and outdoor lighting
equipment. Maintained reference
file for costing work-in-process items.
TECHNICAL WRITING/EDITING FOR LOCKHEED MARTIN
Proposal to the United States
Department of Energy:
Oak
Ridge
Proposal, Community Involvement volume.
(Edited volume; wrote sections on Corporate environmental involvement,
cultural activities in St. Croix, and philanthropic plans and
accomplishments.)
Proposals to the United States Department of Defense: Outer
Air
Battle
Weapon
System
Proposal.
(Publications department lead and editor of technical volume.) Supersonic Low
Altitude Target Proposal, Logistics and Management volumes.
(Edited draft volumes on Electronics, Reliability, Maintainability, Safety,
and Test and Evaluation.) Multiple
Launch
Rocket
System
Terminal
Guidance
Warhead
Proposal, Management and Joint
Development Approach volumes.
HELLFIRE
Modular
Missile
System
All-up-Round
Buy 4
Proposal, Cost volume.
Lake
City
Army
Ammunition
Plant
Proposal, Transition Plan.
Tailorable
Coefficient of Thermal Expansion Multilayer
Printed Wiring Boards Proposal, entire proposal.
Alternate
Infrared
High
Value
Target
Acquisition
Proposal, Management volume. Low
Altitude
Navigation
/
Targeting
Infrared
for
Night
System
Buy 1
Proposal, Cost volume (two sections). Artificial
Intelligence
Applications
to Army
Aviation
Systems
Fault
Isolation
Proposal, entire proposal. Reports to and Briefing Materials for the
Department of Defense: ( (U) = Title of report unclassified; report classified.) Composite Missile Control Fin (U). Optical Counter-Countermeasures (U). Target Identification
at
Tactical
Ranges
Using
Laser
Vibration
Sensing
(U). Laser
Effects Manual
(U), Vulnerability and Hardening
volumes. Low-Cost
Fiber-Optic
Gyro
(U). Improved
Temperature
Capability
RAS
Materials
(U). Survey
of Air Targeting
Algorithms
(U).
1990
Soviet
Infrared
Search
and
Track
Capability
in
Central
European
Weather
Environment
(U). Surface-to-Air Missile Kinematic Intercept Capability Against High Altitude Cruise Missiles (U).
Automatic
Passive
Terrain
Map
Generation
(U).
OTHER EDITING AND PROOFREADING Edited grant proposals, articles on Belarus, and a book manuscript on Russian agriculture for Dr. Grigory Ioffe of the Geography Department, Radford University.
Proofread all articles for the Fall 1994 and Spring 1995 issues, and edited
and edited and proofread all articles for the Fall 1995 through Fall 1999
issues, of The
Virginia Journal, published by the
Virginia Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance.
Edited "The Economic Consequences of Non-Optimal Choice of Protection for
Intellectual Property" and "Caveat Emptor, James Buchanan, and the Existence
of Pure Accident," for Dr. Michael Hayes, Department of Economics, Radford
University. Edited "Effect of Several Ions on Water Treatment by
Sodium Silicate and Hypochlorite," for the
Journal of
the
American
Water
Works
Association.
Edited English translations of Japanese manuals for numerically-controlled
machinery, Mori Seka Equipment Company, Orlando, Florida (1984).
Copyeditor,
Southern Engineer, North Carolina
State University, 1982. Copyeditor, Work
Incentive
Program
Eligibility
Specialists'
Procedures
Manual, North Carolina Department of Human Resources, 1977. Copyeditor, The
Natural
Areas
Program
in North Carolina, North Carolina
Department of Natural and Economic Resources, 1975.
GRANTS McGlothlin Travel Award, summer 2007, to travel to London to arrange a study abroad program for summer 2008.
Competitive Faculty Professional Development Leave (sabbatical), Radford
University, Spring 1999, to study science writing. Competitive Released Time Award from the Office of
Research Development, Eastern Michigan University, to write a proposal for a
computer laboratory for Eastern Michigan’s technical communication program. Competitive Sabbatical Award from The University of
Tennessee to study recent developments in the technology of technical
communication.
(Only Assistant Professor at Tennessee to be awarded a sabbatical
that year.) Competitive Sabbatical from the English Department at
Tennessee to study the use of hypertext artificial intelligence, and expert
systems in text generation by computer.
Competitive Equipment Funds Award from the College of Liberal Arts, The
University of Tennessee, for computer hardware and software. Competitive Faculty Development Award from The
University of Tennessee to participate in the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology Summer Session on "Communicating Technical Information." National Endowment for the Humanities Grant to
participate in a summer seminar at Princeton on "Shakespeare's Development
as a Dramatist."
OTHER ACTIVITIES
For Southwest Virginia middle schools, I arrange Radford University campus
tours with Admissions and conduct classes on writing and on Shakespeare
(Fall and Spring).
Scorer, Educational Testing Service, for Advanced Placement Language and
Composition, SAT-II Writing Sample, and GMAT tests.
Radford University Committee activities: College of Arts and Sciences representative to the Provost Search Committee (Spring 2006); International Gateways Project Committee (Fall 2006 - present); Entrepreneurship Task Force (Fall 2006 - present); College of Arts and Sciences representative to Faculty Advisory Committee of the Adult Degree Program (1993-present); Faculty Representative to the Intercollegiate Athletics Committee, 2003-present); Planning and Budget Advisory Committee (1996-1998); English Department Representative, Faculty Senate (1996); Ad Hoc Committee on Faculty Evaluation (1997). English
Department Committee/Advising activities:
Radford University: Writing, Business and Technical Writing, Personnel,
Hiring, Promotion, and Travel committees.
Supervise interns. Advise graduate and undergraduate English majors,
business and technical writing minors, and other students.
Provide career information.
Designed and created the original English Department home page.
Eastern Michigan University: Helped found the student chapter of the Society
for Technical Communication; Academic Advisor for the chapter.
Advised English and Engineering Technology majors on career opportunities.
University of Tennessee: Freshman English committee; Rhetoric search
committee; Instructor search committee; Drop/Add coordinator; advisor to
undergraduate and graduate students in technical communication; Outstanding
Instructor Teaching Award selection committee (1987) and committee chair
(1988); speaker on careers in technical communication at annual departmental
job fair. Author of user documentation for Microsoft Word on
IBM computers in the Humanities and Social Science Computer Laboratory at
Tennessee; user documentation for WordPerfect on IBM's at Eastern Michigan
and WordPerfect on PC's at Rollins College and Radford University.
Radford University Rugby Football Club men's team faculty adviser and
assistant coach, 1994-1995, 1997-present; United States national champions
in Division II in 2003.
Formerly University of Tennessee Rugby Club faculty advisor and
player/coach. Consultant, Ford Foundation sponsored Writing to
Learn project, The University of Tennessee (1987-88).
Author of the final report. Director, Master's thesis by Tennessee student Laura
Bresko, published as "The Need for Technical Communicators on the Software
Development Team" in Technical Communication 38, 2
(April 1991), 214-220.
Designer and leader, workshops on effective writing for faculty and staff of
The University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine. REFERENCES
Provided on request.
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