Dr. Roger Munger is a Professor of technical communication at Boise State University where he coordinates undergraduate and graduate internships for the English Department. His teaching and research interests include green writing, eco-friendly printing processes, internships at socially just and environmentally sustainable companies, publications management, and service learning. Dr. Munger’s workplace clients include U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, National Park Service, U.S. Geological Survey, Winter Wildlands Alliance, Northwest Animal Companions, Idaho Mountain Search and Rescue Unit, Serve Idaho, and Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticide. His scholarship has appeared in journals such as Technical Communication, IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication, Technical Communication Quarterly, Proposal Management, Technical Rescue, and Metropolitan Universities. Dr. Munger is author of Designing Documents and Understanding Visuals (2008) and Document-Based Cases in Technical Communication (2005). He’s also a vegan and activist for animal rights.
Articles & Conference Proceedings
Green Writing Curriculum: Showing Your Students How to Make a Difference, Metropolitan Universities Journal (2010)
A growing group of green writers are persuading people to change their thinking and their...
Designed to Succeed: Strategies for Building an Effective Proposal Management Internship Program, Journal of the Association of Proposal Management Professionals (2009)
Using Writing to Make a Difference in Your Community (with Jane DeChambeau), IEEE Professional Communication Society Newsletter (2009)
Green Printing: A Guide to Environmentally Responsible Printing, Technical Communication (2008)
Pressure from various green organizations (such as the Forest Stewardship Council and ForestEthics), government agencies,...
Preparing Future Leaders: Project-Management Strategies for Service Learning (with Amanda Gutowski), Metropolitan Universities: An International Forum (2008)
This article makes a case for teaching project management strategies in service-learning courses. The authors...
Contributions to Books
Teaching the Temporal Dimensions of Service-Learning (with S. Sturman), Quick Hits for Service-Learning: Successful Strategies by Award-Winning Teachers (2010)
Service-learning, the integration of classroom instruction with community service projects, is rapidly gaining momentum as...
Including Service Learning in the Tech-Comm Course, Instructor Resource Manual for Technical Communication (2007)
Addressing Plagiarism in a Technical Communication Course, Instructor Resource Manual for Technical Communication (2004)
Temporal Analysis: A Primer Exemplified by a Case from Prehospital Care (with C. Geisler), Discourse Studies in Composition (2002)
Presentations
The Green Communicator: Eco-Friendly Practices for the Small Business Office, Tech Comm Summit, Annual Conference for the Society for Technical Communication (2009)