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)
 

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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...

 

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Go Green: Making the Case for Eco-Friendly Printing at Your Organization, International IEEE Professional Communication Conference (2007)

Relying on 100-percent virgin paper and petroleum-based inks, traditional printing strategies leave a large and...

 

Participating in a Technical Communication Internship, Technical Communication (2006)

Academic internships have long been an important component of many students' college education. Although internship...

 

Updating Your Training Materials (with Lori L. Pennington), Technical Rescue (2006)
 

Service Learning in the Technical Communication Course (with Lori Pennington and Charlotte Gunn), Intercom (2005)
 

Information Design: Strategies to Make Your Proposal Reader Friendly, Journal of the Association of Proposal Management Professionals (2003)
 

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Technical Communicators Beware: The Next Generation of High-Tech Recruiting Methods, IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication (2002)

This article presents an overview of how the internet has changed the way employers advertise...

 

Workplace-Classroom Collaborations: A Role for Service Learning in Proposal Development, Journal of the Association of Proposal Management Professionals (2002)
 

Powerful Presentations: PowerPoint Tips to Help You Deliver Understandable, Memorable Presentations, Journal of Emergency Medical Services (2001)
 

On the Write Track: 21 Strategies to Prepare Clear & Accurate Documentation, Journal of Emergency Medical Services (2001)
 

Extending a Hand to Our Stakeholders: Examining the Risks of Service-Learning Courses in Technical Communication Programs, Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Council for Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication (1999)

Service learning classes in their various conceptions seem an excellent environment conducive to teaching our...

 

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)
 

The Tenure and Promotion Process: STC Opportunities Available and Missing, Annual Conference of the Society for Technical Communication (2005)