Janine Solberg joined the UMass faculty in 2007. She co-Directs the Professional Writing and Technical Communication Program and is a member of the Composition and Rhetoric faculty. Her research interests span the field of rhetoric and composition, though she is particularly interested in historiography/archives, technical and professional communication, digital media, gender, and histories of technology and literate activity. She is working on a book-length project that examines intersections of gender, technology, and literacy in early 20th century American career advice texts for women.

She holds a Ph.D. in English with a specialization in Writing Studies from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. At the University of Illinois, she directed the Programs in Professional Writing and, with Jody Shipka and Patrick Berry, helped develop and run communication workshops for the Mid-America Earthquake Center. She has taught courses in business and technical writing, web design, and an advanced composition course called Writing with Video.