Back to Bernhardt's Teaching Technical and Professional Communication Class
Find and read whatever you can by:
Jack Selzer, Barbara Couture. Jone Goldstein, Johndan Johnson-Eilola, Stuart Selber, Stuart Brown, Dale Sullivan, Nell Ann Pickett, James Kalmbach, Carolyn Miller, Mary Lay, Elizabeth Tebeaux, Cynthia Selfe, Rachel Spilka, Charlotte Thralls, Nancy Roundy-Blyler, William Horton, Carl Herndl, Donald Cunningham, Ann Hill-Duin, Donald Rubin, Janice Redish, Stephen Doheny-Farina, David Dobrin, Deborah Tannen, Jay David Bolter, Shoshana Zuboff, Sam Dragga, Carl Lovitt, Deborah Andrews, Sam Dragga, Dickie Selfe, Patti Wojahn, Mary Lay, Ann Blakeslee, Stephen Doheny-Farina, Brenton Faber, John Seely Brown, Richard Johnson-Sheehan, Sherry Burgus-Little, Karen Schriver, Paul Anderson, Robert Johnson, Patricia Sullivan, James L. Porter, Rebecca Burnett, Elizabeth Tebeaux, James Zappen, Billie Wahlstrom, Craig Hansen, Beverly Sauer, Meg Morgan, Deborah Bosley, Sherry Southard, Carolyn Boiarsky, Thomas Huckin, Tharon Howard, John Ackerman, Charles Bazerman, Thomas P. Miller, John Brockmann, Jimmie Killingsworth, Carolyn Rude, Jennie Dautermann, Kate Ronald, Gregory Wickliff, David Farkas, William Karis, Scott Sanders, Mary Beth Debs, Barbara Mirel
We'll go in order of these topics, deciding how much to read week by week:
Staples, Part I: Chapters 1-5.
Souther, from Fearing. “Teaching Technical Writing: A Retrospective Appraisal,” in coursepack
Miller, Carolyn. from Fearing. “What's Practical about Technical Writing?” p. 14. in coursepack (or other essays by Miller)
Knoblauch, C. H. “The Teaching and Practice of 'Professional Writing.'” In Writing in the Business Professions. Myra Kogen (Ed.). Urbana: NCTE, 1989. 246-264. in coursepack
DiGaetani, John L. “Use of the Case Method in Teaching Business Communication,” In Kogen, Myra. Writing in the Business Professions. Urbana: NCTE, 1989. 187-201. in coursepack
Tebeaux, Elizabeth. “The Shared Document Collaborative Case Response.” In Collaborative Writing in Industry: Investigations in Theory and Practice. Eds. Mary M. Lay and William M. Karis. Amityville, NY: Baywood Publishing, 1991. 124-145. in coursepack
Dragga, Sam. Technical Writing: Student Samples and Teacher Responses. St. Paul: ATTW, 1992. Full online text available at the ATTW website.
Staples Part IV, Chapters 16-22
Bernhardt and Farmer, “Work in Transition: Trends and Implications.” In coursepack.
Meyer and Bernhardt, "Workplace Realities," in Staples, Chapter 6.
Tebeaux, “Redesigning Prof Writing Courses” in coursepack
Sanders, "Ethics," in Staples, Chapter 7
LaDuc, "Gender," in Staples, Chapter 8
Burnett et. al "Collaboration," in Staples, Chapter 9
Thrush, “Multicultural Issues”, Staples Chapter 10
Shirk, "New Technologies," in Staples, Chapter 11.
Selber, "Media Design," in Staples, Chapter 12.
Rainey, “Visual Communication,” Staples, Chapter 15
Brasseur, “Visual Literacy in the Computer Age” in coursepack
Kramer and Bernhardt. “Teaching Text Design.” Pdf file at my website
Faculty Development in Computers and Composition Pdf file at my website
Lutz, Jean, and C. Gilbert Storms. The Practice of Technical and Scientific Communication: Writing in Professional Contexts. Ablex/ATTW, 1998.
Grice, “Technical Writer,” Staples, Chapter 13
Turpin and Bronson, “Technical Editing,” Staples, Chapter 14
Bernhardt, articles on pharmaceutical industry at personal website (http://web.nmsu.edu/~sbernhar/Documents/PharmaKM.pdf; http://www.nmsu.edu/techprof/PharmaWriters/id47.htm; http://web.nmsu.edu/~sbernhar/Documents/CHAPTER3.pdf)
Dobrin, David. "Freelancing or Consulting." In The Practice of Technical and Scientific Communication: Writing in Professional Contexts." Edited by Jean A. Lutz and C. Gilbert Storms. Stamford, CT: Ablex, 1998. In coursepack.
Tebeaux, Elizabeth. Issues in Promotion and Tenure for Faculty in Technical Communication. ATTW. Undated. http://www.nmsu.edu/techprof/tebeaux/contents.pdf