The sixth volume of the Writing Spaces series explores writing in technical and professional communication. Like earlier books in the series, it continues the tradition of covering a wide range of topics about writing. In each chapter, authors present their unique views, insights, and strategies for writing by addressing the undergraduate reader directly. Drawing on their own experiences, these teachers-as-writers invite students to join in the larger conversation about the craft of technical and professional writing. Consequently, each essay functions as a standalone text that can easily complement other selected readings in technical and professional writing courses or in writing-intensive courses across the disciplines at any level.
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About the Editors
Kirk St.Amant is a Professor and Eunice C. Williamson Endowed Chair in Technical Communication at Louisiana Tech University where he also serves as the Director of Louisiana Tech University’s Center for Health and Medical Communication.
Pavel Zemliansky is Professor of English for Academic Purposes at Oslo Metropolitan University. His research interests include international technical communication, online course design, and writing across the curriculum/writing in the disciplines (WAC/WID). His research has appeared in College English, IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication, Kairos, and the Journal of Technical Writing and Communication. He is the co-winner of the 2017 CCCC Award for the Best Collection of Original Essays in Technical and Scientific Communication for the book Rethinking Post-Communist Rhetoric: Perspectives on Rhetoric, Writing, and Professional Communication in Post-Soviet Spaces (Lexington Books, 2016) and a founder of the Writing Spaces: Readings on Writing book series.
Publication Information: St.Amant, Kirk, & Pavel Zemliansky (Eds.). (2024). Technical Writing Spaces: Readings on Writing, Volume 6. WritingSpaces.org; Parlor Press; The WAC Clearinghouse. https://wac.colostate.edu/books/writingspaces/writingspaces6/
Publication Date: June 2024
Table of Contents
- Who Is the User? Researching Audiences for Technical Documents by Emma J. Rose
- Assessing Sources for Technical Communication Research by Therese I. Pennell
- Last to Be Written, First to Be Read: Writing Memos, Abstracts and Executive Summaries by K. Alex Ilyasova
- Drafting Technical Definitions and Descriptions by Quan Zhou
- Let’s Party: Composing a Review of the Literature on a Technical Topic by Daniel P. Richards
- Stronger Together: Collaborative Work in the Technical Writing Classroom by Laurence José
- Worth a Thousand Words: Constructing Visual Arguments in Technical Communication by Candice A. Welhausen
- Technical, Scientific, and Business Presentations: Strategies for Success by Darina M. Slattery
- Writing Technical Content for Online Spaces by Yvonne Cleary
- Social Media as a Space for Today’s Technical Communication Work by Clinton R. Lanier
- Introduction to Usability and Usability Testing by Felicia Chong and Tammy Rice-Bailey
- Beyond Audience Analysis: Three Stages of User Experience Research for Technical Writers by Joanna Schreiber
- “Not So Fast”: Centering Your Users to Design the Right Solution by Candice Lanius and Ryan Weber
- Basic Approaches to Creating Accessible Documentation Projects: What Is Accessibility, and What Does It Have to do with Documentation Projects? by Cathryn Molloy
- Designing Multimodal Technical Instructions for Cross-Cultural Resonance Using a Culturally Inclusive Approach by Audrey G. Bennett
- How to Write for Global Audiences by Birgitta Meex
- Composing Technical Documents for Localized Usability in the International Context by Keshab Raj Acharya
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