Assistant Professor

Education

PhD, The City University of New York
BA, Mount Holyoke College

Areas of Research

The History of Technical Communication; Assessment of Writing

Selected Publications

"The Evolution of Illustrated Texts and its Effect on Science: an Example from the Early American State Geological Reports." Leonardo:, Journal of the International Society for the Arts, Sciences and Technology, MIT Press, (41:2), 2008, pp. 120-127.

" Site-Specific Content Management Systems: Analyze Before You Act." Book chapter with Susan Fowler, eds. George Pullman & Baotong Gu, Content Management: Bridging the Gap between Theory and Practice, Amityville, NY: Baywood Press, 2008, pp. 38-48.

" The Steel Bible: A Case Study of 20th Century Technical Communication." Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, (37:3), 2007, pp. 281-303.

" A Decade of Research: Assessing Change in the Technical Communication Classroom Using Online Portfolios." Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, (36:4), 2006, pp. 413-431.

“The Analytic Assessment of Online Portfolios in Undergraduate Technical Communication: A Model.” Journal of Engineering Education, (95:4), 2006, pp. 279–287.

“Prediscursive Technical Communication in the Early American Iron Industry.” Technical Communication Quarterly, (15:2), 2006, pp. 171–189.