Current Class:
- English 8121: Electronic Writing and Publishing
Recent Past Classes:
Spring 2009
- English 3115: Document Design
- English 8125 : Writing & Research Methodology
Fall 2008
- English 3130: Business Writing
- English 4320: Senior Seminar in Rhetoric & Composition "Social Media, Politics & the Rhetorical Citizen"
Spring 2008
- English 4200/8900: Web Usability
- English 8123: Digital Rhetoric
Fall 2007
- English 3120: Electronic Writing and Publishing
- English 8121: Electronic Writing and Publishing
I am a techno-feminist and study human interactions with technology from a feminist standpoint. My interests user-centered design, web and document design, feminist research, and research in technical communication. I am an assistant Professor at Georgia State University and I teach technical communication classes in the rhet/comp division. I received a Ph.D. from Texas Tech University in Technical Communication and Rhetoric in 2004. I have a professional podcast and blog at www.screenspace.org where I discuss users, texts, and technology. The podcast specifically focuses on web, blog, and new media design. I am on the editorial board of Kairos: A Journal of Rhetoric, Technology, and Pedagogy and Co-Chair of the CCC Committee on Computers in Composition and Communication Task Force. (more...)
Recent publications include:
“Beyond the Universal: The Universe of Users Approach to Usability Testing .” Rhetorically Rethinking Usability: Theories, Practices, and Methodologies . Edited by Susan Miller and Shelley Rodrigo . New Directions Series, Hampton Press. Forthcoming. (Peer reviewed).
“Blogging the Program: Steps towards Organizational Memory, Community, & Identity.” Proceedings of Meeting the Challenges of the New Economy , Council for Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication. San Francisco , CA , 2006: 15.
“Directions, Directives, And Our Programs: How Do We Match Up?” Proceedings of Connecting Programs and Research , Council for Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication. Lubbock , TX , 2005: 60-61.
“Landmarks, Links, and Search Engines: Designing Websites for Sex and Gender Navigation Differences.” Proceedings of Experiencing Technical Communication , Society for Technical Communication. Seattle, WA , 2005: 260-264.