TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2007- present Associate Dean, College of Arts and Letters
2002-2007 Chair, Department of English and Comparative Literature, San Diego State University
1994-present Professor (1992-96 Department of Rhetoric and Writing Studies; 1996-present Department of English and Comparative Literature, San Diego State University) Teach Introduction to Literature, Modern British Literature; British Literature, Romanticism to the Present (undergraduate), Seminar:Modern British Literature, Seminar: Yeats, Eliot, and Joyce; Seminar: James Joyce
1995-1999 Director of Graduate Teaching Associates and Tutors, Department of English and Comparative Literature, San Diego State University
1983-1996 San Diego State University, Director, Technical Writing Program (1978-83, Lecturer.Taught Composition and Technical Writing).
- Initiated, developed, and directed an interdisciplinary technical and scientific writing certificate program, establishing curriculum and administrative structure for the progra
- Originated and directed an on-going industrial advisory committee to validate and evaluate curricula of technical writing and the certificate program.
- Developed and supervised internship program.
- Developed liaisons with local technical communicators and student job applicants.
- Developed new courses in technical writing, advanced technical writing, and technical editing.
- Initiated and advised student chapter, Society for Technical Communication.
- Coordinated English Department Computer Writing Center.
1989-1994 Director of Composition Program Development
- Supervised staffing of writing classes and evaluation of temporary lecturers teaching writing.
- Chair, Composition Committee.
- Coordinated development and evaluation of writing courses and writing program.
- Served on Department Advisory Committee and Curriculum Committee.
- Served as Liaison to SDSU Test Office and Library Instruction Services.
- Coordinated composition faculty textbook selections.
- Supervised Tutor Center and Crash Center.
- Advised chair on scheduling of composition classes.
- Reviewed and approved articulation agreements.
- Advised students about writing program.
1988-1994 Associate Professor, Department of English and Comparative Literature, SDSU.
1983-1988 Assistant Professor, Department of English an Comparative Literature, SDSU.
1973-1975 Instructor, Pepperdine University and Chapman College, Travis Air Force Base, California. Taught composition and advanced expository prose writing. Maintained a tutorial writing lab.
1971-1973 Instructor, Central Arizona College, Coolidge, Arizona. Taught composition Conducted a class in writing in an American Indian mental health program and basic skills tutorial lab.
1968-1971 Lecturer, Fresno State University, Fresno, California. Taught composition, technical writing, and introduction to literature.
1964-1968 Lecturer, Chico State University, Chico, California, Taught composition and technical writing.
1962-1964 Professor, Mesa Community College, Mesa, Arizona.Taught composition, developmental writing, literature, children's literature, technical writing, and business
classes.
1959-1962 Teacher, Tempe Union High School, Tempe, Arizona. Taught English and business classes. Directed freshman English program from 1960-1962.
RELATED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1999- present Co-editor, Special Issues for Technical Communication present Quarterly, a refereed journal published by the Association of Teachers of Technical Writing.
1999- present Editorial Board, Technical Communication Quarterly, a present refereed journal published by the Association of Teachers of Technical Writing.
1997- present Editorial Board, Issues in Writing, a refereed journal published by University of Wisconsin , Stevens-Point.
1989-97 Review Editor, Issues in Writing, a refereed journal published by University of Wisconsin , Stevens-Point.
1990- present External Reviewer, Tenure and Promotion, for such universities as University of Washington, Arizona State University, University of Central Florida, Ferris State University, University of North Texas, University of New Mexico, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Colorado School of Mines , Washington State University
1989-94 Peer reviewer, Technical Communication Quarterly, a refereed journal published by the Association of Teachers of Technical Writing.
1988- present Editorial Board, Writing on the Edge, a refereed journal published by University of California, Davis .
1986-94 Peer Reviewer, IEEE Transactions in Professional Communication , refereed journal of Professional Communication Society of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.
1982- present Reader, Educational Testing Service, Berkeley , CA .
1973- present Consultant in education, research, and communication. Conduct workshops and seminars in such areas as:
- Communication and improvement of instruction in
- training programs for supervisors, technicians, engineers, and management personnel.
- Proposal writing and sources of funding.
- In-service training for in-line communication.
- Resume writing; job re-entry; nontraditional jobs for women; career counseling.
1971- present Technical editor and writer. Edit and write technical textbooks for college, high school, and junior high.
October- November, 1982 Acting Publication Manager, Publication and Design Center, University Affairs, San Diego State University. Supervised publication design and publication of numerous university documents. Editor, Aztec Report , Vol. 7, No. 2. December/January 1983.
1981- present Book Reviewer, Houghton Mifflin Company; Wadsworth Publishing Company; Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc.; many other presses
1978- present Member, Interview Panel, County of San Diego Personnel Office.
1978-83 Vice-chair, San Diego Regional Employment and Training Consortium (RETC) Planning Advisory Council (PAC). Planned, developed, monitored, and advised RETC Policy Board on programs funded by CETA in San Diego County with budget up to 80 million dollars.
- Chair (1979-80) Request for Proposal Committee
- Chair (1980-81) AD Hoc Committee for Nontraditional Jobs for Women
- Member (1979-80) Planning Committee
- Vice-chair (1981-83) Youth Committee and Steering Committee
- Chair (1982-83) AD Hoc Committee for Evaluation of Youth Program Design
EDUCATION
September 1955 to June 1971. Arizona State Univ., Tempe , AZ , B.A., 1959 (Business and English); M.A., 1962 (English); Ph.D., 1971 (English: Twentieth Century American and British Literature)
Dissertation: "The Relationship of the Woman Figure and Views of Reality in Three Works by James Joyce"
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
International James Joyce Foundation
Society for Technical Communication: senior member; Manager, Student Chapter Development Committee, 1991- 94; Progressions Coordinator, 36th International Technical Communication Conference, Chicago, May 1989; Education, Training, and Professional Development Stem Manager, 37th International Technical Communication Conference, May 1990, Santa Clara, CA; Vice-president (1982-83; re-elected 1983-84) San Diego Chapter; Member, Education Committee; Chair, Job Referral; Faculty advisor student chapter; Elevated to rank of Associate Fellow, May 1992; Distinguished Chapter Service Award, February 1992.
National Council of the Teachers of English; Association ofProfessional Writing Consultants; Assembly for Computers in English; Assembly on Research
Conference on College Composition and Communication: Conference Local Arrangements Chair, 1992-93; 1995 CCCC Outstanding Book Award Committee; 1996 CCCC Outstanding Book Award Committee; Executive Committee, 1993-94.
Modern Language Association
James Joyce Society
California Association of Faculty in Technical and Professional Writing; Executive Committee, 1982-83; re- elected 1983-84; re-elected 1984-86.
The Association of Teachers of Technical Writing; Bibliography Committee; West Coast Regional Liaison 1989-present; MLA, ATTW Liaison (organize and chair two panels for MLA Convention each year); 1990-92; Member at large, 1990-92; Vice-president, 1991-93; President, 1994-98; Past President, 1999-01; Immediate Past President, 1997-99;Conference Committee, 1994-present; Nomination Committee, 1999; Special Issues Editor, Technical Communication Quarterly, 1999; Elevated to rank of Fellow, April, 2000.
American Business Communication Association
The Rhetoric Society of America
The Council for Programs in Technical and Scientific
Communication; ATTW President Liaison, 1994-97; Coordinator, 1990 Annual Meeting, San Diego , CA ; Secretary, 1991-93
California Association of Teachers of English
Professional Communication Society of the Institute of
Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.
Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association, Vice President 1990; President, 1991
Pacific Philological Association
National Society for Internships and Experiential Education
Association of Professional Writing Consultants
Council of Writing Program Administrators
PUBLICATIONS
Books (Authored):
RHETORIC AND ETHICS IN TECHNICAL COMMUNICATION. Los Angeles : Roxbury, under contract.
TECHNICAL COMMUNICATION. Chicago : Irwin, 1995. (Co-authors M. M. Lay, B. J. Wahlstrom, S. Doheny-Farina, A. H. Duin, C. R. Rude, C. L. Selfe, J. Selzer)
THE BASIC BOOK OF METALWORKING. Chicago: American Technical
Society, January, 1979. (Co-author Richard L. Little)
TECHNICAL MATHEMATICS. Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company, January, 1976. (Co-authors Richard L. Little and Al H. Chew)
Books (Technical Editor):
MITCHELL AUTOMECHANICS. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, 1986.
DIESEL MECHANICS. Boston: Breton Publisher, 1982.
METALWORKING TECHNOLOGY. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1977.
WELDING AND WELDING TECHNOLOGY. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1973.
Chapter in Books
"Designing Certificate Programs in Technical Communication," Theory, Practice, and Program Design in Technical Communication: Foundations for Teaching an Emergent Discipline. Ed. Katherine E. Staples and Cezar M. Ornatowski. ATTW Studies in Technical Communication. Norwood , NJ : Ablex Publishing Corporation, 1997.
"The Commentary of Sherry Burgus Little," The Technical Writing Repertoire: Student Samples and Teacher Responses , Sam Dragga, ed. Association of Teachers of Technical Writing Anthologies on Teaching Technical Writing. Series editor, Donald H. Cunningham, 1992. (159-206)
"The Generation of Technical and Scientific Literature," Teaching the History and Rhetoric of Technical Literature , Sherry Southard, ed. Association of Teachers of Technical Writing Anthologies on Teaching Technical Writing. Series Editor Donald H. Cunningham, forthcoming.
"Who's in Charge: Developing and Maintaining Industry and Academic Collaboration in the Student Internship Experience," Establishing and Supervising Internships, William O. Coggin, ed., Association of Teachers in Technical Writing Anthologies on Teaching Technical Writing. Series Editor Donald H. Cunningham, 1989, 20-30.
"Information Technology in the United States," An International Encyclopedia of Information Technology. Philip Hills, ed. Kent, England: Croom Helm, Ltd., forthcoming. (Co- author Anne Turhollow)
"Technical Communication: A New Discipline," The Challenge of Communication: An International Review of Training in Communication Skills . 2 vol. Philip Hills and Margaret McLaren, ed., Kent, England : Croom Helm, Ltd., 1987.
"The Student Internship Experience," Proceedings in Technical Writing and Communication: The Conference on College Composition and Communication, Minneapolis, 1985, (selected papers), Ames : Iowa State University, 1985: 290-294.
Articles
A Marriage of True Minds: A Fifteen-year Old Writing Group," Issues in Writing 11.2 (Spring/Summer 2001): 168-190.
(In collaboration with Laurel Amtower, Laura Emory, Dorothea Kehler, Jeannie Moore, and Jeanette Shumaker)
"A Home of Our Own: Establishing a Department of Rhetoric and Writing Studies at San Diego State University ," Writing Program Administration 18.l/2 (Fall/Winter 1994):16-28.
"Developing a Technical Communication Program: The Role of the WPA," Writing Program Administration 17.3 (Spring 1994):22-34.
"The Technical Communication Internship: An Application of Experiential Learning Theory," Journal of Business and Technical Communication 7.4(October 1993):423-51.
"A Collaborative Approach to Usability Testing," GIS Journal 8.1(December 1994):56-64. (Co-authors Michael Burke, Aline McVicker, and Doris Watts)
"Preparing the Future Technical Communicator," IEEE Transactions in Professional Communication 33.1 (March 1990): 28-31.
"The Research and Development Process and Its Relationship to the Evolution of Scientific and Technical Literature: A Model for Teaching Research," Technical Writing Teacher 16.1 (Winter 1989): 68-76.
"Profile of Technical Writers in San Diego County : Results of a Pilot Study," Journal of Technical Writing and Communication 17.1 (January 1987): 9-23. (with Margaret C. McLaren)
"The Computer as Audience: Using HOMER, A Text Analysis Program," Computers and Compositions 4.2 (April 1987): 106-120.
"Computers and Composition: Some Observations from a Technical Writing Perspective," CSU English, Spring 1986.
"Using Revision To Teach Grammar," Connecticut English Journal, Fall 1985.
"The Technical Writing Controversy: The Certificate Program at San Diego State University ," The ABCA Bulletin (June 1983):8-9.
"The Business Development Center," Aztec Report 8.3 (December/January 1983):4-5.
"SDSU Offers Certificate," San Diego Harbor Light, 16.2 (October 1982.)
Works in Progress
"Eroding Structural Borders in Dubliners: The Figure of Woman as Unifying Pattern," under revision, to be submitted to James Joyce Quarterly.
"Stephen and the Woman Figure in A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man," under review Modern Fiction Studies.
The Woman Figure in the Early Works of James Joyce, book prospectus in progress to be submitted to the University of Florida Press.
Articles in Proceedings
"Where's the Balance: TECHNICAL Communicator or Technical COMMUNICATOR?" Proceedings, Council for Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication, Menonomie, WI, October 19-21, 2000.
"Balancing the Theoretical and the Practical: The Use of Advisory Committees," Proceedings, Council for Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication, Sante Fe, NM, October 14-16, 1999.
"The Problem with Certificate Programs," Proceedings , Council for Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication Annual Meeting, Lews, Delaware, October 21-24, 1998.
"Issues in Technical Communication Internships" (with Terry M. Dalla Santa, Diane L. Matthews, Keith L. Miller, Linda L. Oestreich, Kenneth T. Rainey, C. Gilbert Storms) 36th International Technical Communication Conference, Proceedings , Chicago, May 14-17, 1989, ET 113-116.
"Quick--But Not Dirty--Editing: Or How To Survive the Era of Limited Resources," 36th International Technical Communication Conference, Proceedings, Chicago, May 14-17, 1989 , WE 81.
"The Generation of Technical and Scientific Literature: A Model for Teaching Technical Communication," 35th International Technical Communication Conference, Proceedings, Philadelphia , May 10-13, 1988.
"The Future of Technical Communication Instruction," Proceedings , IEEE International Professional Communication Conference, Seattle , October 5-7, 1988 , 45-48.
"Reaching Out: A Rationale for University and Industry Collaboration in Planning and Evaluating Technical Communication Programs," Proceedings , Council for Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication, Orlando, Florida, October 7-9, 1987, 21-34.
"A Theoretical Model for Understanding Information Development and Management," 34th International Technical Communication Conference, Proceedings, Denver, Colorado., May 10-13, 1987.
"What Technical Writers Say About the Work They Do: Implications for Educators," 33rd International Technical Communication Conference, Proceedings, Detroit, Michigan, May 11-14, 1986.
"The Proof is in the Pudding: Defining Quality in Technical Communication Certificate Program," Proceedings, Council for Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication, Portland, Oregon, April 14-16, 1986.
"Industry in the Technical Writing Classroom: A Preliminary Report of a Study," Proceedings, IEEE Professional Communication Society, Williamsburg, Virginia, October 14-18, 1985.
"Developing Student Internships for Technical Writers," 31st International Technical Communication Conference, Proceedings, April 29- May 2, 1984 , RET 84-86.
"Developing Student Internships and Cooperative Education Programs in Technical Communication," 31st International Technical Communication Conference, Proceedings, April 29- May 2, 1984, RET 82-83.
"Industry and Education Working Together: The Use of Advisory Committees," Proceedings, Council for Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, February 13-15, 1985.
"The Technical Writing Certificate Program at San Diego State University," Proceedings, Council for Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication, Santa Fe, New Mexico, February 23-24, 1984.
Unpublished Papers Presented at Conferences
"Joyce and Proust: Two Modern Literary Giants,"2008 International James Joyce Symposium, Tours, France, June 15-21, 2008.
"Joyce and Proust: Two Literary Giants Talking About Truffles," North American Joyce Conference, Austin, Texas, June 13-17, 2007
"Approaches to Reading Joyce," 20th International James Joyce Symposium, Budapest, Hungary, June 12-19, 2006.
"Herding Cats: Chairing a Department of English," 37th Annual CEA Conference, San Antonio, Texas, April 6-8, 2006.
"Growing up Irish According to Joyce, McCourt, Doyle, and McCabe," 17th Irregular Miami J’yce Conference, Miami, Florida, February 2-4, 2006.
"No Return to Ithaca: Representation of Childhood by James Joyce and Frank McCourt," North American James Joyce Conference, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, June 14-18, 2005.
"Mariolatry, Misogyny, and the Tradition of Western Romantic Love: Stephen's Views of Women in A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man," 19 th International James Joyce Symposium, Dublin, Ireland, June 12-19, 2004.
"Special Issues Development," TCQ, The Editor Speaks, Association of Teachers of Technical Writing 2004 Conference, San Antonio, Texas, March 24, 2004.
"Constructing Identity: Stephen and the Temptress of the Villanelle," 16 th Irregular Miami J'yce Birthday Conference, Miami , Florida , January 29-31, 2004.
"The Woman Figure in A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man ," paper presented at South Central Modern Language Association, Austin , Texas , October 2002.
"Stephen and the Figure of Woman in Portrait ," paper presented at James Joyce International Symposium, Trieste , Italy , June 15-22, 2002.
"D. H. Lawrence, Taos , and the Making of Cultural Myths," paper presented at Fifth Congress of the Americas , Puebla , Mexico , October 17-20, 2001.
"A Miserable Irish Childhood: Joyce's Dubliners and McCourt's Angela's Ashes ," paper presented at 2001: A Joyce Odyssey, 15 th Annual Miami J'yce Birthday Conference, February l-3, 2001.
"Patterns of Unity in James Joyce's Dubliners ," paper presented at South Central Modern Language Association, San Antonio , October 2000.
"Irish Children in James Joyce's Dubliners and in Frank McCourt's Angela's Ashes," a paper presented at the Irish Studies West Conference, Tacoma , Washington , October 9-11, 2000.
"Eroding Structural Boundaries: Patterns of Unity in James Joyce's Dubliners ," paper presented at the James Joyce International Symposium, London , June 24-30, 2000.
"Teaching Writing from Literature," paper presented at the Conference on College Composition and Communication, Atlanta , Georgia , March 24-27, 1999.
"Certificate Program in Technical Communication," paper presented at the Conference on College Composition and Communication, Milwaukee , Wisconsin , March 28-30, 1996.
"Little Women: Writing Teachers as Wives," paper presented at the Conference of the National Council of Teachers of English, San Diego, California, November 17-22, 1995.
"The Advisory Board of the CPTSC: Implementation," paper presented at the Conference of College Composition and Communication, Washington , D. C., March 22-25, 1995.
"Separate Writing Departments: An Historical Overview," paper presented at the Conference of College Composition and Communication, San Diego, California, April 1-3, 1993.
"The Advantages of Housing Writing Programs Outside English Departments," paper presented at the Writing Program Administration Joint Conference with the Association of Departments of English Summer Seminar, Saratoga Springs, New York, June 13-16, 1991.
"A Home of Their Own: Writing Programs as Separate Entities," paper presented at the Wyoming Conference on English, Laramie, June 24-28, 1991.
"A Home of Their Own: Writing Programs as Separate Entitles," paper presented at Council of Writing Program Administration Summer Workshop, Saratoga Springs, NY, 1991.
"Rhetoric of Writing Proposals," paper presented at Conference on College Composition and Communication Convention, Boston , MA , March 20-23, 1991.
"Impact of Information Technology on Composition," a paper presented at 1990 Wyoming Conference, University of Wyoming , June 25-29, 1990.
"Experiential Learning: Empowering Students to Master Institutional Discourse," a paper presented at the Conference on College Composition and Communication, Seattle , March 16-18, 1989.
"The World of Financial Communication: How Internships and Experiential Learning Prepare Students to Communicate in Business Discourse Communities," a paper presented at the Conference on College Composition and Communication, St. Louis, March 17-19, 1988.
"Effective Professional Writing," a paper presented to the Special Librarians Association, San Diego, March 24, 1987.
"Computers and Technical Writing," a paper presented at the Association of California State University Professors Conference, San Diego, March 24-26, 1987.
"The Real World in the Technical Writing Classroom: A Study of Industry-University Collaboration," a paper delivered at the Conference on College Composition and Communication, Atlanta, March 1987.
"Computers and Writing: Uses and Abuses," a paper presented at the Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association Convention, Spokane, Washington, October 15-17, 1987.
"The Computer as Audience," a paper delivered at the Conference on College Composition and Communication Convention, New Orleans, March 1986.
"The Research and Development Process and its Relationship to the Evolution of Scientific and Technical Information: A Model for Teaching Research," a paper presented at the Modern Language Convention, New York City, December 1986.
"Learning To Teach Technical Writing, or How To Be A Jack of All Trades," a paper presented at the Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association Convention, Denver, October 16-18, 1986.
"The Student Internship Experience," a paper presented at the Conference on College Composition and Communication, Minneapolis, March 21-23, 1985.
"Using the Computer in the Technical Writing Classroom," a paper presented at the Conference on Computers and Writing: New Directions in Teaching and Research, UCLA, May 4-5, 1985.
"Developing a Technical Writing Program," a paper delivered at the Western Regional Meeting of the American Business Communication Association, March 4, 1984, Marina del Rey, California.
"Diversity of Technical Writing Classes," a paper presented at Fall meeting, California Association of Faculty in Technical and Professional Writing, California State Polytechnical University, Pomona, October 27, 1984.
"Using an Advisory Committee in Developing a Technical Writing Program," a paper delivered at the Spring Conference at the California Association of Faculty in Technical and Professional Writing, March 5, 1983, Santa Barbara, California.
"Progress Report: The SDSU Certificate Program in Technical and Scientific Writing," a paper delivered at Fall Conference of California Association of Faculty in Technical and Professional Writing, October 15, 1983, Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
"The Scientific and Technical Writing Program at SDSU," a paper delivered at Fall Conference, California Association of Faculty in Technical and Professional Writing, October 9, 1982, California State University, Los Angeles, California.
Professional Conferences and Seminars
Chair, Panel, Council of Programs in Technical and Scientific
Chair, Panel, Association of Teachers of Technical Writing Annual Conference, San Antonio, Texas, March 23, 2004.
Chair, Panel, "Ethics in Technical Writing: Considerations of Status and Community," Association of Teachers of Technical Writing Annual Conference, Denver , Colorado , March 14, 2001.
Chair, Panel, "Assessment of Technical Communication Skills: The Meaning of Writing, Editing, and Technology Skills in Industry, and Academia," Association of Teachers of Technical Writing Annual Conference, Minneapolis, Minnesota, April 12, 2000.
Chair, Panel, "Processes and Problems in Program Assessment," Council for Programs in Technical And Scientific Communication, Menonomie, Wisconsin, October 19-21, 2000.
Chair, Panel, "Teaching Composition," Conference on College Composition and Communication, Atlanta, Georgia, March 24-27, 1999.
Workshop: "Developing, Administering, and Assessing Academic Courses and Programs in Technical Communication," presented at the Conference on College Composition and Communication, Phoenix, Arizona, March 1997.
Workshop: "Departments of Writing: New Opportunities and New Challenges," Conference on College Composition and Communication, Washington, D.C., 1995.
Chair, Panel, "International Practices of Technical Communication: Challenging the Conventions," Modern Language Association Conference, San Diego, December 27-30, 1994.
Chair, Panel, "Students Assessing Their Work and Ours," Conference on College Composition and Communication, Cincinnati, March 19-21, 1992.
Chair, Think Tank, "Becoming Language Conscious: New Voices in the Classroom," Conference on College Composition and Communication Convention, Boston, MA, March 20-23, 1991.
Chair, Panel, "Learning To Teach," Conference on College Composition and Communication Convention, Boston, MA, March 20-23, 1991.
Chair, Panel, " Reading, Thinking, Writing: Research in Technical Communication," Modern Language Association Conference, San Francisco, December 27-30, 1991.
Chair, Panel, "Assessment and the Teaching of Technical Communication," Modern Language Association Conference, San Francisco, December 27-30, 1991.
Chair, Panel, "'Professionalization' for Technical Writing Students and Teachers," Modern Language Association Conference, Chicago, December 27-30, 1990.
Chair, Panel, "Text and Contexts: Current Research in Technical Communication," Modern Language Association Convention, Chicago, IL , December 27-30, 1990.
Chair, Panel, "Transforming Problems into Prospects: Culture Differences in Composition Courses," Conference on College Composition and Communication, Chicago, March 21-24, 1990.
Chair, Panel, "New Technologies in Technical Communication: Classroom Applications and Venture," Modern Language Association Convention, Washington , D.C., December 28-30, 1989.
Chair, "Teaching Technical Communication," Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association Conference, Las Vegas, October 19-21, 1989.
Chair, "Teaching English Composition," Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association Conference, Las Vegas, October 19-21, 1989.
Facilitator, "Certificate Programs," Council for Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication, Rochester, New York, October 12-14, 1989.
Moderator, Panel, "Quick--But Not Dirty--Editing: Or How to Survive the Era of Limited Resources," 36th International Technical Communication Conference, Chicago, May 14-17, 1989.
Consultant, Document Design Workshop, 33rd International Technical Communication Conference, Detroit, May 11-14, 1986; 34th International Technical Communication Conference, Denver, May 10-13, 1987; 35th International Technical Communication Conference, Philadelphia, May 9-13, 1988; 36th International Communication Conference, Chicago, May 14-17, 1989.
Chair, Panel, "Teaching Technical Communication," Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association Annual Conference, Las Cruces, New Mexico, October 20-22, 1988.
Moderator, Panel, "Providing Training Sessions in Writing," 35th International Technical Communication Conference, Philadelphia, May 10-13, 1988.
Chair, Panel, "International Technical Communication," IEEE International Professional Communication Conference, Seattle, October 5-7, 1988.
Chair, Panel, "Interdisciplinary Approaches to Technical Communication," Conference on College Composition on Communication, Minneapolis, March 21-23, 1985.
Moderator, Panel, "Developing Student Internships and Cooperative Education Programs in Technical Communication," 31st International Technical Communication Conference, Seattle, April 29- May 2, 1985.
SCHOLARLY AWARDS AND HONORS
Distinguished Service Award, Council of Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication, October 2007.
Elevated to rank of Fellow, Association of Teachers of Technical Writing, April 2000.
Nominated and elected to rank of Associate Fellow in the Society for Technical Communication, May 1992.
Distinguished Chapter Service Award, Society for Technical Communication, February 1992.
Meritorious Performance and Professional Promise Award, San Diego State University, May 1988.
Listed in U. S. Register of Technical Communications, 1987 edition.
Listed in Who's Who of American Women, 1987 edition.
FUNDED RESEARCH GRANTS
NCR/SUSU Document Validation and Research Laboratory, sponsered by NCR Corporation, SDSU Foundation Grant 528877, July 1991 to June 1992. Renewed July 1992-June 1993. Renewed July 1993-94.