The Write Stuff - Winter 2017 (Vol. 14, No. 1), 2017 University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
The Write Stuff - Winter 2017 (Vol. 14, No. 1), Research Medical Library
Write Stuff 2017
- Reusing your own previously published material: When is it okay?
- Think. Check. Submit: Selecting a trusted journal for your manuscript
- NIH revises its grant appendix policy and font recommendations
- Minimizing text on scientific posters
- Winter and spring schedule for the Research Medical Library webinar program
- Unusual terms used in scientific writing and publishing: Predatory journals, misleading metrics, and other publishing hazards
On The Same Page: Theory, Practice & The Ela Common Core State Standards, 2017 Michigan Technological University
On The Same Page: Theory, Practice & The Ela Common Core State Standards, Jessica Lauer
Dissertations, Master's Theses and Master's Reports
This research sought to examine how writing was happening in high schools. States across the country, including Michigan, began implementing the Common Core State Standards in 2010. The standards place a heavy focus on informational texts particularly as a student reaches high school. The standards also suggest that writing should be a shared responsibility among teachers, acknowledging the importance of cross-disciplinary writing skills. Using a grounded theory approach to analyze the semi-structured interviews conducted with eight English teachers in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, this research revealed a disconnect between theory and practice when it comes to how educational standards …
The Visual And Performing Arts In The Technical Communication Classroom: Reinforcing The University's Internal Community Literacy Via Service-Learning, 2017 Michigan Technological University
The Visual And Performing Arts In The Technical Communication Classroom: Reinforcing The University's Internal Community Literacy Via Service-Learning, Richard L. Ward
Dissertations, Master's Theses and Master's Reports
This report details a class taught that was an exploration into the value of STEAM or science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics within the confines of Technical Communication as it applies to the business and industry of theatre. It was an experiment in service learning as it could be tied into the Arts via differing technai, as described by John Wild in “Plato’s Theory of Texnh a Phenomenological Interpretation,” demonstrating a necessity for Arts as they pertain to STEM-centric universities. This report discusses a section of Technical and Professional Communication taught at Michigan technological University that consisted of twenty-five students …
Rhetoric Of Typography: Cross-Cultural Perceptions Of Typefaces For Technical And Visual Communication, 2017 Minnesota State University, Mankato
Rhetoric Of Typography: Cross-Cultural Perceptions Of Typefaces For Technical And Visual Communication, Michael Peterson
All Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Other Capstone Projects
Since the early 2000s, scholars have been conducting research to determine whether typefaces influence a reader's response to a document. Some areas of research have included the role of gender, age, or other demographics on typeface perception. However, the role of culture in academic discourse on the rhetoric of typography has been largely underexplored, and this is concerning given the ease with which technical documents can be delivered to cultures around the world with a couple of clicks on a computer.
I developed my research topic to explore whether Koreans perceive typefaces differently from non-Koreans and to discover what typefaces …
Sarah Hopton.Jpg, 2016 Appalachian State University
Feminist Theory And Technical Communication, 2016 Cedarville University
Feminist Theory And Technical Communication, Olivia Duffus
Channels: Where Disciplines Meet
This essay explores feminism, socially-constructed norms, and the relationship between feminism and technical communication. It argues that undergraduate technical communication programs should include courses that study feminist history and theories as related to the field, claiming that studying feminist theory will improve user-centered design and broaden students' spheres of influence as professionals.
The Write Stuff - Autumn 2016 (Vol. 13, No. 4), 2016 University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
The Write Stuff - Autumn 2016 (Vol. 13, No. 4), Research Medical Library
Write Stuff 2016
- Using calendar dates in case reports
- How does an author’s leaving an institution affect in-progress manuscripts?
- What trainees should know before submitting manuscripts to the Department of Scientific Publications
- EQUATOR Network offers more than 300 specialized reporting guidelines
- Autumn and winter schedule for the Research Medical Library webinar program
- Unusual terms used in scientific writing and publishing: Red Journal, Gray Journal, and other colorful nicknames
Analysis Of Media In Rwanda: Internship With The New Times, 2016 SIT Study Abroad
Analysis Of Media In Rwanda: Internship With The New Times, Rhiannon Snide
Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection
This report examines the effects and expectations of media in Rwanda today, specifically in reference to the New Times daily newspaper. I spent one month interning with the New Times as a news writer, spending approximately 45 to 50 hours a week with the institution. Within this month, I was able to use both primary research and secondary research to analyze the role of media in Rwanda’s society today. Interviews with head editors of the New Times and conversations with paid journalists from the New Times provided me with much of the information specific to the news outlet, while desk …
Publishing Information For Authors, 2016 University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Publishing Information For Authors, Paul Royster, Sue Ann Gardner, Linnea Fredrickson
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries: Conference Presentations and Speeches
Publishing: What Authors Ought to Know, by Paul Royster
Copyright for Scholarly Authors, by Sue Ann Gardner
Mechanics of the Manuscript: What Happens Next? by Linnea Fredrickson
Visual Detail And Its Effects On Character Attachment In Video Games, 2016 Purdue University
Visual Detail And Its Effects On Character Attachment In Video Games, Carl Sommer
Open Access Theses
The video game industry has been experiencing a trend toward independent game developers making their own games, as well as large companies opening smaller divisions to work on smaller games. This can be looked at from a purely financial perspective, given that smaller games will inevitably consume a smaller budget; however, there is also good reason to believe there can be substantial creative benefits to companies indulging in this trend. This research is concerned with the effect that visual detail can have on a players emotional attachment to characters in video games-otherwise known as character attachment. While intuition may often …
Troubles At Coal Creek: Rhetorics Of Writing, Research, And The Archive, 2016 University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Troubles At Coal Creek: Rhetorics Of Writing, Research, And The Archive, Sumner Stevenson Brown
Masters Theses
Digging through the past can uncover painful truths. As such, historiography that does not acknowledge negotiated spaces, cultural erasures, and flexible frameworks may fall short. It may limit both breadth and depth of the past, thereby (re)producing erasures, whereas a reflexive theoretical framework delivers not only depth and breadth, but it also adds texture and dimension to historical writing and research processes. It is for these purposes that the value of alternative methodologies is not situated at the margins of the rhetorical canons. Instead, it is embedded in the very core of the canons, defined as an element that works …
Volume 111 Issue 25, 2016 Southwestern Oklahoma State University
Volume 111 Issue 25, Southwestern Oklahoma State University
The Southwestern - Archive
News Editor...............................Maggie Tran
Online Editor.............................Raven White
Features Editor..........................Hannah Flaherty
Publications Manager................Laura Howe
Advertising Manager.................Kierra Prewitt
Photographers............................Riley Roberson, Maggie Tran, Nakota Taylor
Staff Reporters...........................Amber Bachiochi, Bayli Blanchard, Elizabeth Fuller, Kelsie Gerlach, Brooke Harden, Bailey Hood, Maxwell Jirak, Conner Kent, Makenli Ladd, Katie Lafferty, Ayo Ojo, Caylie Patton, Jennifer Steiner, Michelle Taylor, Andikan Usanga
Editing Staff...............................Amber Bachiochi, Bayli Blanchard, Tariq Carey, Hunter Green, Bailey Hood, Maxwell Jirak, Bailey Kephart, Katie Lafferty, Delmi Menendez, Ayo Ojo, Saul Pina, Bradley Rowson, Jennifer Steiner, Jessica Tortorelli, Amber Trogdon
The Write Stuff - Summer 2016 (Vol. 13, No. 3), 2016 University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
The Write Stuff - Summer 2016 (Vol. 13, No. 3), Research Medical Library
Write Stuff 2016
- Tips for writing a journal submission cover letter
- New biosketch instructions and samples provided by the NIH
- Tips for shortening grant proposals through document and text formatting
- Fall schedule for the Research Medical Library webinar program
- Unusual terms used in scientific writing and publishing: Structured and unstructured abstracts
Preliminary Assessment Of And Lessons Learned In Pitch: An Integrated Approach To Developing Technical Communication Skills In Engineers, 2016 University of New Haven
Preliminary Assessment Of And Lessons Learned In Pitch: An Integrated Approach To Developing Technical Communication Skills In Engineers, Nadiye O. Erdil, Ronald S. Harichandran, Michael A. Collura, Jean Nocito-Gobel, David J. Adams, Amanda Simson
Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Faculty Publications
The Project to Integrate Technical Communication Habits (PITCH) has been implemented across seven engineering and computer science undergraduate programs starting in fall 2012. The overarching goal of PITCH is to develop written, oral and visual communication skills and professional habits in engineering students. PITCH activities begin in the very first semester and are reinforced and extended through all four years of each program. After three years of progressively more extensive development and deployment, a preliminary assessment of student writing over their first three years in programs was performed. In May 2016 the first cohort of students will have completed the …
Visual Rhetoric: A Case For Visual Literacy In The Classroom, 2016 Cedarville Univiersity
Visual Rhetoric: A Case For Visual Literacy In The Classroom, Kaitlyn J. Tomlinson
Professional Writing and Information Design Capstone Projects
We live in a visual age in which we find visual information surrounding us on every side. The persuasive power of the visual has long been recognized by scholars, but there is a lack of emphasis in the classroom on how to effectively create an effectively persuasive visual. Professors at the collegiate level need to teach their students to be visually literate, to make them responsible users and creators of images.
Cross-Cultural Solutions Volunteer Handbook, 2016 James Madison University
Cross-Cultural Solutions Volunteer Handbook, Alexa Senio
Senior Honors Projects, 2010-2019
Alexa worked with Cross-Cultural Solutions to design and create a handbook that could prepare volunteers for their experience abroad. By using her personal experience abroad at El Pueblito, an orphanage in Cartago, Costa Rica, Alexa was able to compile resources and information that would be useful for a first-time volunteer to make the most out of their experience and to make sure they are prepared for working with the children. The final product is an interactive PDF handbook and an accompanying classroom activity bank on Pinterest that can be accessed digitally by CCS volunteers worldwide.
A Proposal For A Writing Center At Lafayette High School, 2016 James Madison University
A Proposal For A Writing Center At Lafayette High School, Katherine Leigh Utne
Senior Honors Projects, 2010-2019
While employed at the University Writing Center at James Madison University, I noticed how helpful it was for the students, tutors and faculty. Curious about the benefits of a writing center at the high school level, I began researching high school writing centers, and following my adviser’s suggestion, I created the initial draft of a proposal for a writing center at Lafayette High School in Williamsburg, Virginia.
After interviews with faculty at Lafayette and a personal conversation with the principal, I revised my proposal, adapting it to Lafayette’s needs. The following proposal identifies the need for and the benefits of …
Storytelling Failure In The Vale Of Leven: How A Bacterial Outbreak Became A Wicked Problem, 2016 Purdue University
Storytelling Failure In The Vale Of Leven: How A Bacterial Outbreak Became A Wicked Problem, Kyle P. Vealey
Open Access Dissertations
This dissertation examines the rhetorical work of a public inquiry investigation into an outbreak of Clostridium Difficile at the Vale of Leven Hospital in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland that resulted in 143 cases of infection and the tragic deaths of 34 patients. In light of these deaths and subsequent protests from local citizens, the National Health Service (NHS) Scotland launched a public inquiry in 2009 to investigate the events precipitating the outbreak. Extending rhetoric and technical communication’s sustained engagement with post-accident reports, this study explores how citizens and government officials accounted for the causes, boundaries, and impact of the outbreak. Specifically, …
Facilitating Environmental Literacy In A Socio-Digital Landscape, 2016 University of Southern Mississippi
Facilitating Environmental Literacy In A Socio-Digital Landscape, Anna E. Hotard
Honors Theses
My work engages digital communications, traditional writing, and campus/community engagement in order to curate emergent knowledge of environmental citizenship and sustainable development. In the city of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, there has been a growing interest in environmental literacy both on the University of Southern Mississippi campus and within the city community. Environmental literacy takes many forms from informational sessions, fundraisers and events, to outright activism. This work informs my evolving identity as an editor as I choreograph traditional transcripts into a digital sphere in order to provide a collective space for related interests.
Author Support For Wiki Based Help Systems: Genre Conventions For Content Templates, 2016 Minnesota State University Mankato
Author Support For Wiki Based Help Systems: Genre Conventions For Content Templates, Claire Lundeby
Technical Communication Capstone Course
Author support systems are critical in wiki help systems. I provide a critical review of existing research on author support systems, content strategy, content management, and how these intersect, as well as a structural content analysis of five content templates in an effort to define genre conventions.