1st Edition
The New Normal Pressures on Technical Communication Programs in the Age of Austerity
INTRODUCTION: Austerity and Marginalized Academic Programs Why This Collection? Why Now?
Denise Tillery and Ed Nagelhout
SECTION ONE: Building Connections and Growing Sustainably
CHAPTER 1 Keeping the Target Off Our Backs: How to Build a Sustainable Technical Communication Program in Times of Austerity
Barry Maid
CHAPTER 2 A Response to Austerity: Using Ecopreneurship to Build a Sustainable Writing Major
Amanda Bemer and Teresa Henning
CHAPTER 3 Reading University Ecosystems: Bolstering Sustainability and Revising Growth for Technical Communication Programs
Colleen A. Reilly
CHAPTER 4 Take a Leap of Faith and Hit the Gym: The Impact of Austerity on Professional Writing at a Private College
Madeline Yonker and Michael J. Zerbe
SECTION TWO: New Teaching Models: Adapting Technologies Strategically
CHAPTER 5 Frugal Realities: Hacker Pedagogy and Scrappy Students in an Online Program
Julia Romberger and Rochelle Rodrigo
CHAPTER 6 Service-ELearning in the Online Technical Communication Classroom: Keeping Our Pedagogies Relevant in an Age of Austerity
Tiffany Bourelle
CHAPTER 7 Balancing Standardized Web-Based Pedagogy With Instructor Autonomy in Technical Writing Courses
Dirk Remley
CHAPTER 8 Working Conditions, Austerity, and Faculty Development in Technical Writing Programs
Ed Nagelhout, Denise Tillery, and Julie Staggers
SECTION THREE: External Challenges and Opportunities
CHAPTER 9 Googling Academe
Timothy D. Giles, Angela Crow, and Janice R. Walker
CHAPTER 10 Strategic Partnerships Promote High-Demand Technical Communication Courses
Lynn O. Ludwig
CHAPTER 11 Using Situational Advantages Strategically to Address Challenges Faced in Creating a Bachelor of Science in Technical Communication in an Environment of Austerity
Corinne Renguette, Marjorie Rush Hovde, and Wanda L. Worley
Contributors
Index
Biography
Denise Tillery, Ed Nagelhout
