These are most of the 2006 presentations I’ve given. A link to a PowerPoint, collaboratively done with a graduate student, Sarah Brown, is below.

Conference Presentations

* Designates an international presentation

Black Box Warnings: User Compliance or Corporate Copout? Association for Business Communication Conference, October 25-28, 2006, San Antonio, TX

Implementing Technical Standards: The Rhetoric of Iconography in Warnings. The IEEE Conference on the Convergence of Technology and Professional Communication. October 23-25, 2006. Saratoga Springs, NY

The Rhetoric of Condom Efficacy: Pitting Technology against Promiscuity. Annual meeting of the Society for the History of Technology (SHOT). Panel: What Causes Accidents? The Use and Misuse of Narratives about Inherently Risky Technologies with A. Mohun (University of Delaware) and B. Sauer (Johns Hopkins University). October 12-15, 2006. Las Vegas, NV

Women Hardly Talk. Really! Communication Practices of Women in Undergraduate Engineering Classes. Presented by co-author S. M. Brown. International Conference on Engineering Education (ICEE). July 23-28, 2006. San Juan, Puerto Rico > PowerPoint Presentation

* Risk, Rhetoric, and Iconography: Addressing European and North American Safety Standards and Practices in Warnings. European Convention of the Association for Business Communication. June 8, 2006, Oslo, Norway

* Interpretation of Safety Signs and Labels. 360° Conference Series: Encompassing the Instructive Text May 20, 2006. Århus School of Business, Århus, Denmark

Stylistic and Structural Changes in Agency Content Management Systems. Conference of the Association of Teachers of Technical Writing. Panel: Content Management Systems (CMS) with L. Honeycutt and G. Sauer (both from ISU), March 22, 2006. Chicago, IL  

Encouraging WAC/CAC Research Communities and Coalitions. Conference on College Composition and Communication. Panel: Cultural Change in WAC/CAC Communities: Addressing Tensions and Forming Coalitions in a Research University with L. Driskill, S. Gibson-Mainka, M. Purugganan, and T. Volz (all from Rice University), March 24, 2006. Chicago, IL  

Invited Lectures

Considering the Criticality of a WOVEN Curriculum in Engineering. November 10, 2006. Rice University, Houston, TX

East Carolina University, Greenville, NC

• Understanding Influences on Warnings and Cautions. February 23, 2006
• Assessment of Writing in Courses and Curriculum Underrated and Underutilized. February 24, 2006
• Changing the Culture of Communication Curriculum across the University: How Do Written, Oral, Visual, and Electronic Communication Work in the Disciplines? February 25, 2006

* Universidad de Colima, Colima, Mexico(Sponsored by the TIES Program, funded by USAID)

• The Role of Rhetoric in Research and Pedagogy. Delivered to Facultad de Letras y Comunicación, May 26, 2006.
• Research Opportunities for Faculty at Universidad de Colima and Iowa State University. Delivered to Facultad de Letras y Comunicación, May 26, 2006

Pedagogy Presentation

* The Praxis of Visual Rhetoric: Functions of Visuals in Workplace Documents and Presentations.Delivered to students de Letras y Comunicación, May 27, 2006.Universidad de Colima, Colima, Mexico(Sponsored by TIES Program, funded by USAID)

Workshop

Designing Activities, Assignments, and Assessment for Engineering Classes. November 10, 2006. Rice University, Houston, TX