Rebekka Andersen is an Associate Professor and the Associate Director for Professional Writing in the University Writing Program at the University of California, Davis, United States.Carlos Evia is a Professor, Associate Dean, and Chief Technology Officer in the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences at Virginia Tech, United States. He is the author of Creating Intelligent Content with Lightweight DITA (Routledge, 2018).

“Andersen and Evia provide a comprehensive, yet accessible, explanation of the various categories of the content discipline. More importantly, they outline what it will take to prepare students for the kind of work going on right now in the workplace. Their approach is to teach carefully and specifically. This book will interest both academia and industry.”Tracy Bridgeford, University of Nebraska at Omaha, USA“Technical Communication and the Discipline of Content is exactly what the field of technical communication needs right now—rigorous empirical research that describes both how content work is evolving and what those shifts mean for educators, students, and practitioners of content strategy.”Erin Friess, University of North Texas, USA“Andersen and Evia share novel research into, and apply thoughtful reflection on, the core question of how the education of technical communicators needs to evolve especially now that AI has joined us at the table. For those of us working in this field, the time to engage this question is now. This book will help us to do this.”Joe Gollner, Managing Director of Gnostyx Research Inc., Canada

• SECTION I: Discrepancies, Challenges, and Opportunities Introduction 1. Embracing Content in Technical Communication’s Collective Identity 2. Emergence of the Discipline of Content SECTION II: Roles, Activities, and Career Trajectories 3. Changing Technical Communicator Roles and Activities 4. Hiring Needs for Entry-Level Content-Focused Jobs SECTION III: Competencies, Curricular Pathways, and Programmatic Innovations 5. Technical Communication Literacy Frameworks and Approaches to Identifying Competencies and Skills 6. A Competencies Framework for Technical Content Professionals 7. Preparing Students for Roles and Activities in the Discipline of Content

Rebekka Andersen is an Associate Professor and the Associate Director for Professional Writing in the University Writing Program at the University of California, Davis, United States.Carlos Evia is a Professor, Associate Dean, and Chief Technology Officer in the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences at Virginia Tech, United States. He is the author of Creating Intelligent Content with Lightweight DITA (Routledge, 2018).

“Andersen and Evia provide a comprehensive, yet accessible, explanation of the various categories of the content discipline. More importantly, they outline what it will take to prepare students for the kind of work going on right now in the workplace. Their approach is to teach carefully and specifically. This book will interest both academia and industry.”Tracy Bridgeford, University of Nebraska at Omaha, USA“Technical Communication and the Discipline of Content is exactly what the field of technical communication needs right now—rigorous empirical research that describes both how content work is evolving and what those shifts mean for educators, students, and practitioners of content strategy.”Erin Friess, University of North Texas, USA“Andersen and Evia share novel research into, and apply thoughtful reflection on, the core question of how the education of technical communicators needs to evolve especially now that AI has joined us at the table. For those of us working in this field, the time to engage this question is now. This book will help us to do this.”Joe Gollner, Managing Director of Gnostyx Research Inc., Canada

• SECTION I: Discrepancies, Challenges, and Opportunities Introduction 1. Embracing Content in Technical Communication’s Collective Identity 2. Emergence of the Discipline of Content SECTION II: Roles, Activities, and Career Trajectories 3. Changing Technical Communicator Roles and Activities 4. Hiring Needs for Entry-Level Content-Focused Jobs SECTION III: Competencies, Curricular Pathways, and Programmatic Innovations 5. Technical Communication Literacy Frameworks and Approaches to Identifying Competencies and Skills 6. A Competencies Framework for Technical Content Professionals 7. Preparing Students for Roles and Activities in the Discipline of Content

Rebekka Andersen is an Associate Professor and the Associate Director for Professional Writing in the University Writing Program at the University of California, Davis, United States.Carlos Evia is a Professor, Associate Dean, and Chief Technology Officer in the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences at Virginia Tech, United States. He is the author of Creating Intelligent Content with Lightweight DITA (Routledge, 2018).

“Andersen and Evia provide a comprehensive, yet accessible, explanation of the various categories of the content discipline. More importantly, they outline what it will take to prepare students for the kind of work going on right now in the workplace. Their approach is to teach carefully and specifically. This book will interest both academia and industry.”Tracy Bridgeford, University of Nebraska at Omaha, USA“Technical Communication and the Discipline of Content is exactly what the field of technical communication needs right now—rigorous empirical research that describes both how content work is evolving and what those shifts mean for educators, students, and practitioners of content strategy.”Erin Friess, University of North Texas, USA“Andersen and Evia share novel research into, and apply thoughtful reflection on, the core question of how the education of technical communicators needs to evolve especially now that AI has joined us at the table. For those of us working in this field, the time to engage this question is now. This book will help us to do this.”Joe Gollner, Managing Director of Gnostyx Research Inc., Canada

• SECTION I: Discrepancies, Challenges, and Opportunities Introduction 1. Embracing Content in Technical Communication’s Collective Identity 2. Emergence of the Discipline of Content SECTION II: Roles, Activities, and Career Trajectories 3. Changing Technical Communicator Roles and Activities 4. Hiring Needs for Entry-Level Content-Focused Jobs SECTION III: Competencies, Curricular Pathways, and Programmatic Innovations 5. Technical Communication Literacy Frameworks and Approaches to Identifying Competencies and Skills 6. A Competencies Framework for Technical Content Professionals 7. Preparing Students for Roles and Activities in the Discipline of Content