Citizenship and Advocacy in Technical Communication

Godwin Y. Agboka is an associate professor of technical and professional communication and director of the Master of Science in Technical Communication program at University of Houston-Downton, where he teaches graduate and undergraduate courses, including intercultural communication, medical writing, and science writing. Agboka’s research interests include intercultural technical communication, social justice and human rights perspectives, research methodologies, and the rhetoric of science and medicine. He is the author of several journal articles and book chapters. Natalia Matveeva is an associate professor of technical and professional communication and the co-director of the Institute for Plain English Research and Study (IPERS) at University of Houston-Downton. Matveeva teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in intercultural technical communication, grant writing, web writing, research methods, and plain language. She has published a number of articles and book chapters in technical and business communication journals and edited collections.

• Author BiosForeword: ATTW Series in Technical and Professional CommunicationTharon HowardForeword: Of Access, Advocacy, and Citizenship: A Perspective for Technical CommunicatorsKirk St.Amant, Louisiana Tech University and University of LimerickPreface: Advocating for the Good of Humanity: Technical Communication as a Tool for ChangeGodwin Agboka and Natalia Matveeva, University of Houston-DowntownSection I. Defining Core Competencies for Local and Global Advocacy and CitizenshipChapter 1: Female Practitioners’ Advocacy and Activism: Using Technical Communication for Social Justice GoalsEmily January Petersen, Weber State UniversityChapter 2: Expanding Inventional and Solution Spaces: How Asset-Based Inquiry Can Support Advocacy in Technical CommunicationLucia Dura, The University of Texas at El PasoChapter 3: Enabling Global Citizenship in Intercultural Collaboration: Cosmopolitan Potential in Online Identity RepresentationZsuzsanna Palmer, Grand Valley State UniversityChapter 4: Building the Babel of Transnational Literacies: Preparing Education for World CitizenXiaobo Wang, Oxford College of Emory UniversitySection II. Choosing the Right Approaches to Advocacy and Community Engagement: Working with a Real ClientChapter 5: Technical Communication Client Projects and Nonprofit Partnerships: The Challenges and Opportunities of Community EngagementElisabeth Kramer-Simpson and Steve Simpson, New Mexico TechChapter 6: An Intercultural Analysis of Social Media Advocacy in Disaster ResponseLaura A. Ewing, American Red Cross - Kadena Station, and Megan M. McIntyre, Dartmouth CollegeChapter 7: Monitoring and Managing Online Comments in Science JournalismJohn Gallagher, University of Illinois at Urbana ChampaignChapter 8: Journaling and Bibliotherapy Participatory Design as a Heuristic for Program DevelopmentJoshua M. Rea, Peter Cannon, Alysia Sawchyn, and Katie Walkup, University of South FloridaChapter 9: Résumé Design and Career Advocacy in a Goodwill Career CenterDerek G. Ross, Auburn UniversitySection III. Introducing Advocacy Techniques in a ClassroomChapter 10: Inclusive Practices in the Technical Communication ClassroomJessica Edwards, University of Delaware Chapter 11: Community-Engaged Learning in Online Technical Communication Classes: A Tool for Student Success Ann Marie Francis, University of North GeorgiaChapter 12: Teaching Proposal Writing: Advocacy and Autonomy in the Technical Communication ClassroomDiane Martinez, Western Carolina University Chapter 13: Open Source Technical Communication in the Classroom: Digital Citizenship, Communities of Play, and Online CollaborationRobert M. Rowan, Case Western Reserve UniversityChapter 14: Social Media and Advocacy in the TPC Classroom: A Social Justice Pedagogical ApproachSarah Warren-Riley, Illinois State UniversityAfterwordJon A. Leydens, Colorado School of Mines