Technical Communication: A Reader-Centered Approach (with MLA Updates)

Anderson, Paul V.

ISBN 10: 1413002838 / ISBN 13: 9781413002836

Published by Cengage Learning, 2003

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Title: Technical Communication: A Reader-Centered ...

Publisher: Cengage Learning

Publication Date: 2003

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Good

Edition: 5th or later Edition

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Synopsis:

Known for its treatment of the rhetorical situation and its reader-centered approach, the new edition is now full color and thoroughly updated to include the latest developments in technical communication.

About the Author:

Paul V. Anderson is Director of Writing Across the University at Elon University in Elon, NC. He was previously Director of the Roger and Joyce L. Howe Center for Writing Excellence at Miami University (Ohio), where he also served as the founding director of the university's programs in technical and scientific communication. To support various individual and collaborative projects, he has received more than $1,000,000 in external grants for research and program development in technical communication. As a researcher and consultant to business and government, Anderson has conducted workshops and made presentations in Europe, Asia, Australia, and Africa, as well as across the United States. His publications, which have won awards from the Society for Technical Communication and the National Council of Teachers of English, address such topics as technical communication practice and theory, ethical issues in research and teaching, research methods, pedagogy, and assessment. Anderson has been selected as a Fellow of the Society for Technical Communication, Association of Teachers of Technical Writing, and Miami University's Institute of Environmental Science.