Stephen Bernhardt

Dr. Stephen A. Bernhardt is Professor Emeritus, Kirkpatrick Chair in Writing, at the University of Delaware, where he taught from 2001-2016. From his position, he promoted strong writing and communication skills across the university. Together with Nancy Sommers of Harvard, he is the author of Writer’s Help, a Web-based reference handbook from Macmillan/Bedford/St. Martin’s. Professor Bernhardt is widely published in leading journals, with research interests centering on visual rhetoric, computers and writing, workplace training and development, and the teaching of scientific and technical communication. He is Past President of both the Council for Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication (CPTSC) and the Association of Teachers of Technical Writing (ATTW). He is past Director of two National Workplace Literacy Demonstration Projects, funded by the U.S. Department of Education. He chaired the English Department at University of Delaware for 5 years. As Senior Consultant for Scientific Services, McCulley/Cuppan LLC, Salt Lake City, he has consulted widely with the biopharmaceutical industry on designing large documentation sets using global teams and technologies, developing training programs, and improving written communication as a part of new drug registration and post-marketing surveillance. He taught at New Mexico State University for 14 years and at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale for 6 years. His earned his PhD at the University of Michigan.

His website contains full details on his career: http://www.english.udel.edu/sab/