ATTW 2008

Affective dimensions of technology: Diversities in technical communication

Room: Rosedown A
Chair: Bill Hart-Davidson, Michigan State University

A meditation on “usability”
Steven Katz, Clemson University

The ethics of experience design: changing the value propositions in technical communication

Sean Williams, Clemson University

RIBS: Four criteria for meeting the affective dimensions of social networks

Tharon Howard, Clemson University

Affectars: Avatars and affective technology

David Williams, Clemson University 

Politicizing bodies: Expertise, agency, and authority in healthcare and science communication

Room: Shadows
Chair: Tim Giles, Georgia Southern University

Crossing professional borders: The evolving construction of expertise in healthcare
Catherine F Schryer, University of Waterloo

New connections: bell hooks, fat acceptance, and technical communication
Lonie McMichael, Texas Tech University

Technical communication and the articulation of science and politics
Nathaniel Rivers, Purdue University

Connecting communities of scientists and publics around issues of risks: A case of the international linear accelerator
Maria Cochran, De Moines Area Community College
Rebecca Burnett, Georgia Institute of Technology

Building community beyond the academy: enabling networks of collaborators

Room: Rosedown B
Chair: Michelle Eble, East Carolina University
 

Too many cooks?: Community action and large-scale collaboration in technical writing service learning projects
Antonio Ceraso, Depaul University

Building a local food network: Articulating academic, farm, activist, and consumer communities
Dale Sullivan, North Dakota State University

Crisis Response: Reshaping Communication Instruction at the Academy
Gary Mills,  United States Air Force Academy

Using web 2.0 consumer voices in the online classroom
Ryan Weber, Purdue University
Jeremy Tirrell, Purdue University

Risk and justice in international and intercultural communication

 Room: Nottoway A
Chair: Lee Tesdell, Minnesota State, Mankato

Toward understanding the international in international technical communication
Gerald Savage, Illinois State University

Made (deadly) in China: Product recalls and intercultural/international risk communication
Han Yu, Kansas State University

Technical "Spanglish"? addressing the documentation and training needs of Hispanic construction workers
Carlos Evia, Virginia Tech University

Visual communication and comprehension: Responding to the needs of our communities
Room: Nottoway B
Chair:  Catherine Shuler, Purdue University

Symbol Testing on the Web
Elaine Wisniewski, Applied Safety and Ergonomics, Inc., Ann Arbor, Michigan

Selecting Visual Communication Media

Wordless Instructions that Work
Natalia Matveeva, University of Houston-Downtown

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