2nd Annual

Keynote Speaker

Stephen A. Bernhardt, New Mexico State University

 Stephen A. Bernhardt is Professor of English at New Mexico State University-Las Cruces, where he teaches technical and business communication at all levels and works closely with the graduate programs leading to the PhD in Rhetoric and Professional Communication and the MA in Technical and Professional Communication. He 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 currently President of the Council for Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication (CPTSC); Vice President succeeding to President of the association of Teachers of Technical Writing (ATTW), past Vice President and Secretary of the New Mexico Coalition for Literacy; and past Director of two National Workplace Literacy Demonstration Projects, funded by the U.S. Department of Education. He is on the Editorial Boards of Technical Communication Quarterly, the Journal of Computer Documentation, and the Journal of Business and Technical Communication.

As Senior Consultant for Scientific Services, Franklin Covey Consulting Group (formerly Shipley Associates), he recently spent a year working full time within the pharmaceutical industry in Switzerland, England, and Italy, helping coordinate the production of large documentation sets using global teams and  technologies. He continues to consult to global pharmaceutical companies on redesigning drug applications, developing training programs, creating intelligence systems, and creating communicative cultures to leverage organizational knowledge. He has consulted and provided training to employees of IBM, Motorola, Hughes Aircraft, and other organizations.
   

CALL FOR PROPOSALS

"...the debate on computers in schools involves more than the technical issue of the computer's capacity; within this discourse is nested a struggle over the ideology and practice of the politics of literacy." (C. Paul Olson, 1987)

We invite proposals that support as well as challenge contemporary notions on technologies as they relate to literate practices. Of particular interest are presentations that encourage audience participation and discussion, and contribute to the theory, research, or pedagogy of rhetoric and writing in the following areas:
 
 

Computer Aided Instruction  Computer Based Instruction  Technology in the Workplace  Technology in the Disciplines  Literacy and Technology

Technology and Community  Distance Learning  Discourse in, of, and about Cyberspace  Histories of Technology  Politics of Technology

Please submit:

A cover page that includes:

• the presentation title
• speaker's name
• preferred snail-mail address
• e-mail address
• academic affiliation
• phone number
• a brief 25-50 word description of your presentation

Please note:  If accepted, abstracts will be published on the WSCC website at http://www.public.asu.edu/~tiffany/wscc.html

4 copies of a one-page presentation proposal identified by title, only identifying the format of the presentation as:

• a 20 minute paper (or a 90 minute panel limited to 3 speakers including time for discussion)
• a 90 minute roundtable (focused discussion encouraging audience interaction)
• an alternative interactive presentation such as a mini-workshop, demonstration, special interest discussion group, etc.

Proposals must be postmarked by Friday, February 27, 1998. Send to: Maureen Mathison, Department of Communication, 2400 LNCO, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112

For additional information, contact: Maureen Mathison at maureen.mathison@m.cc.utah.edu (801) 581-5623 or Peter Goggin at petergo@asu.edu (602) 965-3168.