People
Faculty
Jean Lutz
Titles
- Associate Professor
- Director, Bachelor of Arts in Technical and Scientific Communication (BATSC)
- Director, Master of Technical and Scientific Communication (MTSC)
Education
- PhD, Communication and Rhetoric, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
- MA, English, Old Dominion University
- BA, English, Old Dominion University
Teaching Interests
- Writing, Editing, and Design for Technical and Scientific Communicators
- Usability
- Rhetoric
- Gender, texts, and organizations
Research Interests
- Theory and practice of technical and scientific communication, digital technologies, usability studies, rhetorical theory and analysis (especially medical rhetoric), qualitative methodologies, and gender studies.
Selected Publications
- 'Exploring Authority in a Composition and Professional Writing Classroom' with Mary Fuller. Accepted for publication in Technical Communication Quarterly, August, 2006, copyrighted by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc., Publishers.
- The Practice of Technical and Scientific Communication: Writing in Professional Contexts. Stamford, CT: Ablex Publishing, 1998.
- With Mary Fuller. 'Constructing Authority: Student Responses and Classroom Discourse'. Discourse Studies in Composition. Ed. Ellen Barton and Gail Stygall. Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press, 2002. 353-377.
- With Jennie Dautermann and Michele Simmons. 'Rumors of Change: Managing Change in Established Technical and Scientific Communication Programs.' Proceedings. Council for Technical and Scientific Communication, 2001.
- 'The Transfer of Consulting Experience and Information to the Business Communication Classroom.' Business Communication Quarterly 62.3 (1999).
- With C. Gilbert Storms. 'Test Early; Test Often.' NCR Information Products Journal 11.4 (1996).
- 'Understanding Organizational Socialization: The Role of Internships in Helping Students Acquire Strategies for Writing Effectively in Organizations.' Establishing and Supervising Internships. Ed. William O. Coggin. The Association of Teachers of Technical Writing 9 (1989). 78-89.
- 'Writers in Organizations and How They Learn the Image: Theory, Research, and Implications.' Worlds of Writing: Teaching and Learning in Discourse Communities of Work. Ed. Carolyn B. Matalene. New York: Random House, 1989. 113-136.
- With Susan Jarratt, Patricia Harkin, and Mary Beth Debs. 'Practical Rhetoric & The Art of Composing: A Bibliographic Essay on Rhetoric, Composition, and Technical Communications.' The Technical Writing Teacher. 14 (1987). 300-319.
- 'Attitude Twoard the Editing Process: Theory , Research, and Pedagogy.' The Journal of Technical Writing and Communication. 16.1/2 (1986). 157-165.
- 'A Comment on Shared Responsibility & Teaching Technical Writing in the University.' College English. 44 (Nov 1982). 389-401.
Work in Progress
Dr. Lutz is currently continuing her work on the study of students' perceptions of authority in the classroom and on the rhetoric of traditional and alternative medicines.