Session I: 10:15 am - 11:15 am

Panel A
Fruits of our Labor: CPTSC-Funded Research Reports

Moderator: Kathryn Northcut, University of Missouri-Rolla

Ann Brady, Michigan Technological University, "Linguistic and Cultural Diversity in Scientific and Technical Communication"

Ed Malone, University of Missouri-Rolla, "The Role of Historical Studies in Technical Communication Curricula"

Elizabeth Avery Gomez, New Jersey Institute of Technology, "Towards a Lexicon for Diversity in Technical and Scientific Communication Programs: Strengthening the Message in Academic Programs and Professional Organizations"

Panel B
Assessment I: Multi-Modal Program Review

Moderator: Nancy Allen, Eastern Michigan University

Stan Dicks, North Carolina State University

Susan Katz, North Carolina State University

Jason Swarts, North Carolina State University

"Multi-Modal Program Review and Assessment"

Panel C
Seasons: Program Growth and Change

Moderator: Michael S. Martin, University of Wisconsin-Stout

Rick Mott, Eastern Kentucky University, "Successfully Growing a TC Program: Building Alliances and Negotiating Departmental Politics"

Teena A. M. Carnegie, Eastern Washington University, "No New Funding Needed: Accountability Issues in Growing from an Option to a Major"

Michael S. Martin, University of Wisconsin-Stout, "Developing a Student-base for Certificate and Master's TC Programs"

Karen Kuralt and George Jensen, University of Arkansas at Little Rock "Adding New Ph.D. Programs to a Growing Field"

Panel D
Pruning: Shaping Writers and Writing

Moderator: Natalia Matveeva, University of Houston-Downtown

Michael Albers, East Carolina University, "Technology in Technical Editing Courses"

Stevens Amidon, Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne "Preparing students to manage technical communication projects in a global community"

Dave Yeats, Auburn University, "Developing a technical writing style workshop for undergraduate students"

Panel E
Administrators' Issues and Narratives

Moderator: Alan Chong, University of Toronto

Karla Saari Kitalong, University of Central Florida, "The More Things Change...: Issues in Tech Comm Program Administration from the ADE Journal, 1974-1985"

Dale Sullivan, North Dakota State University, "What's in a Name?: Philosophical Musings and Political Realities of Program Development"

David Alan Sapp, Fairfield University, "Program Sustainability and Faculty Sabbaticals: Challenges for Lone Ranger Program Administrators"

Wanda Worley, , Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, "Journey of a Program Administrator: Lessons Learned"

Session II: 11:30 am - 12:30 pm

Panel A
Proposed CPTSC Publications

Moderator: Karla Saari Kitalong, University of Central Florida

Tracy Bridgeford, University of Nebraska at Omaha

Bill Williamson, Saginaw Valley State University

Karla Saari Kitalong, University of Central Florida

"Beyond the Water Cooler: Proposing a Scholarly Journal that Emphasizes Programmatic Issues in Technical and Scientific Communication"

Alice I. Philbin, James Madison University, "A Handbook of Technical and Scientific Communication Administration: Transmitting Administrative Knowledge for Sustainable Growth

Panel B
Assessment II: Measuring Yield

Moderator: Elizabeth Pass, James Madison University

Elizabeth Pass, James Madison University, "Assessing Progress in Technical and Scientific Communication Programs: Do We Need National Guidelines for Student-based Outcomes?"

Kay Harley, Saginaw Valley State University, "Assessment Challenges for an Evolving Program"

Don Cunningham, Radford University, "Quantifying Quality and Core Competency Skills"

Panel C
Crossing Borders and Going Global

Moderator: Alexis Poe Davis, East Carolina University

Han Yu, Kansas State University, "Resist Fallouts from International Technical Communication Development and Realize Sustainable Growth in the Global Economy"

Kevin LaGrandeur, New York Institute of Technology, "How Has Offshoring Affected Technical Communication Departments?"

Panel D
Pollination: Ideas that Travel Well I

Moderator: Steve Benninghoff, Eastern Michigan University

Jeff Grabill, Stewart Whittemore, Michigan State University, "Building Programs Around Ideas"

Steve Benninghoff, Eastern Michigan University, "Sustainable Development; With Great Power comes Great Responsibility?"

Darla-Jean Weatherford, Texas A&M University, "Bridging the Gap to Other Disciplines: How Will Technical Communicators Negotiate the Development of Responsible Programs"

Panel E
Language Awareness

Moderator: David Alan Sapp, Fairfield University

Bruce Maylath, North Dakota State University, "Building Language Awareness in the Technical Communication Curriculum"

Aimee Whiteside, University of Minnesota, "Using Social Presence as a Curricular Strategy: Motivating Learners in the Technical Communication Curriculum"

Matthew Livesey, University of Wisconsin-Stout, "Controlled Language in Technical Communication Curricula"

Session III: 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm

Panel A
Our Work/Our World: The Role of Technical Communication in Social Justice

Moderator: Sherry Southard, East Carolina University

Jen Osborne, St. Phillip's College, Texas Tech University, "Assessing Ethics in Technical Communication Graduates"

Ritu Raju, Houston Community College, Texas Tech University, "Beyond Outsourcing: The Need for Technical Communication Programs in India"

Emil Towner, Texas Tech University "Apologia: Exploring How Wrongs are Discussed and Reconciled"

Panel B
Workplace Ties

Moderator: Pamela Brewer, Appalachian State University, Texas Tech University

Thomas Barker, Texas Tech University, Sally Henschel, Midwestern State University, "Sustainable Growth in Practitioner Relations: A Discussion of Survey Results"

Huatong Sun, Grand Valley State University, "Promoting professional writing in a blended writing department with internship program"

Judith Shaul Norback, Georgia Institute of Technology, "Making a Program Work: Integrating Workforce Presentation Instruction into Capstone Design"

Panel C
Nurturing Seedlings

Moderator: Tracy Bridgeford, University of Nebraska at Omaha

Tim Giles, Georgia Southern University, "Rhetoric of Science and the First-Year Composition Classroom"

Michael Knievel, University of Wyoming, "Growing the Service Course: Anticipating Problems, Promise in the Technical Communication Mini-Program"

Ben Xie, Ellen White-Khazrai, Paine College, "Passion, Identity and Skill-set: What Can Digital Rhetoric Do for a Developmental Writing Program?"

Panel D
Pollination: Ideas that Travel Well II

Moderator: Karl Stolley, Illinois Institute of Technology

Tiffany Craft Portewig, Auburn University, "Sustainable Curriculum in Technical Communication"

Marion G. Stone, Arizona State University Polytechnic, "The University as a Knowledge Entrepreneur and Technical Communication"

Karl Stolley, Illinois Institute of Technology, "Curricular Implementations of Sustainable Web Production"

Cynthia McPherson, University of Alabama at Huntsville, "Enhancing a Technical and Business Writing Program Through Distinct Courses"

Panel E
Reshaping Careers for Teaching and Administration in Technical and Scientific Communication

Moderator: Rebecca E. Burnett, Georgia Institute of Technology

Rebecca E. Burnett, Georgia Institute of Technology

Andrew Cooper, Georgia Institute of Technology

Karen Head, Georgia Institute of Technology

Session IV: 3:45 pm - 4:45 pm

Panel A
Principles of Sustainability for Professional Writing Programs from an Ecological Perspective

Moderator: Donna Kain, East Carolina University

Doug Eyman, George Mason University, "An Ecological View of Professional Writing Programs"

Byron Hawk, George Mason University, "Posthuman Rhetorics and the Grounds for Sustainability"

Susan Lawrence, George Mason University, "Designing an MA/PhD Research Methods Course for Mutualism"

Panel B
Diversity and Representation

Moderator: Gerald Savage, Illinois State University

Mark Nunes, Southern Polytechnic State University, "2+2"=Growth: Lessons Learned from an International Dual Degree Program

Gerald Savage, Illinois State University, "Taking Action for Diversity in Technical Communication Programs"

Christian Casper, North Carolina State University, "The Graduate Student on the Hiring Committee: Contributions and Cautions"

Panel C
Topiary Trees: Shaping Programs and People

Moderator: Mark Hannah, Purdue University

Menno de Jong, University of Twente, "Communication Design Perspective on Technical and professional Communication"

Alan Chong, University of Toronto, "Growing into our Collaboration with Engineering Design: Sharing Vocabularies, Values and Processes"

Mark Hannah, Purdue University, "Legal Discourse: An Area of Potential Growth for Scientific and Technical Communication Programs"

Michael Salvo and Jennifer Bay, Purdue University, "Semester @ SEA: Student Engagement and Activism"

David Fisher and Cindy Nahrwold, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, "Virtual Case Environments (VCEs): Implications for a self-sustaining, project-oriented curriculum"

Panel D
Poster Presentations

Moderators: Molly Johnson and Joe Strange, University of Houston-Downtown

Anthony Atkins, Diana Ashe, Colleen Reilly, University of North Carolina-Wilmington, "Predator and Prey: Keeping the Technical Writing Program from Becoming an Endangered Species"

Kaye Adkins, Missouri Western State University, "Grabbing the Brass Ring: Technical Communication and Applied Learning"

Jonathan Buehl, University of Maryland, "New Species of Professional Writing Courses: Sustaining Novel Adaptations in an Evolutionary Process"

Don Cunningham, Radford University, "Magic and Metacognitive Strategies"

Linda Driskill, Rice University, "Tech Comm across the Curriculum: Growth and Sustainability Factors"

Natalia Matveeva, University of Houston-Downtown, "Preparing Future Technical Communicators for Working in the Changing Global Economy: Suggested Classroom Activities"

Mialisa Moline, University of Wisconsin-River Falls, "Breaking the Luddite: An EQ Strategy for Reducing Resistance to Change"

Jay Gordon, Youngstown State University, "Please DO Sweat the Small Stuff: Toward a Critical Pedagogy of Font Choice"

Margaret Hundleby, University of Toronto, "Fluid Relations: Assessing Programs in Context"

Joe Strange, Molly Johnson, University of Houston-Downtown, "Infusing the Study of Ethics into Graduate Programs"

Anna Wilkins, Susan Feinberg, Illinois Institute of Technology, "Using Focus Group Research for More User-Focused Usability Studies"