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2004 · San Antonio

Making Metaphors Matter in Rhetoric and Professional Communication

Session N.16

Area: Professional and Technical Writing · family: Professional and technical writing

RoleName as printedAffiliation as printedPaper
Chair M. Jimmie Killingsworth Texas A&M University, College Station → Texas A&M University
Presenters M. Jimmie Killingsworth Texas A&M University, College Station → Texas A&M University Maps and Towers: Metaphors and Myths in Studies of Ecological Discourse
Presenters Matt Sherwood Texas A&M University, College Station → Texas A&M University Bridges, Conduits, and Machines: Conceptual Metaphors in Technical Communication
Presenters Ken Baake Texas Tech University, Lubbock → Texas Tech University Metaphor Harmonics: Using Music Theory To Explain How Metaphor Constitutes Knowledge in Science

Source

NCTE's program, near page 281 of the file. Names link to a person page only for people listed at two or more conventions.

Cite as: Conference on College Composition and Communication. “Making Metaphors Matter in Rhetoric and Professional Communication.” 2004 Convention Program, San Antonio, session N.16. Via CCCC Program Reader, November 2, 2026.