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2013 · Las Vegas

Exploring Public Plain Language Use in Government, Ethics, and Countercultures

Session G.30

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

RoleName as printedAffiliation as printedPaper
Chair Karen Nulton Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA → Drexel University
Speakers Derek Ross Auburn University, AL → Auburn University Subverting Plain Language: The Technical Communication of Ecotage
Speakers Russell Willerton Boise State University, ID → Boise State University Plain Language at the Intersection of Writer’s Ethics and Readers’ Rights
Speakers Kathleen Kerr Virginia Tech, Blacksburg → Virginia Tech Pragmatics and Plain Writing Laws

Source

NCTE's program, near page 179 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. “Exploring Public Plain Language Use in Government, Ethics, and Countercultures.” 2013 Convention Program, Las Vegas, session G.30. Via CCCC Program Reader, November 2, 2026.