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2011 · Harrisonburg, VA

Learning from Alumni: Implications of a National Survey of Workplace Writing for Technical and Professional Communication Programs

Session 1B

Section: Concurrent Session 1

RoleName as printedAffiliation as printedPaper
Moderator Carolyn Rude Virginia Tech → Virginia Tech
Presenter Stuart Blythe Michigan State University → Michigan State University An Overview of the Recent Survey of Professional & Technical Writing Alumni
Presenter Danielle DeVoss Michigan State University → Michigan State University An Overview of the Recent Survey of Professional & Technical Writing Alumni
Presenter Stewart Whittemore Auburn University → Auburn University Should We Care About Writing Anymore?
Presenter Lee-Ann Kastman Breuch Department of Writing Studies, University of Minnesota Implications of Survey Results for Undergraduate Programs and Students in Technical Communication
Presenter Claire Lauer Arizona State University → Arizona State University Communicating Visually: What Alumni Can Tell us about Design Tasks and Software in the Technical Communication Workplace
Presenter Bill Williamson Saginaw Valley State University → Saginaw Valley State University Identifying Patterns in Professional Activities and Exploring Their Implication for Program Design

Source

2011 proceedings on cptsc.org. Names link to a person page only for people listed at two or more conferences.

The contents list 25 panels and no keynote. Panel 2A has nine presenters and no titles. A few names carry typos in the print, and they appear here as printed.

Cite as: CPTSC annual meeting. “Learning from Alumni: Implications of a National Survey of Workplace Writing for Technical and Professional Communication Programs.” 2011 Proceedings, Harrisonburg, VA, session 1B. Via CPTSC Program Reader, November 03, 2026. The text of the paper is not republished here.