Office Hours
Tuesday, Thursday 1-4 pm
Education
PhD, Michigan State University
MA, Georgia State University
BA, University of the South
About Me
Stewart Whittemore is an associate professor of professional and technical communication. His current research interests include rhetorical theory, information management, and methodologies for studying workplace practices. Before pursuing a career in higher education, he worked for 10 years in the Atlanta area as a technical writer and trainer.
He is currently working on a project exploring institutional memory at the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) focusing on continuities and discontinuities between the organization’s nearly century-long history and its contemporary communication practices.
Research Interests
rhetoric and composition; technical and professional communication
Publications
- Whittemore, S. Rhetorical Memory: A Study of Technical Communication and Information Management. Under contract with The University of Chicago Press.
- Whittemore, S. (2012). Small texts, Big effects: How technical communicators used writing to influence design decisions in one software firm. Proceedings of the 2012 IEEE International Professional Communication Conference, Orlando, FL.
- Whittemore, S. (2012). Immutable mobiles revisited: A framework for evaluating the function of ephemeral texts in design arguments. Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, 42(4).
- Whittemore, S. (2009). Finding and learning: Exploring the information management practices of a technical communicator. Proceedings of the 2009 IEEE International Professional Communication Conference, Honolulu, HI.
Courses Taught
Technical Writing, Web Design, Rhetorical Theory and History, Document Design