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presentations

• "Moving Large-Scale Programs Online: A Case Study and Discussion." Association of American Colleges and Universities Network for Academic Renewal Meeting, April 20-22, 2006, Seattle, Washington.
• "Visual Rhetoric: Some Basic Principles of Document Design, Typography, and Layout." Invited presentation. Tri-Doc 2005 Conference, The Carolina Chapter, Society for Technical Communication, April 8, 2005.
• "Composition Sections with Word Processing and Style Analysis Programs, and Composition Sections without Word Processing: An Experimental Comparison." 1987 Conference on College Composition and Communication, March 19-21, 1987, Atlanta, Georgia.
• "Forms Design." 1986 Practical Conference on Communication, October 23-24, 1986, Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
• "The Importance of the Humanities in Cooperative Education." 1985 Southeastern Cooperative Education Meeting, May 15-17, 1985, Nashville, Tennessee.
• "The Writing Assistance Program at North Carolina State University's School of Engineering." 1985 Conference on College Composition and Communication, March 21-23, 1985, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
• "Visual Thinking and the Technical Editor." 1984 Practical Conference on Communication, November 2-3, 1984, Knoxville, Tennessee.
• "Visual Thinking in the Technical Communication Classroom." 1984 Conference on College Composition and Communication, March 29-31, 1984, New York, New York.
• "The 'Business' of Communication Courses: A Simulation Exercise." 1983 Conference on College Composition and Communication, March 17-19, 1983, Detroit, Michigan.
• "Writing on the Job and Writing in the Classroom: A Reassessment of the Way Consulting Work Affects the Teaching of Writing." 1982 Practical Conference on Communication, October 22-23, 1982, Knoxville, Tennessee.
• "New Concepts of Language: The Practical Implications for Technical Editors." 1982 Practical Conference on Communication, October 22-23, 1982, Knoxville, Tennessee.
• "Yelling at the Hermit in the Cave: The Audience for Student Writing." Conference on Writing as a Human Activity, September 23-25, 1982, Raleigh, North Carolina.
• "Uses of the Self: Rhetoric in the Poetry of Matthew Arnold." 1982 Conference on College Composition and Communication, March 18-20, 1982, San Francisco, California.
• "Making Team Projects Work in a Technical Communication Course." 1981 Conference on College Composition and Communication, March 26-28, 1981, Dallas, Texas.
• "Subjectivity in Grading Reports: Guidelines for Engineering Professors." 1980 Southeastern Section Meeting of the American Society for Engineering Education, March 30-April 1, 1980, Orlando, Florida.
• "Convergence of the Twain: The Advantages of Team-Teaching a Technical Communication Course with an Engineer." 26th International Technical Communication Conference, May 16-19, 1979, Los Angeles, California.
• "Teaching Technical Communication to Engineers: Classroom Responses to the Needs of Industry." 1979 Southeastern Section Meeting of the American Society of Engineering Education, April 1-3, 1979, Raleigh, North Carolina.

invited presentations

• "Visual Rhetoric: A Proposal Writer's Guide." Invited presentation. The Carolina Chapter, Association of Proposal Management Professionals (APMP), March 23, 2004.
• "The Visiting Professor Pilot Program at SAS Institute: A Report and Some Observations." Presentation to SAS Management and Writers and NCSU Administration and Faculty, Spring 2003, SAS Institute, Cary, North Carolina.
• "Streaming Media for Online Instruction." Faculty Workshop, Spring 2002, Durham Technical Community College, Durham, North Carolina.
• "Technical Writing, Technology, and the Vocational/Technical College Classroom." Faculty Workshop, Fall 2001, Durham Technical Community College, Durham, North Carolina.
• "The Master of Science in Technical Communication at North Carolina State University." IBM Technical Writers' Association, Spring 1991, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina.
• "Effective Writing for Histopathology Technologists." Three-hour workshop at the Region III Meeting of the National Society for Histopathology, Spring 1989, Raleigh, North Carolina.
• "Forms Design." Carolina Power and Light Technical Writers' Association, Fall 1988, Raleigh, North Carolina.
• "Designing Writing-Across-the-Curriculum Assignments." Enloe High School Faculty Workshop, Fall 1988, Raleigh, North Carolina.
• "Writing Programs at NCSU." Carolina Power and Light Technical Writers' Association, Spring 1988, Raleigh, North Carolina.
• "Writing Programs at NCSU." IBM Technical Writers' Association, Spring 1988, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina.
• "The Importance of the Humanities in Cooperative Education at NCSU." NCSU Cooperative Education Employer and Faculty Workshop, Fall 1984.