In today’s class, we’re having visits from Dr. John Logie and Dr. Christina Haas, both professors in the department. Logie will be talking about rhetorical analysis and Haas about grounded theory. We read two studies for today; not surprisingly, they employed rhetorical analysis and grounded theory. Here they are: Harper, F. M., Weinberg, J., Logie,… Continue reading Readings for November 15 in 8011

Tom Wright, a PhD candidate in my department, has asked me to come and speak to his students in “WRIT 3001 Introduction to Scientific and Technical Communication” on November 29 about technical communication in the law. I had originally suggested to Tom that we have the students read an interesting article about the denial of rhetoric in… Continue reading Thoughts about making a guest visit to WRIT3001

Thralls and Blyler Thralls, C., & Blyler, N. R. (1993). The Social Perspective and Professional Communication. In C. Thralls & N. Blyler (Eds.), Professional Communication: The Social Perspective (pp. 3-34). Newbury Park, C.A.: Sage Publications, Inc. Describes three strands of social theory in professional communication research: Social constructionist: “the social constructionist approach focuses on community,… Continue reading Reflections on this week’s readings for 8011