“…Rather than rely solely on case studies, simulations, or textbook assignments, technical and professional communication teacher-scholars have emphasized the benefits of experiential learning because it affords students with opportunities to blend theory and practice by applying their newly learned professional communication skills to real world situations Henson & Sutliff, 1998;Huckin, 1997;Matthews & Zimmerman, 1999;Spears, 1996). Two common experiential learning approaches advocated by teacher-scholars in the field are client projects and service learning.…”