The engineer as rational man: the problem of imminent danger in a non-rational environment

Apparent Feminism as a Methodology for Technical Communication and Rhetoric

“…The following authors are those who have most directly influenced this work: A 1991 special issue of Journal of Business and Technical Communication promoted a cultural turn in technical communication and provided foundations for work in feminisms and cultural studies (Brunner, 1991; Carrell, 1991; Flynn, Savage, Penti, Brown, & Watke, 1991; Lay, 1991). A 1992 special issue of IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication was devoted to the effects of gendered assumptions on understandings of rationality (Bernhardt, 1992; Bosley, 1992; Dell, 1992; Neeley, 1992; Rifkind & Harper, 1992; Sauer, 1992; Tebeaux & Lay, 1992). A 1994 issue of Technical Communication Quarterly studied social understandings of gender (Allen, 1994; Bosley, 1994; Gurak & Bayer, 1994; LaDuc & Goldrick-Jones, 1994; Ross, 1994; Sauer, 1994).…”

“…A 1992 special issue of IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication was devoted to the effects of gendered assumptions on understandings of rationality (Bernhardt, 1992; Bosley, 1992; Dell, 1992; Neeley, 1992; Rifkind & Harper, 1992; Sauer, 1992; Tebeaux & Lay, 1992).…”

“…provided critical perspectives on technologies, sciences, terminologies, and social conventions that hide value systems in which misogyny is supported, valued, and reproduced (Bernhardt, 1992; Bosley, 1992; Brady Aschauer, 1999; Colletta, 1992; Dell, 1992; Haas et al, 2002; Lay, 1993; Neeley, 1992; Rifkind & Harper, 1992; Sauer, 1992; Tebeaux & Lay, 1992)…”

“…A. Flynn, 1997;J. Flynn, 1997;Hallenbeck, 2012;Lippincott, 2003;Skinner, 2012;Tebeaux, 1993) provided critical perspectives on technologies, sciences, terminologies, and social conventions that hide value systems in which misogyny is supported, valued, and reproduced (Bernhardt, 1992;Bosley, 1992;Brady Aschauer, 1999;Colletta, 1992;Dell, 1992;Haas et al, 2002;Lay, 1993;Neeley, 1992;Rifkind & Harper, 1992;Sauer, 1992;Tebeaux & Lay, 1992) engaged in interdisciplinary scholarship and activism (Bellwoar, 2012;Gregory, 2012;Koerber, 2002;Teston & Graham, 2012) paid attention to the importance of social factors and intersectionality in terms of oppressions, theories, methodologies, practices, and more (Allen, 1994;Bosley, 1994;Dragga, 1993;Gurak & Bayer, 1994;LaDuc & Goldrick-Jones, 1994;Ross, 1994;Sauer, 1994) intervened in problematic actions (including rhetorics) that exist in and between public spheres, private lives, disciplinary venues, and pedagogical spaces (Lay et al, 2001;Sauer, 1993) Technical communicators should listen to and emulate this important work, and they also should be aware-and troubled-that this work represents a minority population and a diminishing disciplinary trend. Apparent feminism can help remedy this.…”

Technical Communication As Teaching: A Grounded Theory Study Of Cognitive Empathy And Audience Engagement Among Computer Science Majors In A Technical Communication Classroom

“…It continues today, broadening out into considerations of cultural impacts and the effects of different social contexts interacting with one another. Three decades on, the impact of this work cannot be overstated: it has fundamentally altered how we conceive of our role as authors and communicators in the workplace, the classroom, the courts, and the world (See Miller 1979;Sullivan 1990;Paradis 1991;Rutter 1985 andKatz 1992;Sauer 1992 andPorter 1993;Sims 1993;Slack, Miller, and Doak 1993;Thralls and Blyler 1993;C. Taylor 1994;Coe 1996;Johnson-Eiloloa 1996;Savage 1996Savage , 1999Savage , and 2004Bushnell 1999 andCleary 2000 In their footnotes to the third-wave section of this article, Johnson-Eilola and Selber revisit Jennifer Daryl Slack (one of the trio Slack, Miller, and Doak, whose 1991 The still-evolving nature of the technical communicator's identity is only one thread of a complex and ongoing conversation.…”