As an Adjunct Professor at Virginia Techâ€™s Language and Cultural Institute, he also teaches a Scientific and Technical Writing course for international graduate students. Dr. Cunningham has a PhD in Technical Communication (2005) from the Illinois Institute of Technology, in Chicago. He is an alumnus of Texas A&M University-Commerce (formerly East Texas State University), with a Master of Science (1984) and a Bachelor of Science (1978), both in Journalism.