Technical Communication: Strategies for College and the Workplace
Dan Jonesis the Coordinator for the B.A. and M.A. Programs in technical communication in the English Department at the University of Central Florida. He has taught a variety of technical communication courses for the past 21 years and has done consulting for more than 20 companies including AT&T, IBM, Westinghouse, and Lockheed Martin. Dan is the editor of an anthology of essays,Defining Technical Communication,published in 1996 by the Society for Technical Communication, and the author of two other textbooks published by Longman: The Technical Communicator¿s HandbookandTechnical Writing Style,an advanced technical communication textbook in the Allyn & Bacon Series in Technical Communication.Karen Laneis a practicing technical writing professional and consultant who has produced technical writing media for both academic and corporate clients. She earned her MA in English , Technical Writing at the University of Central Florida. Karen has worked as a developmental editor and copyeditor for numerous book-length projects in a variety of technical fields including several technical writing texts. In addition to her editorial consulting work, she is an experienced technical writer and indexer. Karen has served at the national and chapter level in several professional organizations, including Web-Committee Co-Chair & Webmaster for the American Society of Indexers and as stem manager for the Society for Technical Communication Annual Conferences in 2000 and 2002.