Writer/Designer: A Guide to Making Multimodal Projects
Kristin L. Arola is an Associate Professor of Rhetoric, Composition, and Technology at Washington State University, where she directs the Digital Technology and Culture program. Her work　brings together composition theory, digital rhetoric, and American Indian rhetorics so as to understand digital composing practices within larger social and cultural contexts. Her most recent book,　Composing (Media) = Composing (Embodiment)[with Anne Frances Wysocki, Utah State UP, 2012] is an edited collection that explores how the media we produce and consume embody us in a two-way process. She is also the co-editor of the third edition ofCrossTalk in Comp Theory: A Reader[with Victor Villanueva, NCTE, 2011]. Her work has appeared inComputers and Composition, Harlot: A Revealing Look at the Arts of Persuasion, and theJournal of Literacy and Technology.She resides in Pullman, WA, with her amazing husband and charming dog.Jennifer Sheppard is an Associate Professor of Rhetoric and Professional Communication at New Mexico State University, where she directs the Design Center, a space supporting students’ hands-on development of communication projects for clients. She regularly teaches courses in document design, multimedia theory and production, technical and professional communication, and online pedagogy. Her research interests include new media, information design, professional communication and pedagogy for face-to-face and online instruction. She has published on these issues inComputers and Composition,theJournal of Literacy and Technology,and several edited collections, includingDesigning Texts: Teaching Visual CommunicationandRAW: Reading and Writing New Media. She lives in Las Cruces, NM with her partner and their very busy toddler, Eli.Cheryl E Ball is an Associate Professor of Digital Publishing Studies in the English Department at West Virginia University. Her areas of specialization include multimodal composition and editing practices, digital media scholarship, and digital publishing. Since 2006, Ball has been editor of the online, peer-reviewed, open-access journalKairos: Rhetoric, Technology, and Pedagogy, which exclusively publishes digital media scholarship and is read in 180 countries. She has published articles in a range of rhetoric/composition, technical communication, and media studies journals includingComputers and Composition,C&C Online,Fibreculture,Convergence,Programmatic Perspectives, andTechnical Communication Quarterly. Her recent books include a scholarly multimedia collection　The New Work of Composing　(co-edited with Debra Journet and Ryan Trauman, C&C Digital Press) and the print-based　RAW: Reading and Writing New Media　(co-edited with Jim Kalmbach, Hampton Press).