Brief Biography
Hello. I'm Professor of Rhetoric and Communication in the Department of English Language & Literature at the University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ, and author of the NCTE award-winning book,  (The MIT Press, 2010).
My research focuses on the relationship between rhetoric, the sciences of learning, technical, scientific, and engineering communication, and human-computer interaction, beginning with my co-authored book, (Ablex, 1993). Recently I co-authored an article for Poroi: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Rhetorical Analysis & Invention that I'm really quite proud of; the article is entitled .
I have published numerous articles, including in Technical Communication, Human-Computer Interaction, Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, and IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication. Additionally, I have published chapters in the award-winning (U of Chicago P), (De Gruyter Open Poland), (Springer), (John Benjamins), (Utah State UP), (Palgrave Macmillan), (IGI Global), (The MIT Press), and the (Springer).
I live in Kitchener-À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ, Ontario, Canada, with Dr. Ashley Rose Mehlenbacher, my wife and collaborator.
University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ
- À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ marks 17 straight years as Canada's top research university (by Research Infosource Inc.). UÀ¶Ý®ÊÓƵ News, 5 December 2024.
- Ranked 22nd in the world for universities that produce the most successful entrepreneurs / Scott, M. (2021) À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ among top 25 universities in the world for founders. À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ News, 21 December 2021.
