Publications

Faculty in the program have conducted research on our approaches and have reported the results in scholarly journals and books, as well as conference presentations. 

Publications

Hodgson, Justin. "English 304 and Communications 250: Professional Rhetorics." Composition Studies 37.1 (2009). 101-125.

Dinolfo, John, Barbara Heifferon, and Lesly Temesvari. “Seeing Cells: Teaching the Visual/Verbal Rhetoric of Biology.” Journal of Technical Writing and Communication 37.4 (2007): 395-417.

Rogers, Angie. “Blogging in the Service Learning Classroom: One Practitioner’s Strategy for Bridging the Communication Gap Between Clients and Students.” SIGTel Bulletin (December 2007). 

Taylor, Summer Smith and Art Young.  “Using Client-Based Writing to Teach Problem-Solving.” Resources in Technical Communication: Outcomes and Approaches, edited by Cynthia Selfe, Baywood Publishing, 2007. 7-20.

Taylor, Summer Smith.  “Assessment in Client-Based Technical Writing Classes: Evolution of Teacher and Client Standards.” Technical Communication Quarterly 15:2 (Spring 2006). 111-139.

Coull, Bruce, Patricia Jerman, Christy Friend, Corinna McLeod, and Summer Smith Taylor.  “Merging Academics and Operations in a Statewide University Consortium.” Inside and Out: Universities and Education for Sustainable Development, edited by Linda Silka and Bob Forrant, Baywood Publishing, 2006. 135-148.

Taylor, Summer Smith.  “Reflection on the Mindmap of a Student Team.”  In Teaching and Learning Creatively, edited by Art Young. Parlor Press, 2006. 

Billings, Andrew, Teddi Fishman, Morgan Gresham, Angie Justice, Michael Neal, Barbara Ramirez, Summer Smith Taylor, Melissa Tidwell Powell, Donna Winchell, Kathleen B. Yancey, and Art Young. “New Designs for Communication Across the Curriculum.” Discord and Direction: The Postmodern WPA, edited by Carolyn Handa and Sharon James McGee, Utah State University Press, 2005. 158-180.

Love, Renee and Sean Williams. “Cultivating Democratic Sensibility by Working with For-Profit Organizations: An Alternative Perspective on Service-Learning.” Reflections. Winter 2005.

Taylor, Summer Smith and Mary Haque.  "Learning From and With the Campus: Incorporating Environmental Sustainability Projects into Business and Technical Writing Classes." In Connecting to Place: Conference Proceedings, edited by Robert Koester.  Ball State University, 2003. 180-184.

Smith, Summer. “Managing Whole-Class Collaboration on Service-Learning Projects.” Service-Learning in Technical and Professional Communication, by Melody Bowden and Blake Scott, Allyn and Bacon, 2002. 135.  Invited contribution.

Smith, Summer. "Managing the Growth of Service Learning: Towards a Model for a Sustainable Program."  In Managing Change and Growth in Technical and Scientific Communication.  Lubbock, TX: Council of Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication, 2001. 5-6.

Love, Renee, Summer Smith Taylor, Michael Neal, Chantelle MacPhee, Morgan Gresham, Teddi Fishman, Sean Williams, and Susan Thomas.  "Writing With A Civic Tongue About Service Learning." In progress.

Presentations

Program faculty have also presented its procedures and results at national conferences including the Conference on College Composition and Communication, Writing Program Administrators, Association of Teachers of Technical Writing, Council of Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication, Writing Across the Curriculum, National Communication Association, Greening of the Campus, and Education for Sustainable Development.  We have also presented on the program at many university-wide and departmental events at Clemson, as well as at several state-wide service-learning meetings.  Following is a list of the national conference presentations.

Cowden, Ashley. "Breaking School Boundaries: Workshop on Managing Academic Integrity Collaborations Across Schools." International Conference on Academic Integrity, St Louis, MS, 2009.

Comfort, Jan and Ann Connelly. "Using Advanced Technology in Client-Based Classes." International Writing Across the Curriculum Conference, Clemson University, 2006.

Taylor, Summer Smith. "A Research-Based Model for Negotiating Workplace Standards in a Client-Based Program." Council of Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication, Lubbock, TX, 2005.

Taylor, Summer Smith. "Productive Argument: The Centre County Solid Waste Authority Project." South Atlantic Modern Language Association, Atlanta 2005.

Haque, Mary and Summer Smith Taylor. "Sustainable Environmental Design: Collaborative Experiential Learning Through a Service Learning Model." CSREES/SERD Project Directors' Conference, New Orleans, 2005.

McLellan, Gina, Mary Haque, Cindy Roper, and Summer Smith Taylor. "Evaluating Student Outcomes in Service-Learning Projects." Poster. International Service-Learning Research Conference, Greenville SC, 2004.

Billings, Andrew, Teddi Fishman, Morgan Gresham, Michael Neal, Summer Smith Taylor, and Kathleen B. Yancey. "New Designs for Communication Across the Curriculum." National Communication Association, Chicago, 2004.

Neal, Michael, Morgan Gresham, Andrew Billings, Teddi Fishman, Summer Smith Taylor, and Kathleen Yancey. "New Designs for Communicaton Across the Curriculum." Writing Across the Curriculum Conference, University of Missouri, 2004.

Love, Renee and Sean Williams. "Placing Technical Communication at the Border of Service-Learning, Democratic Citizenship, and Corporate Interest." Council of Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication, 2003.

Coull, Bruce, Christy Friend, Corinna McLeod, and Summer Smith Taylor. "Merging Academics and Operations in a Statewide University Consortium." Education for Sustainable Development Conference, University of Massachusetts-Lowell, 2003.

Taylor, Summer Smith and Mary Haque. "Learning From and With the Campus: Incorporating Environmental Sustainability Projects into Business and Technical Writing Classes." Greening of the Campus Conference, Ball State University, 2003.

Smith, Summer. "(In)Forming Relationships With and Between Stakeholders in Client-Based Projects." Council of Writing Program Administrators, Park City Utah, 2002.

Smith, Summer. " Managing the Growth of Service Learning: Towards a Model for a Sustainable Program." Council for Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication, Pittsburgh, 2001.