Master’s Theses

Peterson, David. Approaches to Knowledge Management: A Critique and Analysis of the ISU English Department. First Reader, 2008.

Tiritilli, Tracy L. Community Appeal: An Analysis of Ethos Construction in Documents from the Ecology Action Center. First Reader, 2005.

Thake, William. MOAK47: New Directions in Independent Cultural Production. Second Reader, 2005.

Berson, Kymberly. A Portfolio of Technical Writing/Communication Projects, Guided by Minimalist Principles, with a Critical Introduction. Second Reader, 2004.

Yu, Han. A Portfolio of Technical Communication Projects with Critical Reflections. Second Reader, 2004.

Azam, Md. Shafiqul. A Study of Supervisor and Employee Perceptions of Work Attitudes in Information Age Manufacturing Industries” Department of Technology. Second Reader, 2002. (This thesis won the Illinois State University James L. Fisher Outstanding Thesis award, 2003.)

Jonkers, Bryan. Are Metaphors Bad? Metaphors, Technical Writing and Web Pages. First Reader, 2001.

Van Dyne, Jenna. Creating a Text that is not a Text. Co-first Reader (with Jerry Savage), 2001.

Riley, Michael. Evaluating World Wide Web Sites as Resources for Literary Study and Secondary English Teaching. First Reader, 2000.

Travaille, Ryan. Creating a Digital CD-ROM Portfolio. First Reader, 2000.

Werner, Margaret. Surfing Beyond the Boundaries: Student Academic Writing on the World Wide Web. First Reader, 1999.

Putnam, Gregory. Grammarworks: The Development of An Online Grammar-Help Program. First Reader, 1999.

Baas, Heidi. The Difficulties of Teaching Students through Visual Media: A Design Analysis of University Department Brochures. Second Reader, 1998.

Auth, Timothy. The Visual Rhetoric of a Technical Document: A Genre Analysis. Second Reader, 1997.

Hogan, Annette. Breaking the Rules or Following Them: Design Principles in Desktop Publishing and the World Wide Web. First Reader, 1997.

Weakley, William R. Interactive Authoring on the Web: An HTML Tutorial Using Javascript. First Reader, 1997.

Peters, Brian. The Social Construction of the Documentation Process: Issues of Hierarchy and Gender. Second Reader, 1995.

Speer, Traci . The Rhetorical Role of Training Manuals in an Office Setting. Second Reader, 1995.

Morton, Deborah. Orientations, Hypertext, and Multiplicity: Illinois State University’s Language and Composition II Web Guide. First Reader, 1994.

Volzer, Jeff. Publishing in Cyberspace: The Future of Online Publishing. Second Reader, 1994.

Gaboda, Gail. Desktop Publishing and Employee Manuals. First Reader, 1993.

Budil, Jonathan. Interfaces and Mirrorshades: Explorations in Hypertext. First Reader, 1993.

Tria, Joe. Aquela que foi pedida = The bespoken. Second Reader, 1993.

McCormick, Anita. The Effective use of Metaphor in Technical Writing. First Reader, 1989.

Smudde, Pete. Toward a New Model of the Document Development Process in Nonacademic Settings. Second Reader, 1989.

Utz, Dane. Using Visible Rhetoric in the Design of AIDS Education Brochures. First Reader, 1989.