ABBREVIATED CURRICULUM VITA OF November 6, 2015 THOMAS TRAVIS BARKER GENERAL INFORMATION Faculty of Extension/ Faculty of Arts (Joint Appointment) The University of Alberta Edmonton, Alberta Canada ttbarker@ualberta.ca CURRENT APPOINTMENT Professor, University of Alberta EDUCATION Ph. D., American Literature, The University of Texas at Austin (1980) M.A., English Literature, The University of Texas at Austin (1973) B.A., English Literature, The University of Texas at Austin (1971) MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS The Society for Technical Communication (STC), Fellow Member, Member since 1993 Environmental Health and Safety Special Interest Group, STC, Member Academic Community of the STC, Founder (2005) and Manager, 2005 2010 Consultant's & Independent Contractor's Special Interest Group, STC (Manager, 1997 2004) Canadian Association of Teachers of Technical Writing, Member since 2005 Council of Programs in Scientific and Technical Communication, Member since 2004 Association for Computing Machinery SIGDOC, Member since 2002 Association of Teachers of Technical Writing, Member since 1995 AWARDS Fellow Award, STC, 2008 J. R. Gould Award for Excellence in Teaching, STC, 2005 Distinguished SIG Service Award, STC, 2006 Associate Fellow Award, STC, 2003 Distinguished Chapter Service Award, STC, 1997 Piper Fellowship Award, TTU English Department Nominee, 1997 Certificate of Appreciation, Austin, TX Chapter, STC, November, 1993 Spencer A. Wells Faculty Award, TTU English Department Nominee, 1989 ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE Director of Technical Communication and Rhetoric, Texas Tech University, Department of English, 2003 2012. Coordinator of Undergraduate Research, Texas Tech University, Department of English, 2004 2008. University Interscholastic League, Ready Writing Contest Director, 1999 2012. Chair, Texas Tech University Strategic Planning Advisory Council, 2005 2009. Director of Undergraduate Studies in Technical Communication, Texas Tech University, Department of English, 2002 2003. English 2311 Course Coordinator, 1998 2002. Faculty Advisor, Texas Tech University Student Chapter of the Society For Technical Communication, 1991 2007. During this time we have won 3 national "Chapter Pacesetter" awards and a TTU Student Association "Most Improved Student Organization" award, Chapter of Excellence Award (2003, 2004, 2005)
Resume of Thomas T. Barker 2 Director of Computing Activities, Department of English, Texas, Tech University, 1989 1991. Coordinator of the Microcomputer Classroom, 1983 1989, Department of English, Texas TEACHING EXPERIENCE APPOINTMENTS 2012 present: Professor, University of Alberta 2001 2012: Professor of English, Texas Tech University 1988 2001: Associate Professor of English, Texas Tech University 1982 1988: Assistant Professor of English, Texas Tech University RELEVANT COURSES TAUGHT (* = courses developed): University of Alberta Human Communication (Grad) Risk Communicaiton (Grad) * Risk Communication (Senior) * GRADUATE TEACHING Texas Tech University Studies in Risk Communication Chair, Xiling Wang, Ph. D. Dissertation Committee, successful defense, April, 2014. Title: The Role of Attitudes in Assessing the Feasibility of Teaching Technical Communication: A Study of Students, Faculty, and Administrators in a Central Northwest Chinese University Chair, Joel Kline, Ph. D. Dissertation Committee, successful defense, May, 2011. Title: A Model for Academic/Practitioner Knowledge Exchange Characterization Using Communities of Practice Theory Member, Sally Henschel, Ph. D. Dissertation Committee, successful defense, August, 2010. Title: Authoring Content for Reuse: A Study of Methods and Strategies, Past and Present, and Current Implementation in the Technical Communication Curriculum Member, Alana Malone, MA Candidate in Library Science, Successful defense, June, 2010. Chair, Anna Sallee, Ph. D. Dissertation Committee, successful defense, October 2007. Title: An Analysis of Risk Communication During a Natural Disaster at a Large Metropolitan Hospital. Chair, Laura Palmer, Ph. D. Dissertation Committee, successful defense, October 2007. Title: Reconsidering Minimalist Documentation: Developing and Testing a vvisual for Experiential Learning. Chair, Natasha Matveeva, Ph. D. Dissertation Committee, successful defense: October, 2006. Title: Teaching Intercultural Communication in a Service Technical Writing Course: Alternative Ways of Presenting the Intercultural Component in the Technical Writing Textbooks and in Real Classrooms. Member, Miriam Williams, Ph. D. Dissertation Committee, successful defense, October, 2005. Title: Culture and Context: Invention and Style in Historical and Contemporary Regulations. Member, Russell Willerton, Ph. D. Dissertation Committee, successful defense, October 2004. Title: Ethos and Exigence: The White Paper in Technical Communication. Chair, John Chandler Ph. D. Dissertation Committee, successful defense: August 13, 1999. Title: Managing Cross Functional Teams: An Activity Theory Approach to Software Development and Documentation. Chair, Michael Albers Ph. D. Dissertation Committee, successful defense: November 4, 1998. Title: Development of a Goal Driven Methodology for Requirements Definition in Hypertext Information Systems Supporting Complex Problem Solving. Member, Elizabeth Pass Ph. D. Dissertation Committee, successful defense: January, 1998. Title: The Rhetoric of Electronic Journals. PUBLICATIONS AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES BOOKS
Resume of Thomas T. Barker 3 Writing Software Documentation: A Task Oriented Approach, second edition Allyn & Bacon, Publishers, 2003. (With accompanying instructor s manual by the author.) Getting Started in Consulting and Independent Contracting, World Wide Web book publication, http://english.ttu.edu/gscic, 1997, edited with Karen Steele. (contributed chapter) Moving from Academe to Industry, in Getting Started in Consulting and Independent Contracting, ed. Thomas T. Barker, World Wide Web publication, http://english.ttu.edu/gscic, 1997. Thomas T. Barker, ed. Perspectives on Software Documentation: Inquiries and Innovations, Amityville, NY: Baywood Publishing Co., Inc., 1991. ARTICLES How to Teach Career Planning: Beyond the Next Job, Intercom, March, 2014, pp. 35 37. A Brief History of the Real World in TC 101, Intercom, November/December, 2013, pp. 30 32. Doing the Safe Thing: The Student s Role in Risk Communication for Workplace Health and Safety, Intercom, June, 2013, pp. 25 27. Using Personas to Encourage Student Engagement, Intercom, February, 2013, pp. 39 41. Program Assessment: The Role of Outcomes, Programmatic Perspectives, 4(2), Autumn 2012: 183 210. Negotiating Professional Consciousness in Technical Communication: A Community of Practice Approach, with Joel Kline, Technical Communication, 59: (2), 2012, pp. 32 48. Gearing Up for Diversity, Intercom, July/August, 2012, pp. 28 30. Communication is the Best Medicine, Intercom, May, 2010, pp. 27 29. Rhetoric in Technical Communication, Intercom, January, 2010, pp. 22 23. Technical Communicators Put the Public in Public Health, Intercom, January, 2009, pp. 18 21. "Trends in Academic Technical Communication: A Complex Picture," Intercom, January 2007, pp. 25 28. "Teaching Intercultural Communication in a Technical Writing Service Course: Real Instructors' Practices and Suggestions for Textbook Selection," with Natalia Matveeva, Technical Communication Quarterly, 15 (2), 2006, 191 214. Keeping Up in Down Economic Times, Intercom, February 2003, pp. 2 5. Documentation for Software and IS Development, Encyclopedia of Information Systems, Elsevier Press, 2002, pp. 679 680. The Changing World of the Independent: A Broader Perspective, with Kathryn Poe. Technical communication, 49: 2, (May, 2002), pp. 151 153. How Have You Advanced Your Career? Intercom, April, 2002, p. 9. The Independent s Guide to the Conference, (Spring, 2002), The Independent Perspective, 12: 1, p. 8. Looking Back: CICSIG Activities in 2001 2002, The Independent Perspective, 12:1, p. 4, 9. PAPERS DELIVERED (since 2000) My Journey in Engaged Scholarship, Engaged Scholarship Consortium Conference, Lubbock, TX, October, 2013. Planning for Diversity in the Technical Communication Classroom, Council for Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication, Houghton, MI, October, 2012. STC Professional Resources for Graduates of Technical Communication Programs, Society for Technical Communication Conference, Sacramento, CA, May, 2012.
Resume of Thomas T. Barker 4 The New Normal of Public Health Research by Technical Communication Professionals, Modern Language Association Conference, Seattle, WA, 2012. Responding to Social Change: Ways That Programs Can Manage Medical Writing Courses, Council for Programs in Scientific and Technical Communication Conference, Boise, ID, October, 2010. Theoretical Approaches to Risk Communication in Public Health Poster, Association of Teachers of Technical Writing, Louisville, KY, March, 2010. Pandemic Planning for Outreach Nurses, Streetworks and Alberta Addicts Who Educate and Advocate Responsibly, Edmonton, AB, Canada, February, 2009. Risk Communication for Flu Pandemics, What's Up Doc? AFPRN Poster Presentation, Banff, AB, Canada, February, 2009 The Role of Primary Care Physicians in Pandemic Flu Risk Communication, Accelerating Primary Care Conference, Edmonton, AB, Canada, February, 2009. Risk Communication for Flu Pandemics: A Model of Community Engagement, Association of Teachers of Technical Writing, San Francisco, March, 2009. Modeling Public Engagement in Public Health Risk Communication The Society for Technical Communication, Atlanta, GA, May, 2009. Developing Outcomes for Teaching Risk Communication, The Society for Technical Communication, Atlanta, GA, May, 2009. Building Bridges to Practitioners: Research on Closing the Gap Between the Classroom and the Workplace, The Society for Technical Communication, Philadelphia, PA, May, 2008. Mapping the Body of Knowledge, with Sally Henschel and Joel Kline, IEEE Professional Communication Society, Montreal, QC Canada, July, 2008. Results of the Industry Involvement Survey, Chair, Academic Industry Connections Committee, STC Academic Industry Leaders Summit, Houston, October, 2007 Outcomes and Assessments: Making Sense of Curriculum Design, The Society for Technical Communication, Minneapolis, MN, May, 2007 Strategies for Integrating Curriculum and Instruction in Technical Communication, Canadian Association for Teachers of Technical Writing, Saskatoon, SK, Canada, May, 2007. CPTSC Assessment: A Community Research Model, CPTSC Conference, Lubbock, TX, October, 2006. The STC Academic Community: Bringing Practitioners into Programs, Council for Programs in Scientific and Technical Communication Conference, Lubbock, TX, October, 2005. Multicultural Readers & the Technical Communication Service Course, with Natalia Matveeva, Association of Teachers of Technical Writing Conference, New York, 2005. Planning for Leadership Succession and Electing Officers in Virtual Communities, The Society for Technical Communication, Seattle, Washington, May, 2005. STC Academic Community Issues: Part I Education STC Academic Community Issues: Part I Research, The Society for Technical Communication, Seattle, Washington, May, 2005. Using Posters in a Technical Writing Service Course, Southwest Popular Culture Conference, Albuquerque, NM, February, 2005. College Club: Using Service Learning in a TC Program to Encourage Awareness of Diversity, Council for Programs in Scientific and Technical Communication Conference, West Lafayette, IN, October, 2004.
Resume of Thomas T. Barker 5 CICSIG Progression: Keeping Up in a Down Economy, The Society for Technical Communication, Baltimore, MD, May, 2004. CICSIG Progression: Getting Started in Independent Consulting, The Society for Technical Communication, Dallas, TX, May, 2003. CICSIG Progression: How to Fire a Client. The Society for Technical Communication, Nashville, TN, May, 2002 CICSIG Progression: networking: Maintaining Connections for the Independent. The Society for Technical Communication, Chicago, IL, May 2001. CICSIG Progression: "Writing Marketing Materials for Independent Contractors." The Society for Technical Communication, Orlando, FL, May 2000. OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES J. R. Gould Award Committee Chair (Society for Technical Communication), 2010 present. Manager, STC Academic Community (700 members), STC, 2005 2011. State of Texas University Interscholastic League Reading Writing Contest Co Director Region 5, 1997 present. Local Host, Council for Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication (CPTSC) Conference, Lubbock, TX, October, 2005. Manager, Consultant's & Independent Contractor's Special Interest Group (2000 members), STC, 1997 2003. GRANTS Healthy Workplaces for Helping Professions: A Framework for Addressing Psychosocial Hazards for Child and Family Service Workers, (three years) 2014. OHS Futures Grant, Ministry of Human Services, Government of Alberta. Amount: $174,715.00 (funded). Risk Communication for Flu Pandemics in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada TTU Research Enrichment Fund, Amount: $16,000.00 (unfunded) Texas Tech University, Faculty Development Leave, Fall, 2008. Topic: Risk Communication for Flu Pandemics in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. (funded) TTU s Art & Humanities Initiative, Travel Grant to the Canadian Association of Teachers of Technical Writing Conference, Saskatoon, SK, Canada, May, 2007. Amount: $1200. (funded) The Writer s Role: Informing, Teaching, and Leading in the Workplace, Texas Tech University, Faculty Development Leave, Fall, 2002. (funded) Developing an Internet based Internship Course in Technical Communication, Distance Education Grant, Teaching, Learning, and Technology Center, Texas Tech University, Summer, 1996. Amount: $3600.00 (funded) Writing Software Documentation: A Task Oriented Approach. Texas Tech University, Faculty Development Leave, Fall, 1995. (funded) CONSULTING (selected) World Wide Publishing, Inc, Austin, TX (1997 1998), Zen and the Art of the Texas Two Step (1998) Editing, graphics and typography for a 212 page book (2000 copies sold). Manning Publishers, Inc., Grenwich, CT (1996) Copyediting and proofreading of manuscripts on computer science and software development.