Mark Zachry
Mark Zachry, Associate Professor
Courses:
501 Theoretical Foundations of Technical Communication
517 Usability Testing
518 User-Centered Design
596 Directed Research: Communicative Practices in Virtual Workspaces
596 Directed Research: Theory, Technology, and Technical Communication
598 Special Topics: Writing for Publication
517 Usability Testing
518 User-Centered Design
596 Directed Research: Communicative Practices in Virtual Workspaces
596 Directed Research: Theory, Technology, and Technical Communication
598 Special Topics: Writing for Publication
Education:
Ph.D., Rhetoric and Professional Communication, Iowa State University, 1998
M.A., English, Arizona State University, 1992
M.A., English, Arizona State University, 1992
Professional Interests:
Human-computer interaction, workplace studies, communication design in organizations, and rhetorics of technology.
Professional Affiliations:
Society for Technical Communication
Council of Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication
Association of Teachers of Technical Writing
Association for Computing Machinery / Design of Communication SIG
Association for Computing Machinery / SIGCHI
Association for Business Communication
Council of Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication
Association of Teachers of Technical Writing
Association for Computing Machinery / Design of Communication SIG
Association for Computing Machinery / SIGCHI
Association for Business Communication
Selected Recent Publications:
Zachry, M. Rhetorical analysis and professional communication. The Handbook of Business Discourse. In F. Bargiela-Chippini (Ed.). Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. 2009.
Zachry, M., Hart-Davidson, W., and Spinuzzi, C. Advances in understanding knowledge work. In SIGDOC '08: Proceedings of the 26th annual international conference on Design of communication, New York, NY, USA . ACM Press. 243-248.
Zachry, M. Cross-disciplinary exchanges: An interview with Susan Leigh Star. Technical Communication Quarterly 17.4 (Fall 2008): 435-454.
Zachry, M. Investigating new techniques for developing meaningful models of knowledge work. In Proceedings of IEEE International Professional Communication Conference, 2007.
Zachry, M., Spinuzzi, C., and Hart-Davidson, W. Visual documentation of knowledge work: An examination of competing approaches. In SIGDOC '07: Proceedings of the 25th annual international conference on Design of communication, New York, NY, USA . ACM Press. 120-126.
Hart-Davidson, W., Spinuzzi, C., and Zachry, M. Capturing & visualizing knowledge work: Results & implications of a pilot study of proposal writing activity. In SIGDOC '07: Proceedings of the 25th annual international conference on Design of communication, New York, NY, USA . ACM Press. 113-119.
Zachry, M. Cross-disciplinary exchanges: An interview with Andrew Feenberg. Technical Communication Quarterly 16.4 (Fall 2007): 453-472.
Zachry, M. Regulation and communicative practices. Communicative practices in workplaces and the professions: Cultural perspectives on the regulation of discourse in organizations. In M. Zachry and C. Thralls (Eds.). Amityville , NY : Baywood Publishing, 2007. v-xv.
Zachry, M., and C. Thralls, Eds. Communicative Practices in Workplaces and the Professions: Cultural Perspectives on the Regulation of Discourse and Organizations. Amityville, NY: Baywood Publishing. (2007).
Zachry, M. Cross-disciplinary exchanges: An interview with Bonnie A. Nardi. Technical Communication Quarterly 15.4 (Fall 2006): 483-503.
Zachry, M., Hart-Davidson, W., and Spinuzzi, C. Researching proposal development: Accounting for the complexity of designing persuasive texts. In SIGDOC '06: Proceedings of the 24th annual international conference on Design of communication, New York, NY, USA . ACM Press. 142-148.
Spinuzzi, C., Hart-Davidson, W., and Zachry, M. Chains and ecologies: Methodological notes toward a communicative-mediational model of technologically mediated writing. In SIGDOC '06: Proceedings of the 24th annual international conference on Design of communication, New York, NY, USA . ACM Press. 43-50.
Hart-Davidson, W., Spinuzzi, C., and Zachry, M. Visualizing writing activity as knowledge work: Challenges & opportunities. In SIGDOC '06: Proceedings of the 24th annual international conference on Design of communication, New York, NY, USA . ACM Press. 70-77.
Zachry, M. Cross-disciplinary exchanges: An interview with Donald A. Norman. Technical Communication Quarterly 14.4 (Fall 2005): 469-487.
Zachry, M. Paralogy and online pedagogy. Online education: Global questions , local answers . In K. C. Cook and K. Grant-Davie (Eds.). Amityville , NY : Baywood Publishing, 2005. 177-90.
Zachry, M., and C. Thralls. Cross-disciplinary exchanges: An interview with Edward R. Tufte. Technical Communication Quarterly 13.4 (Fall 2004): 447-462.
Cook, K.C., Thralls, C., and M. Zachry. Doctoral-level graduates in professional, technical, and scientific communication: A profile. Technical Communication 50.2 (2003): 160-173.
Zachry, M. Constructing usable documentation: A study of communicative practices and the early uses of mainframe computing in industry. Journal of Technical Writing and Communication 31.1 (2001): 61-76.
Spinuzzi, C., and M. Zachry. Genre ecologies: An open-system approach to understanding and constructing documentation. Journal of Computer Documentation 24.3 (2000): 169-181.
Zachry, M. Conceptualizing communicative practices in organizations: Genre-based research in professional communication. Business Communication Quarterly 63.4 (December 2000): 91-97.
Zachry, M. Communicative practices in the workplace: A historical examination of genre development. Journal of Technical Writing and Communication 30.1 (2000): 57-79.
Zachry, M. Management discourse and popular narratives: The myriad plots of total quality management. In N. R. Blyler and J. M. Perkins (Eds.). Narrative and Professional Communication . Norwood , NJ : Ablex Publishing, 1999. 107-120.