Lisa K. Meloncon63 Sheridan Avenue

Fort Thomas, KY 41075803.370.0008

Meloncon@tek-ritr.com

EducationPhD, English, 2005: University of South Carolina

Major: Rhetoric and CompositionSpecialization area: Technical CommunicationDissertation: Rhetoric, Remedies, Regimens: Popular Science in Early Modern England

MA, English, 2001: University of North Carolina at CharlotteConcentration area: Technical/Professional WritingThesis: Renaissance to the Restoration: Multi-Edition Technical Texts in Visual Transition

BA, English, 2000: University of North Carolina at Charlotte Minor: Technical/Professional WritingMagna Cum Laude

Academic ExperienceUniversity of South Florida

Associate Professor of Professional and Technical Communication, Department of English, 2017 – present

Director, Undergraduate program in Professional and Technical Communication, Department of English, 2017-present

University of Cincinnati Associate Professor of Professional and Technical Writing, Department of English and

Comparative Literature, University of Cincinnati, 2012-2017 Assistant Professor of Professional and Technical Writing, Department of English and

Comparative Literature, University of Cincinnati, 2006-2011 Affiliate faculty in Environmental Studies, University of Cincinnati, 2011-2017 Co-director/Technical Communication Project Leader, Center for Environmental

Genetics Community Outreach and Engagement Core, Department of Environmental Health, University of Cincinnati, 2011-2017

Director, McMicken Health Research Center, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Cincinnati, 2012- 2017

Undergraduate Courses Taught Introduction to Rhetoric and Professional Writing

http://www.tek-ritr.com/intro_rpw

Meloncon 1

Discourse Communitieshttp://www.tek-ritr.com/discourse

Desktop Publishinghttp://www.tek-ritr.com/dtp

Writing for Business (face-to-face and online)http://www.tek-ritr.com/biz_comm

Technical and Scientific Writinghttp://www.tek-ritr.com/tech_comm

Capstone in Rhetoric and Professional Writinghttp://www.tek-ritr.com/capstone

Visual Rhetoric

Graduate Courses Taught Information Design

http://.writeprofessionally.org/info-design-2017 Research and Bibliography for Professional Writing Online Documentation Content Management

http://writeprofessionally.org/content_manage Principles and Practices of Web Design

http://www.writeprofessionally.org/web_design Capstone in Professional Writing

Independent Studies

Put numbers?

Dissertation Committees

University of South Carolina, 2002-2005 Graduate Teaching Assistant

Courses Taught Composition Literature and Composition Technical and Scientific Writing

Peer Reviewed PublicationsBooksMeloncon, L., Graham, S., Johnson, J., Lynch, J. and Ryan, C. (Eds). Rhetoric of health and medicine as/is: Theoretical foundations for an emerging field. (under advance contract with Ohio State University Press)

Meloncon, L. and Scott, J. B. (Eds). (2017) Methodologies for the Rhetoric of Health and Medicine. New York: Routledge.

Meloncon 2

Meloncon, L. (Ed.). (2013). Rhetorical accessAbility: At the intersections of technical communication and disability studies. Amityville, NY: Baywood. Technical Communication Series.

Special Journal Issues EditedMeloncon, L. (forthcoming). Rhetoric of Health and Medicine Online. Journal of Technical Writing and Communication [special issue]

St.Amant, K. and Meloncon, L. (2016). Power and Legitimacy in Technical and Professional Communication. Journal of Technical Writing and Communication [special issue] 46.3

Meloncon, L. and Frost, E. A. (2015). Charting an Emerging Field: The Rhetorics of Health and Medicine and Its Importance in Communication Design. Communication Design Quarterly. [special Issue] 3(4).**nominated for the 2017 NCTE/CCCC best collection of articles in technical and scientific communication

Articles

Meloncon. L. (forthcoming). Orienting access in our business and professional communication classrooms. Business and Professional Communication Quarterly.

Oswal, S. and Meloncon, L. (2017). Saying no to the checklist: Shifting from an ideology of normalcy to an ideology of inclusion in online writing instruction. WPA: Writing Program Administration, 40(3), 61-77.

Meloncon, L., & Warner, E. (forthcoming). Data visualizations: A literature review and opportunities for technical and professional communication. In D. Slattery & Y. Cleary, Editor. Paper presented at the IEEE ProComm: Making Waves, Madison, WI. (pp.). 

Meloncon, L. (forthcoming). Patient experience design: Expanding usability methodologies for healthcare contexts. Communication Design Quarterly, 5(2), 19-28.

Meloncon, L. (forthcoming) Contingent faculty, online writing instruction, and professional development in technical and professional communication. Technical Communication Quarterly.

Scott, J. B., and Meloncon, L. (2017) Writing and Rhetoric Majors, Disciplinarity, and Techne. Composition Forum. http://compositionforum.com/issue/35/majors.php

Meloncon, L. (2017). Embodied personas for a mobile world. Technical Communication, 64(1), 50-65.

St.Amant, K., and Meloncon, L. (2016). Reflections on Research: Examining Practitioner Perspectives on the State of Research in Technical Communication. Technical Communication, 63(4), 346-363.

Meloncon 3

Meloncon, L., England, P. and Ilyasova, I., (2016). A Portrait of Non-Tenure Track Faculty in Technical and Professional Communication: Results of a Pilot Study. Journal of Technical Writing and Communication. 46(2), 206-235

Sullivan, P., Simmons, M., Moore, L., Meloncon, L., and Potts, L. (2015). Intentionally Recursive: A Participatory Model for Mentoring. Proceedings of the ACMInternational Conference on Design of Communication. ACM SIGDOC

Oswal, S. and Meloncon, L. (2014). Paying Attention to Accessibility and Disability in Technical and Professional Communication Online Course Design. Journal of Business and Technical Communication, 28(3), 271-300.**Winner of the Association for Business Communication Distinguished Publication Award, 2015

Henschel, S. and Meloncon, L. (2014). Of Horsemen and Layered Literacies: Assessment Instruments for Aligning Technical and Professional Communication Undergraduate Curricula with Professional Expectations. Programmatic Perspectives.

Meloncon, L. (2013). Visual communication in environmental health: Methodological questions and compromises. Communication Design Quarterly, 1(3), 34-37.

Meloncon, L. and Henschel, S. (2013). Current state of US undergraduate degree programs in technical and professional communication Technical Communication, 60(1), 45-64.** Winner of the Frank Smith award, which recognizes the best article in a given year

Fullencamp, A., Haynes, E.N., Meloncon, L., Succop, P., and Nebert, D. (2013). Perceptions of genetic research in three rural Appalachian Ohio communities. Journal of Community Genetics, 4(1), 9-17.

Meloncon, L. (2012). Current overview of academic certificates in technical and professional communication in the United States. Technical Communication, 59(3), 207-222.

Haynes, E., Beidler, C., Wittberg, D., Meloncon, L., Kopras, E., Parin, M. & Deitrick, K. (2011). Developing a bidirectional academic-community partnership for environmental health research and risk communication: The process and results leading to action. Environmental Health Perspectives, 119(10), 1364-1372

Meloncon, L. & England, P. (2011). Current status of contingent faculty in technical and professional communication. College English, 73(4), 396-408.

Meloncon, L., Haynes, E., Varelmann, M, & Groh, L. (2010). Building a Playground: General Guidelines for Creating Educational Websites for Children. Technical Communication, 57(4), 397-415. Winner of the journal’s distinguished article award.

Rentz, K., Debs. M., & Meloncon, L. (2010). Getting an invitation to the English table—And whether or not to accept it. Technical Communication Quarterly, 19(3), 281-299.

Meloncon 4

Meloncon, L. (2010). Answering the call: Toward a history of proposals. Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, 40.1, 29-50.

Meloncon, L. (2009). Masters programs in technical communication: A current overview. Technical Communication, 56.2, 137-148.

Meloncon, L. (2007). Exploring the electronic landscape: Technical communication, online learning, and instructor preparedness. Technical Communication Quarterly, 16.1,31-53.

Book ChaptersMeloncon, L. (in press, 2017). Bringing the body back through performative phenomenology (pp. 96-114). In L. Meloncon & J.B. Scott (Eds.). Research Methodologies for the Rhetoric of Health and Medicine. New York: Routledge.

Moore, Meloncon, Sullivan. (in press) Mentoring Women in Technical Communication: Building Safe Spaces through an Affective Mentoring Model. In H. Hassel & K. Cole (Eds.) Surviving Sexism in Academia: Strategies for Feminist Leadership.

Meloncon, L. and Harris, H. S., (2015). Preparing students for OWI. In B. Hewett & K. dePew (Eds.), Foundational Practices in Online Writing Instruction (411-438). Anderson, SC: Parlor Press

Meloncon, L. (2014). Curricular challenges of emphasis degrees in technical and professional communication. In T. Bridgeford, K. Saari Kitalong, & B. Williamson, (Eds.), Sharing Our Intellectual Traces: Narrative Reflections from Administrators of Professional, Technical, and Scientific, Communication Programs (179-200). Amityville, NY: Baywood Press. Technical Communication Series.

Zoller, H. and Meloncon, L. (2013). The good neighbor campaign as a communication intervention to reduce health disparities. In G. Kreps & M. Dutta, (Eds.), Reducing Health Disparities: Communication Interventions (pp. 436-456).

Meloncon, L. (2013). Introduction. In L. Meloncon (Ed.), Rhetorical accessability: At the intersection of technical communication and disability studies. (pp. 1-14). Amityville, NY: Baywood Press. Technical Communication Series.

Meloncon, L. (2013). Toward a theory of technological embodiment. In L. Meloncon (Ed.), Rhetorical accessability: At the intersection of technical communication and disability studies. (pp. 91-105). Amityville, NY: Baywood Press. Technical Communication Series.

Meloncon, L. and Arduser, L. (2013). Communities of practice approach: A new model for online course development and sustainability. In K. Cargile Cook & K. Grant-Davie, (Eds.), Online Education 2.0: Evolving, Adapting, and Reinventing Online Technical Communication. (pp. 73-90)., NY: Baywood Press. Technical Communication Series.

Meloncon, L. (2013). How to read landscapes: A method for integrating visual communication in the technical communication classroom. In E. Brumberger and K. Northcut, (Eds.), Designing

Meloncon 5

Texts: Teaching Visual Communication, (pp.13-32). Amityville, NY: Baywood Press. Technical Communication Series. **Winner of the 2015 NCTE technical and scientific communication award for best original collection of essays

Meloncon, L. and Martin, B. (2009). Dancing with the iPod: Navigating education’s new wireless landscape. In Amy C. Kimme Hea (ed.), Going Wireless: A Critical Exploration of Wireless and Mobile Technologies for Composition Teachers and Scholars. (pp. 287-304). Creskill, NJ: Hampton Press. New Dimensions in Computers and Composition Series.

Meloncon, L. (2009). Topography of educational place(s): Technical communication, instructor preparedness, and hybrid courses. In George Pullman and Baotong Gu (Eds.), Content management: bridging the gap between theory and practice. (pp. 103-127). Amityville, NY: Baywood Press. Technical Communication Series.

Reviews and Short PiecesMeloncon, L. (Spring-Summer 2016). Early Modern Print: Text Mining Early Printed English. Spenser Review, 46.1.16 http://www.english.cam.ac.uk/spenseronline/review/item/46.1.16

Meloncon, L. (2016). Technical communication’s role in patient health information and education. Intercom, 62(2), 12-16.

St Amant, K., & Meloncon, L. (2015). The attention-comprehension gap: A framework for rethinking information design. Intercom, 62(2), 15-17.

Meloncon, L. (2012). Choosing the academic program that’s right for you. Intercom, 59.7, 10-12.

Meloncon, L. (2012). The rise of academic programs: A call for collaboration. Intercom, 59.7, 13-15.

Singleton, M. & Meloncon, L. (2011). A social media primer for technical communicators. Intercom, 58.6, 6-9.

Meloncon, L. (2010). TechComm Programmatic Central: Helping Track Programmatic Information in Times of Change. CPTSC Proceedings Eds. Elizabeth Pass. Meeting in Boise, ID, Oct, 10-11, 2010, 10-12.

Meloncon, L. (2009). Review of Payne, Lynda. With Words and Knives: Learning Medical Dispassion in Early Modern England in Journal of British Studies, 48.2, 494-495.

Rentz, K., Arduser, L., Meloncon, L., and Debs, M. (2009). Designing a Successful Group-Report Experience. Business Communication Quarterly 72, 79-84. Focus on Teaching Column.

Meloncon, L. (2009 June). Craning for the barracks. Points of View Column for ProfPost, Center for Enhancement of Teaching and Learning. <http://profpost.uc.edu/2009/06/craning-for-the-barracks/#more-498>

Meloncon 6

Meloncon, L. (2009 March). Sweating out the Pedagogy. Points of View Column for ProfPost, Center for Enhancement of Teaching and Learning. <http://profpost.uc.edu/2009/03/sweating-out-the-pedagogy/>

Meloncon, L. (2009 January). What changed when I changed my Doc Martens. Points of View Column for ProfPost, Center for Enhancement of Teaching and Learning. http://profpost.uc.edu/2009/01/what-changed-when-i-changed-my-doc-martens/#more-9

Blog Posts and Public Scholarship

Grants National Institutes of Environmental Health SciencesCenter for Environmental Genetics Outreach Core

Co-Principal Investigator from 1-2011 through 3-2013 $250,000

Center for Environmental Genetics Outreach Core Investigator from 7-2013 through 7-2018 ~$5,000,000 (for the whole center)

UC/Marietta/Parkersburg Metro Area Reciprocal Research Relationship (R03) Co-Investigator from 7-2008 through 7-2010 $150,000

Infrastructure Grant Co-Principal Investigator ~$1,000,000 (unfunded )

National Institutes of Health Translation of Common Disease Genetics into Clinical Applications (R21) Co-Principal Investigator $274,750 (unfunded)

University of Cincinnati Center for Clinical and Translational Science and Training (CCTST)Epigenetic Epidemiology—Assessing the Concerns of an Urban African American Community

Co-Principal Investigator from 5-2010 through 3-2011 $7,478

The Ethics and Perceptions of Appalachian Americans to Genetic Research Co-Principal Investigator from 5-2009 through 3-2010 $9,995

Council for Programs in Scientific and Technical Communication TechComm Programmatic Central Principal Investigator from 5-2009 through 12-2009 $1370

University of Cincinnati Charles Phelps Taft Research CenterTravel Grants

Meloncon 7

Funded 2006 to 2013Conference Funding

October, 2010 $10,000

October, 2012 $7160

February, 2013 $7600

April, 2015 $3093

Department Allocation for Research June, 2010

$1,200 June, 2011

$800 Competitive Lecture Series

April, 2011 $1760

University of Cincinnati Charles Phelps Taft Research Center Summer Research Fellowship, 2008, $8000

University of Cincinnati, Center for Community Engagement Great Cities-Great Service Spring, 2010 $750

University of Cincinnati, Faculty Development Council Individual Faculty award

Spring, 2008, $1948.51 Spring, 2012, $3413.00

Collaborative Rhetoric and Professional Writing Faculty on usability, Spring, 2010

$10,802Ropes Digital Humanities Supplement, Spring, 2011

$15,000Professional Writing Faculty and Communication Department Faculty, Spring, 2011

$7,300InterdisciplinaryMcMicken Health Research Center, Spring, 2013

$7000McMicken Health Research Center, Spring, 2015

$8,850McMicken Health Research Center, Sall, 2016

$7350

University of Cincinnati, Office of Research Materials Grant for Attention Comprehension Gap

Spring, 2015

Meloncon 8

$8999Space Grant for Discourses of Health and Medicine

Spring, 2015 $4500

PresentationsConferences

2017 ProComm

2017 CCCC

2017 ATTW

2017 SCCI

2016, November. (forthcoming) Roundtable Participant: Post-Critique Praxis & Pedagogy Roundtable at the National Communication Association pre-conference of the Association of Rhetoric, Science, Technology, and Medicine.

2016, October. Majors, majors everywhere nor any discipline to think at the Inaugural Conference of Rhetoric and Writing Studies, El Paso, TX. *featured speaker

2016, October. Capstones in Undergraduate Technical and Professional Communication Programs at the annual meeting of the Council for Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication, Savannah, GA.

2016, May. RSA Rhetorical Care of the Self and Adolescent Mental Health: Advancing Theory in the Rhetorics of Health and Medicine a the biannual meeting of the Rhetoric Society of America, Atlanta, GA.

2016, May. Technical Communication’s Role in Health Information and Education at the annual summit of the Society of Technical Communication, Anaheim, CA.

2016, April. CCCC Committee for Effective Practices in Online Writing: Student Matters at the annual meeting of the Conference on College Communication and Composition, Houston, TX.

2016 February. Don’t Leave Me Hanging: The Importance of Connecting Complex Information Research Design and Questions to Existing Literature at the Symposium on Communicating Complex Information, Greenville, NC.

2015, July. Intentionally Recursive: A Participatory Model for Mentoring presented at the annual meeting at the SIGDOC (created with Michele Simmons, Kristen Moore, Liza Potts, and Patricia Sullivan. The presentation was delivered by Simmons, Moore & Potts.) *keynote address

Meloncon 9

2015, March. Using Research to Engage Communities presented at the Engaging Your Words Writing and Rhetoric Symposium, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida. *featured presentation

2015 February. Better than a sharp stick in the eye: Lessons from a cross-disciplinary research project presented at the Symposium for Communicating Complex Information, Greenville, NC. *Keynote address

2014 October. The Current State of Medical Rhetoric/Health Communication Courses and Curricula in TPC Programs presented at the annual meeting of the Council of Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication, Colorado Springs, CO. 

2014, May. Roundtable on Rhetoric of Science and Technology, Social Justice, and Community Engagement at the ARST Preconference at Rhetoric Society of America (invited participant)

2014, May. When “Corporate Authority” Meets Medical Authority: A Rhetorical Analysis of Health Websites for Teenage Girls. Paper presented at the roundtable discussion, Renegotiating Corporate, Medical, and Political Authority in the Border Skirmishes of 21st-century Womanhood at the Rhetoric Society of America conference, San Antonio, Texas.

2014, May. Improving Accessibility of Information in Online Environmentsat the annual summit of the Society of Technical Communication, Phoenix, AZ.

2014, February. Theories, ethics, and messiness in research study design presented at the Symposium for Communicating Complex Information, Greenville, NC.

2013 October. What Do 150 Syllabi Tell Us About the Service Course? presented at the annual meeting of the Council of Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication, Cincinnati, OH.

2013 October. Introductory Remarks: Reflections and Projections on Programs. Plenary Conversation presented at the annual meeting of the Council of Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication, Cincinnati, OH.

2013, March. Reporting on Best Practices in Online Writing Instruction (OWI): Six-Year Research Results from the CCCC Committee for Best Practices in OWI at the annual meeting of the Conference on College Communication and Composition, Las Vegas.

2012, September. Are we preparing our students for the workplace? Presented at the annual meeting of the Council of Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication, Houghton, MI.

2012, May. MyChart, Consumerism, and the Ethic of Care presented at the bi-annual meeting of the Rhetoric Society of America Conference, Philadelphia, PA.

2012, March. Current state of international technical communication in the US and the world. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the Association of Teachers of Technical Writing, St. Louis, MO.

Meloncon 10

2012, March. Online Writing Instruction: Toward Best Practices Results of Focus Groups Experts presented at the annual meeting of the Conference on College Communication and Composition, St. Louis, MO.

2011, October. Update on TechComm Central. Roundtable discussion presented at the annual meeting of the Council of Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication, Harrisonburg, VA.

2011, April. Online Writing Instruction: Results of National Survey at the annual meeting of the Conference on College Communication and Composition, Atlanta, GA.

2010, April. Using CBPR in the University Classroom. Poster session presented at the Inaugural Partnerships for Environmental Public Health Program Meeting, Research Triangle Park, NC. (with Erin Haynes and Carolina Beidler)

2010, March. Google me a genre. Paper presented at the roundtable discussion, Revising genre theory: reporting on the emergence of online health communication genres, at the annual meeting of the Conference on College Communication and Composition, Louisville, KY.

2010, March. Community-based participatory research: Implications for the field, the community, and the classroom. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the Association of Teachers of Technical Writing, Louisville, KY.

2009, October. It's about the content not technology: developing rich case studies for an online course or face-to-face course supplement. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Business Communication, Portsmouth, VA,.

2008, October. Using Harvard Business School cases for the group report project. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Business Communication, Lake Tahoe, NV.

2008, April. Putting technical communication in its place(s): Mapping common strengths and common goals. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the Association of Teachers of Technical Writing, New Orleans, LA.

2008, April. Finding my own way: A new hire reflects on graduate preparation. Paper presented at the roundtable discussion, Why didn’t I think of that?: Writing instruction at the graduate level, at the annual meeting of the Conference on College Communication and Composition, New Orleans, LA.

2007, October. Politics of place: Teaching audience in the professional writing classroom. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Business Communication, Washington, DC.

2006, October. The Da Vinci code: A pedagogical framework for teaching visual communication. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Business Communication, San Antonio, TX.

Meloncon 11

2006, March. Inventing genre. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Conference on College Communication and Composition, Chicago, Ill.

2004, March. You say you want a revolution: Rhetoric of inquiry and [re]presentation of hypertext for the writing classroom. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Conference on College Communication and Composition, San Antonio, TX. (Co-authored with Beth Martin.)

Invited Classroom Presentations

Planning PhD class on research methods CL7086: Legal and Ethical Issues in Online Education: Accessibility, Summer 2013 MLTI 150: Success in Health Professions guest lectured on cross-cultural communication

(part of Choose Ohio First), Fall 2010 MLIT 150: Success in Health Professions Guest lectured on business writing and

communication (part of Choose Ohio First), Fall 2010 ENGL 621: Instructional Design, University of Cincinnati, Fall 2009 JOUR 621: Advanced reporting, University of Cincinnati, Winter 2009 ENGL 745: Web Design, University of Cincinnati, Fall 2007 ENGL 795: Capstone, University of Cincinnati, Spring 2007 ENGL 795: Teaching Technical and Business Writing, University of South Carolina,

Maymester 2005, Maymester 2004 ENGL 791: Research in Composition Studies, University of South Carolina, Fall 2003 ENGL 4008/5008: Hypertext Theory, UNC-Charlotte, Fall, 2001 ENGL 4008/5008: Technical Editing, UNC- Charlotte, Fall 2001 ENGL 6008: Usability Testing, UNC-Charlotte, Fall 2000

Invited Presentations 2016, October. A Research Center’s Role in Programmatic Mission and Vision. Georgia

Southern 2015, March. Using Research to Engage Communities presented at the Engaging Your

Words Writing and Rhetoric Symposium, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida. 2012, October. Visual Communication in Environmental Health:  Myth, Method, and

Making. Research Colloquium Department of Communication. 2011, October. The Role of Academic Programs in STC’s Certification Process paper

presented at the Pre-Conference jointly sponsored by the Society for Technical Communication and the Council for Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication

2010, November. Delivered the keynote address, Error Free Business Writing, to the Cincinnati Chapter of the International Association of Administrative Professionals.

2010, May. Articulating Episteme: Vernacular Medical Texts in Early Modern England. For Spring Lecture Series in the Medical Humanities. Sponsored by Charles Phelps Taft Research Center.

2009, March. Business Communication. For Spring Business Leaders Workshop for Finance and Administration, University of Cincinnati.

2008, April. Blogs and wikis in an integrated curriculum. For Ohio Learning Network TeachU Series. (Online. Over 100 people attended.)

Meloncon 12

2008, April. Considerations for gathering and compiling data on programs. For the Masters’ Consortium special event at the Conference on College Communication and Composition.

2004, August. Tips for Collaborative Assignments. For In-Service Workshop for Experienced Graduate Teaching Assistants, University of South Carolina.

2004, June. Technical writing. For the W. K. Kellogg African American Public Health Fellowship and Development Program Summer Institute.

Institutes CET&L Year-long Course Re-Design, 2009-2010 CET&L September Institute, 2006 and 2008 Participant, year-long colloquium, “Vernacular Health and Healing,” Folger Shakespeare

Library, 2006-2007. Director: Mary E. Fissell.

Awards NationalNominated for the Ken Rainey Research Award, 2011 and 2012, 2014

Association of Business Communication, Best Article Award, 2014

Frank R. Smith Award for best journal article, 2013

Distinguished article award, 2010

Diana Award 2015, given to the Women in Tech Comm steering committee for their commitment to

mentoring in the field

University

Dolly Cohen Award Nominated 2013-2014

Academy of Fellows of Teaching and Learning, inducted 2012

University of Cincinnati, Innovative Teaching with Technology award (university wide) Nominated 2008-2009

Boyce Teaching award (departmental, student nominated) Winner 2009-2010 Nominated 2007-08, 2008-09, 2009-2010, 2010-2011

Service National Service to the Profession

Meloncon 13

Discourses of Health and Medicine Symposium Envisioned, coordinated and obtained funding for the first cross-disciplinary gathering of

scholars in the rhetoric of health and medicine First held in 2013 and again in 2015 Journal proposal in process with a notable University Press www.medicalrhetoric.con/symposium coordinate medicalrhetoric.com, which is the central hub for the emerging field of the

rhetoric of health and medicine (see CCCC standing group below)

Women in Technical Communication (#womeninTC) Steering committee, 2013-present national mentoring organization for women in the profession www.womenintechcomm.org

Council for Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication President, 2014-2016 Vice-President, 2012-2014 Local arrangements chair for 2013 Co-chair conference 2013 Committee membership

o Program Assessment and Review Committee, member, 2011-currento Grants Committee, member, 2010-2013

Association of Teachers of Technical Writing at-large member of executive committee, 2013-2015 co-chair 2015 conference professional development for graduate students “Speed Dating Session,” 2009-current

(organizer for 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017)

Society for Technical Communication Academic SIG Assistant Manager, 2014-2016 Special Projects Coordinator, 2016-

CCCC Medical Rhetoric Standing Group Lead author on the proposal to move to standing group Executive committee, 2015-

Master Consortium of writing Programs Executive committee member 2007-current (invited)

CCCC Online Writing Instruction member, Committee, 2010-2016 standing group, 2016- part of authorship team for the position statement on Online Writing Instruction

Principles and Effective Practices (http://www.ncte.org/cccc/committees/owi)

GSOLE: Global Society of Online Literacy Educators Founding member, 2016-

Meloncon 14

Research Board Co-Chair, 2016-

Misc. Committees Chair, NCTE Technical and Scientific Awards Committee, 2016-2017 Member, STC search committee for executive director, 2016-2017 STC survey task force 2012, 2013 Partnerships for Environmental Public Health, Planning Committee Health

Communication Workshop, Summer 2011 CCCC Committee on Visibility, member, 2009-2015 IPCC conference 2011 local arrangements chair Judge for Society for Technical Communication, Midlands Chapter Competition, Fall

2005 STC Frank Smith award committee 2015

Reviewer Journal of Business and Technical Communication, board of reviewers, 2009- present Business Communication Quarterly, board of reviewers 2011- present Technical Communication, ad-hoc reviews Technical Communication Quarterly reviewer special issue on social media & ad hoc

reviews Programmatic perspectives ad hoc reviews IEEE Professional Communication, reviewer special issues on content management Composition Studies Enculturation ad hoc Pietho ad hoc Translational Behavioral medicine Textbook reviewer

o Hocks and Gurak, Handbook of Technical Communication, 2009o Gurak and Lannon, Technical Communication Basics, 2008o Johnson -Sheehan, Technical Communication Today, Brief 2010o Schwom and Snyder, Business Communication, 2010 o Mike Markel’s short edition, 2011

ATTW Book series ad hoc reviews University of Chicago Press ad hoc reviews IEEE PCS book series

o Proposal for book on global communicationo Proposal for book on style and grammaro Proposal for quantitative research

CPTSC o conference reviewer 2011, 2013, 2016o grants program reviewer 2010, 2012, 2013

IEEE ProComm conference reviewer (includes full papers for conference proceedings), 2011,2012, 2013, 2014, 2017

ATTW 2013, 2014 APHA conference reviews 2013, 2014 NCA visual communication division conference reviews 2012, 2013, 2104

Meloncon 15

APHA conference reviews 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 (health communication nworking group)

ARST o NCA preconference reviews 2014, 2015, 2016o RSA 2015

CCCC first stage reviewer (posters and papers) 2014, 2015, 2018 SIGDOC reviews 2015, 2016 NCA health comm division 2016, 2017

Editorial BoardProgrammatic Perspectives, 2012-currentJTWC, 2015-currentROLE, 2016-current

Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute Reviewer, 2013 ambassador 2014- current PCOR Translational review, 2017- present

University

Director McMicken Health Research Center, College of Arts and Sciences Represent the College on key committees that focus on health across campus Facilitate conversations and collaborations between faculty within the college Facilitate conversations and collaborations between A&S faculty and faculty in other

colleges Answer questions from faculty about research, funding, and other resources that may

assist them in doing their jobs Mentor faculty doing health research in the college Assist the Dean in long-term planning around the College’s key strength of health Manage cross-disciplinary academic programs related to health within the college Direct the graduate Health Communication Certificate program, which is a collaboration

between Communication and Professional Writing

Taft Research Center Board of Directors, member, 2015-present Medical Humanities Research Group, Co-leader, 2013-present

Provost Council for Teaching Excellence, member, Spring 2012- Spring 2014

Service Learning advisory board, member, Fall 2008–present Member of executive committee, Spring 2011-present Chair sub-committee on curriculum and assessment Spring 2011-present

Center for Enhancement of Teaching and Learning advisory board, member, Winter 2010-present

New Faculty Institute steering committee, 2012-2015

Meloncon 16

Center for Enhancement of Teaching and Learning Research and Publication Workgroup, Fall, 2012 Research and Publication Workgroup, AY 2011-2012 (six, 1 ½ hour workshops) Pushing Past Publish or Perish: Setting Realistic Research and Publication Plans, Fall

2011 Using wikis for distance learning, Spring 2011 Plenary address for new GTA orientation, Fall 2010 Using wikis for distance learning, Spring 2010 Plenary address for new GTA orientation, Fall 2009 Wordpress for Courses, co-presenter, Winter 2010 Search committee for CET&L assistant director, Summer 2009 Using Wikis for Effective Learning Environments, all day seminar, Summer 2009 Evaluating the Writing Assignment, Winter 2009 Writing: Building the Assignment, Fall 2008 Blogs and Wikis, co-presenter, Spring 2008, Summer 2008, Fall 2008, Winter 2009,

Spring 2009 Wiki, Wiki, What? September Institute, Fall 2007

Ready Set GO workshop (professional Development series for faculty who perform basic, clinical, and translational scientific and medical research)

Effective communication June 2012 Effective communication June 2013

Preparing Future Faculty Extreme Makeovers Cover Letters, Spring 2010 Extreme Makeover CV edition, Winter 2010 (co-facilitator) Using Wordpress for professional dossiers, Winter 2010 Web 2.0 (2 sections) Fall 2008 and Spring 2009

College of Arts and Sciences Welcome Day participant and reading group leader, Fall 2009 -panel for common reading 2012 majors group 2012 New faculty RPT discussion participant, Fall 2012 Chair online task force 2013-2014 Chair curricular strategy team 2013-2014

New faculty orientation Active learning strategies, Fall 2010 Faculty Panel, Fall 2011 Research resources, Fall 2012

DepartmentalUndergraduate Committee, member, 2007-2014Undergraduate Advisor, 2008-2014Graduate Professional Writing & Editing Advisor, 2009-presentProfessional Writing Program, Reader of 10 internship reports (primary) and 2 (secondary)

Meloncon 17

Composition Advisory Committee, member, 2008-2010Composition and Rhetoric Search Committee, member, 2008-2009Boyce Teaching Award Committee, 2010-2011, chairChair writing contest, professional writing area, 2010, 2011, 2012

MembershipsAssociation for Business CommunicationAssociation of Teachers of Technical WritingCouncil of Programs of Technical and Scientific CommunicationNational Communication AssociationNational Council of Teachers of EnglishRhetoric Society of AmericaSociety for Technical CommunicationAssociation of Rhetoric of Science and TechnologyAmerican Public Health AssociationAssociation of Internet Researchers

ConsultingTek-Ritr Group, 1995-PresentOwner and primary writer of a technical communication consulting firm specializing in documentation for Internet applications and other web strategies, environmental concerns, and medicine. Have worked with Fortune 500 companies; local, state, and national government agencies; universities; hospital groups; real estate companies; Nascar companies; and engineering firms.

Meloncon 18