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2003

Ph.D., Rhetoric and Professional Communication, Iowa State University, Department of English, Ames, IA 50010
Dissertation: Negotiated Spaces: Constructing Genre and Social Practice in a Cross-Community Writing Project. Award: CCCC Outstanding Dissertation Award in Technical Communication, 2004

1996

M.A., English, Northeast Missouri State University, Dept. of English, Kirksville Mo.

Masters Thesis: H.D.: The Waking Dream Between Us. Available on request. 

1992

B.A., English, Cum Laude, with Honors in the Major, University of Central Florida, Department of English, Orlando Fla.

[Education] [Editing, Publications, Presentations] [Professional Organizations and Activities]

2005

Conference Presentation
"Double Vision: Writing Accessible Environments with Multi-media Tools." Conference on College Composition and Communication 56th Annual Convention; San Francisco, CA; March 2005. Accepted: Not presented due to illness

Journal Article
Kain, Donna, and Elizabeth Wardle. 2005. Building context: Using activity theory to teach about genre in multi-major professional communication. Technical Communication Quarterly 14.2: 113-139

Textbook Chapters
Burnett, Rebecca E., and Donna J. Kain. 2005. Technical Communication, 6th Edition. Chapter 13: Designing electronic communication. Burnett, Rebecca E. Boston: Thompson Wadsworth. 467-514.

Burnett, Rebecca E., and Donna J. Kain. 2005. Technical Communication, 6th Edition. Chapter 9: Ensuring Usability. Burnett, Rebecca E. Boston: Thompson Wadsworth. 305-342.

Instructors Manual
Burnett, Rebecca E., and Donna J. Kain. 2005. Effective Strategies for Teaching with Technical Communication 6e. Boston: Thompson Wadsworth. 288 pgs.

2004

Conference Presentation
"Teaching and Learning How Documents Do Things: Genre and Activity Theory in the Rhetoric Classroom." Conference on College Composition and Communication 55th Annual Convention; San Antonio, TX; March 2004.

2003

Conference Presentation
"Getting in the Door: Rhetoric, Instrumental Discourse, and Accessible Environments." Conference on College Composition and Communication 54nd Annual Convention; New York, NY; March 2003.

Journal Article
Kain, Donn J. 2003. "Teacher-centered-vs-Student-centered:
Balancing Constraint and Theory in the Composition Classroom." Pedagogy 3.1:104-108. Article Proof (PDF)

Trade Book
Osterberg, A., Kain, D. (2002). Access for Everyone: A guide to Accessibility with References to ADAAG. Ames, IA: Iowa State Univeristy.

2002

Conference Presentations
"Meeting in the Middle: Balancing Political, Pedagogical, and Practical Imperatives in Web-based Learning Environments (WBLE) for Technical Communication Service Courses" With Rebecca Burnett and Jennifer Maher. 2002 ATTW Conference; Chicago, IL; March 2002.
Conference PowerPoint (Includes screen shots of learning modules for which I was the primary designer)

"Thinking Through Others: Genre, Disciplinarity, Graduate Studies…and WAC." 2002 WAC Conference; Rice University, Houston, TX; March 2002

2001 

Conference Presentations
" Writing in the Nexus: Texts, Contexts, and Converging "Publics" in Disability Advocacy " Conference on College Composition and Communication 52nd Annual Convention; Denver, CO; March 2001.

"Whose Software Is This, Anyway? Negotiating Disciplinary Differences in Writing Accessible Architecture Guidelines " 2001 ATTW Conference; Denver, CO; March 2001.

2000 

Article
" Evaluation of Residence Halls is Nearing Completion," IDRO; Iowa State University

Conference Presentations
"Tag-Team Writing: Wrestling with Technology and Interdisciplinarity in Writing Projects" 2000 Watson Conference; Louisville, KY, October 2000.

"Rhetoric, Usability, and Webspace Design: A Discourse Analysis Approach." Conference on College Composition and Communication 51st Annual Convention. Minneapolis, Minnesota, April 2000.

1999

Conference Presentation
"It's Always Been A Grey Area": The Role of Agendas and Minutes in Organizational Communication. (co-author Janel Bloch). Society For Technical Communication Annual International Conference; Cincinnati, Ohio; May 1999

1998

Conference Presentation
"Verbal Magic: Presence and Identification in the Campaign Finance Reform Committee Hearings." Phorum Symposium, Iowa State University

Article
"Field Guide to Accessibility Under Construction." Design News; College of Design, Iowa State University

Contributing Editor
VisLab User's Manual, 2nd Edition; Engineering Animation, Inc., Ames, IA

1997-98

Editorial Consultant/Contributing Writer
English Department Alumni Newsletter

1997

Editor
Residence Halls Comprehensive Facilities Condition Study,

ISU Department of Residence; Architectural Research Laboratory

Conference Presentation
"Argumentation in First Year Composition: Teaching Local Issues;" Phorum Symposium, Iowa State University; March 1997

1996

Article
"Evaluation of Residence Halls is Nearing Completion," IDRO; Iowa State University

Short Fiction
"Better Places," Windfall; Northeast Missouri State University; Award: Best Fiction

1995

Editor
Northeast Writers in Process, 8th edition, (with Bryant Armstrong & Dr. Charles Breed), NMSU

Conference Presentation
"Comp I: Please Come in and Situate Yourself" (with Dr. Linda Seidel); South Atlantic Modern Language Association Conference, November 1995, Atlanta, GA

1992

Short Fiction
"Strip Poker," Cypress Dome. University of Central Florida

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Current Memberships

• Association of Teachers of Technical Writing
• National Council of Teachers of English
• College Composition and Communication
• IEEE Professional Communication Society
• Modern Language Association
• CPTSC

Society for Technical Communication, past member

• President, Iowa State Chapter 1998-99
• Public Relations Officer, Iowa State Chapter 1997-98, achievement award
• Publicity Coordinator, Iowa State Chapter 1996-97

Advanced Writing Committee, Iowa State Dept. of English, 2000-01

Agricultural Communicators in Education, member 1998-2000

Computer Access Committee (university-wide), Iowa State University, member, 1997-98

GEA (Graduate English Association), Iowa State University, founding member, 1997-2001

Phorum: Organization of PhD Students in Rhetoric and Professional Communication, Iowa State University

• Co-President, 2000-2001
• Phorum Symposium Co-Chairperson, 1997, 1998, 1999

SEE Program, Northeast Missouri State University, Committee for selection and curriculum development, Dr. Dwayne Smith, Director; member, 1995-96

GEO (Graduate English Organization), Northeast Missouri State University, founding member, 1995-96

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