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Geoffrey A. Cross

Appointments

  • Professor

Departments

Location

  • Room 333 A
  • Bingham Humanities, Belknap Campus

Phone Number

  • 502-852-6060

Email Address

Website


Bio

Office Hours:  Spring, 2008:  M 3-6:30, T 10:45-11:15

English Courses Recently Taught:

ENGL 303 - 03: Scientific and Technical Writing (Spring, 2008)
ENGL 675 - 01:  Studies in Professional Writing (Spring, 2008)
ENGL 101 - 42: Introduction to College Writing (Fall, 2007)
ENGL 303 - 01: Scientific and Technical Writing (Fall, 2007)
ENGL 303 - 03: Scientific and Technical Writing (Spring, 2007)
ENGL 303 - 04: Scientific and Technical Writing (Spring, 2007)
ENGL 101 - 20: Introduction to College Writing - WC (Fall, 2006)
ENGL 306 - 03: Business Writing (Fall, 2006)
ENGL 306 - 21: Business Writing (Summer, 2006)
ENGL 675 - 70: Studies in Professional Writing (Summer, 2006)
ENGL 687 - 02: Seminar in Rhetorical Studies (Spring, 2006)


Educational Background

  • Ph.D. from The Ohio State University

Teaching Areas

  • Rhetoric & Composition, Business and Technical Writing, American Literature Until 1900, Ethnographic and Other Qualitative Research Methods

Research Interests

  • Group Writing (incl. Collective Mind, Publications Management, Social Cognition, Ethics,
  • Architectural Influences, Channel Choice, Conflict and Negotiation, Dialogism), Visual Design, Ethnographic Research Methods, Media Interaction, Business and Technical Communication, Writing Across the Curriculum/in the Disciplines, Stylistics, Advanced & Intermediate Composition, Computer-Assisted Composition Pedagogy

Professional Activities

  • Editorial Board, Journal of Business Communication
  • Research Committee, Association for Business Communication

Honors & Awards

  • NCTE 1995 Best Book in Scientific and Technical Communication Award, for Collaboration and Conflict
  • 1997 Association for Business Communication Outstanding Researcher Award
  • 2002 Best Book in Scientific and Technical Communication Award, for Forming the Collective Mind
  • 2002 Association for Business Communication Distinguished Publication Award
  • 2005 UofL Arts and Sciences Outstanding Scholarship, Research, and Creative Activity Award

Professional Memberships

  • Member, CCCC, NCTE, ATTW, ABC, STC, Phi Delta Kappa, The Society of Professional Journalists

Publications

  • Forming the Collective Mind

    Forming the Collective Mind. (Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press). This book is the winner of the 2002 Association for Business Communication Distinguished Publication Award and the 2003 NCTE Best Book Award in Scientific and Technical Communication.

  • Collaboration and Conflict

    Winner of 1995 NCTE, ATTW Best Book in Scientific and Technical Communication Award


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