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Geoffrey A. Cross

Appointments

Professor

Departments

Current Faculty

Location

Room 333 A
Bingham Humanities, Belknap Campus

Phone Number

502-852-6060

Email Address

gcross at louisville.edu

Website

www.louisville.edu/~gacros01

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

University of Louisville

Department of English

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