Dr. Kevin Garrison

Education

• Ph.D. in Technical Communication and Rhetoric, Texas Tech University (2009)
• M.A. in Rhetoric and Composition, Texas Tech University (2004)
• B.A in English., Angelo State University (2003)

Teaching Areas

• Technical Writing
• Business Communications
• Usability Testing
• Professional Editing
• Professional Writing
• Studies of Writing and Technology
• English Composition

Research

• Usability Studies
• Philosophies of Technology
• Jacques Ellul
• Intersection of Technology Studies and Technical Communication
• Eye Tracking Research

Publications

• “The Scientist, Philosopher, and Rhetorician: The Three Dimensions of Technical Communication and Technology.” Journal of Technical Writing and Communication. (14 pp.) Forthcoming 2014.
• “Designing and Implementing a Low-Cost Usability Testing Laboratory: Theoretical Justifications and Practical Considerations.” Technical Communication. (18 pp.) Vol. 60, Issue 3. 2013. Online Access.
• “Web Conferencing and Peer Feedback.” The Plugged-in Professor. Edited by Sharmila Pixy Ferris and Hilary Anne Wilder. Cambridge UK Press. (7 pp.) 2013. Online Access.  
• “Ellul’s Alternative Theory of Technology: Anticipating the Fourth Milieu of Virtuality.” Explorations in Media Ecology. (16 pp.) Vol. 11, Issue 1. 2012. Online Access.
• “Perpetuating the Technological Ideology: An Ellulian Critique of Feenberg’s Democratized Rationalization.” Bulletin of Science, Technology, and Society. (10 pp.) Vol. 30, Issue 3. 2010. Online Access.
• “Using Text-to-Speech Software to Revise First-Year College Students’ Essays.” Computers and Composition. (14 pp.) Vol. 20, Issue 4, 2009. Online Access.