Kirk St.Amant and Ann Wiley have put together a fantastic issue on international technical communication. As they detail in their editorial, the six articles they solicited focus on a six-context framework—informational, technological, positional, experiential, professional, and educational—with each article representing one perspective on each context for approaching culture and communication.
Kirk St.Amant is the incoming Eunice C. Williamson Endowed Chair of Technical Communication at Louisiana Tech University. He is also an Adjunct Professor of International Health and Medical Communication with the University of Limerick in Ireland and an Adjunct Professor of Public Health at East Carolina University in North Carolina. He is an STC Fellow, and his main research interests are international communication—particularly in relation to health and medicine—and information design for global audiences.
Ann Wiley, an STC Fellow, is the long-time editor of the Global Talk newsletter and website of STC’s International Technical Communication (ITC) SIG, a past manager of the ITC SIG, and currently manager of the Europe SIG. Ann has a Master’s degree in library science and a PhD in instructional development, both from Syracuse University. She is president of Ann L. Wiley Consultants Inc., specializing in process design and communications, lean and focused documentation and training, and content management and facilitation of enterprise and collaborative websites.
Thank you, Ann and Kirk, for sharing your expertise with Intercom readers on this topic. Also in this issue are two columns, one on ethics from a project manager perspective and the other on writing for a North American audience from a student perspective; an interview with Summit Closing Keynote Speaker, David Beebe, by Nicky Bleiel; a listing of Summit sponsors and exhibitors; STC awards and honors; and information about the newly published CPTC Foundation Study Guide.
I encourage Intercom readers to consider writing something for an upcoming issue! Themes are posted online and we're always looking for Society Page, My Job, and Off Hours articles.
