Dr. Kathryn M. Northcut

PROFESSOR & ASSISTANT CHAIR FOR UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES

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Research interests: rhetoric of science, visual theory, pedagogy

Dr. Northcut received a B.A. in English from Western State College in Gunnison, Colorado, in 1986; an M.A. in TESL from Colorado State University in 1995; and a Ph.D. in Technical Communication and Rhetoric from Texas Tech University in 2004.

Before coming to Missouri S&T, Dr. Northcut worked as a circulation manager for a newspaper, a legal assistant, an assistant director of a biological laboratory, a technical writer, and a lecturer in English.

At Missouri S&T, Dr. Northcut has taught undergraduate and graduate courses in visual communication theory and practice; pedagogy; and proposal writing.

 

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Selected Publications

Scientific Communication: Practices, Theories, and Pedagogies (New York: Routledge, 2018) (co-editor with Dr. Han Yu)

“Suck it up, Buttercup! Or, Why Cu*ts Leave STEM,” in Kirsti Cole and Holly Hassel (Eds.), Surviving Sexism in Academia: Strategies for Feminist Leadership (New York: Routledge, 2017), 98-105.

Designing Texts: Teaching Visual Communication (Amityville New York: Baywood, 2013)  (co-editor with Dr. Eva Brumberger) -- Winner of the 2015 CCCC Award for Best Original Collection of Essays in Technical or Scientific Communication

"Technological Literacy in the Visual Communication Classroom: Reconciling Principles and Practice for the ‘Whole’ Communicator." Programmatic Perspectives, 5.2 (2013): 171-196 (co-author with E. Brumberger and C. Lauer)

"Program Visibility: A Survey of Awareness about Technical Communication Programs on Campus." Programmatic Perspectives, 5.2 (2013): 197-213 (co-author with T. Leslie)

"Insights from Illustrators: The Rhetoric of Paleontology Representations.” Technical Communication Quarterly, 20.3 (2011): 303-326

"Resisting the Lure of Technology-Driven Design: Pedagogical Approaches to Visual Communication." Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, 40.4 (2010): 459-471 ( co-authored with Eva Brumberger)