I am a fourth year PhD student in the Rhetoric and Professional Communication program. In May 2007 I passed my comprehensive exam and began working on my prospectus for a dissertation study about the rhetoric of corporate visual identity programs and how they influence an organization's ethos. I hope to defend the dissertation in 2008.

I am also teaching an online course in business communication for the technical communication program at Minnesota State University, Mankato. Prior to my studies at ISU, I was an instructor and internship coordinator at MSU in the computer and information sciences department. I have also worked as a marketing writer for the Louisiana state tourism office and as a community relations manager for Barnes and Noble Booksellers.

Office/Office Hours

• office: P.O. Box 2061, North Mankato, Minnesota 56001-2061
• email: veltsos@iastate.edu
• home page: http://jenniferveltsos.com

Interests

• visual rhetoric
• professional communication
• document design & typography
• teaching assistant instruction
• electronic publications

Presentations

• Veltsos, Jennifer. 2006. "Composing a Social Network: Developing the Pedagogy Portal Community Website." Presented to the 10th Annual Great Plains Alliance for Computers and Writing (GPACW). Mankato, MN.
• Veltsos, Jennifer and Matt Search. 2006. "S#!t Happens: True Stories of Client-Based Projects." Presented to the 72nd Annual Association of Business Communication Conference. San Antonio, TX.
• Veltsos, Jennifer. 2006. "Paradigm Bump: Fitting the Orange Journal into the Academic Paradigm." Presented to the Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC). Chicago, IL.
• Veltsos, Jennifer. 2005. "Introducing Document Design in First Year Composition: Moving from Uniformity to Influence." Presented to the 8th Annual Great Plains Alliance for Computers and Writing (GPACW). Mankato, MN.

Unrefereed Publications

• Veltsos, Jennifer. 2006. Review of Looking Good in Print 6th edition by Robert C. Parker. Technical Communication. 53(4):477.
• Veltsos, Jennifer. 2006. Review of Technical Report Writing Today 9th edition by Daniel J. Riordan. Technical Communication. 53(3): 359.

Affiliations

• Association for Business Communication (member)
  • Association of Teachers of Technical Writing (member)
  • Society for Technical Communication (member)
  • Delta Sigma Pi Business Fraternity (alumni)

Degrees

• M.A. Technical Communication, Minnesota State University, Mankato
• M.B.A., University of Louisiana at Lafayette
• B.S. Marketing, University of Louisiana at Lafayette.

Not-At-All-Scholarly Contributions to Society

• "Shamdelier." Original word and definition published by www.pseudodictionary.com

• "Momaholic" Original word and definition published by www.pseudodictionary.com
• "Tattle Wave" Co-authored with Scott Graham. Original word and definition published by www.pseudodictionary.com