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Jo Mackiewicz

Professor

Vita

Contact

jomack@iastate.edu

515-294-8273

413 Ross
527 Farm House Ln.
Ames IA
50011-1054

Bio

Courses I am teaching

ENGL 5060: Professional Communication Theory

Research areas

Discourse and corpus-driven analysis of one-to-one pedagogical interactions

About my teaching

I love teaching technical editing and grammar.

How I came to teach what I teach

I’ve always been interested in the process of writing and the ways that people talk about writing. So, I ended up studying writing center conferences and editor-writer sessions. I also became a practicing editor, and I am a better teacher for it I think.

Outside of the university…

I ride my road bikes (a Trek and a Bianchi) and my mountain bike (a Specialized) like crazy.

Selected Publications

Business Communication, 14th, 13th, and 12th editions, McGraw-Hill. (with Jeanine Elise Aune).
Welding Technical Communication: Teaching and Learning Embodied Knowledge. (2022). State University of New York Press.
Theories and Methods of Writing Center Studies: A Practical Guide. (2020). Routledge (with Rebecca Babcock).
Writing Center Talk over Time: A Mixed-Method Study. (2018). Routledge. (100%).
Talk about Writing: The Tutoring Strategies of Experienced Writing Center Tutors, 2nd ed. (2018). Routledge (with Isabelle Thompson).