Publications

My research focuses on plain language, government writing, and technical communication for diverse stakeholders. I am the author of over 50 scholarly works—including seven books and edited collections as well as peer-reviewed articles in leading venues such as IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication, Technical Communication Quarterly, Journal of Business and Technical Communication, Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, Technical Communication, and Programmatic Perspectives.

• Liminality: The Work of Resilience in Technical Communication (WAC Clearinghouse/University Press of Colorado, 2026)

• The Routledge Handbook of Social Justice in Technical and Professional Communication (Co-Editor, Routledge, 2025)

• From Black Codes to Recodification: Removing the Veil from Regulatory Writing (Author, Baywood Technical Communication Book Series 2010, Routledge republished 2017)

• Communicating Race, Ethnicity, and Identity in Technical Communication (Co-Editor, Baywood Technical Communication Book Series 2014, Routledge republished 2017)

• Writing for the Government (Co-Author, Pearson Longman, 2007)

• Cuentos and Testimonies Edition I and II (Co-Editor, Digital Collections for Texas State University’s Office of Provost 2019 and 2021)