RCS-Related Staff Publications

The following is a list of RCS-related publications, sorted by publication type. For a list of each staff member's publications, including non-RCS publications, click on a staff member's name below, or see the Contacts page.

Publications, Articles, and Monographs: 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 1998 | 1989

Publications Written About the RCS

Publications, Articles, and Monographs

Forthcoming

Thompson, N. S. Not Mentors But Allies: White Faculty Members and African American Graduate Students in Composition and Rhetoric, in How We Dream Now: The Future of Graduate Education in Rhetoric and Composition. With Christy Friend, Terry Carter, and Rose Metts.

2005

Donath, L., R. Spray, N. S. Thompson, E. M. Alford, N. Craig, and Matthews, M. A.. Characterizing Discourse Among Undergraduate Researchers in an Inquiry-Based Environment. Journal of Engineering Education 94: 4, 403-418. (October).

N. S. Thompson, E. M. Alford, R. Johnson, C. Liao, and Matthews, M. A.. Integrating Undergraduate Research into Engineering Education: The New Challenge in the Quest for Holistic Engineering Education. Journal of Engineering Education 93: 3, 297-308. (July).

Back to top

2004

Matthews, M. A., E. M. Alford, C. Long, N. S. Thompson, R. Spray. Matthews, M. A., E. M. Alford, C. Long, N. S. Thompson, and R. Spray. “Creating Time for Undergraduate Research by Facilitating Communications.” Council on Undergraduate Research Quarterly. (June).

Back to top

2002

Alford, E. M. “The Writing Center in Engineering: An Interdisciplinary Model. Monographs in Engineering Education Excellence. No. 5. Gateway Engineering Education Coalition. University of South Carolina. (February).

Stubblefield, T., T. McGarry, and E. M. Alford. “Mentoring Undergraduate Engineering Students: A Manual for Teaching Assistants.” Monographs in Engineering Education Excellence. No. 3. Gateway Engineering Education Coalition. University of South Carolina. (July).

Back to top

1998

Alford, E. M. “Thucydides and the Plague in Athens: The Roots of Scientific Writing.” Written Communication 5 (April 1988) 131-153; Report. Written Communication 15 (July), 361-383.

Back to top

1989

Alford, E. M. “The Text and the Trade Association: A Story of Documents at Work.” In Worlds of Writing: Teaching and Learning in Discourse Communities of Work. Ed. Carolyn B. Matalene. New York: Random, 136-52.

Back to top

Presentations and Proceedings

2005

N. S. Thompson and E. M Alford. (2005). The Research Communications Studio: An Innovative Model for Teaching Communications. Conference of the European Association for the Teaching of Academic Writing, Athens, Greece. Paper to appear in Conference proceedings, forthcoming.

Craig, N. , N. S. Thompson, and L. Donath. “Incorporating Complexity into Undergraduate Engineering Development through the Research Communications Studio”. American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Meeting & Exposition, Portland, Oregon.

Donath, L. "Gendered Discourse? Functions of Discursive Devices in Talk Among Undergraduate Engineering Researchers in the Research Communications Studio". Poster Presentation, University of South Carolina Graduate Student Day.

Donath, L. "Co-Construction of Identities Among Undergraduate Engineering Researchers in a Supportive Small Group Setting". Poster Presentation, Georgetown Linguistics Society, The Language and Identity Tapestry: Linguistic Re/presentations of Identities in Social Interaction.

Back to top

2004

Alford, E. M. “Genre-Enacted: Learning the Lines, Practicing Roles, Realizing Professional Ethos.” Conference on College Composition and Communication. San Antonio, Texas.

Bryson, Michael. "Developing Software Tools for Modeling Cognitive Development of Undergraduate Researchers in the Research Communications Studio". Poster Presentation, University of South Carolina Discovery Day.

Donath, L. and R. Spray. Linguistic Evidence of Cognitive Distribution: Quantifying Learning Among Undergraduate Researchers in Engineering (.pdf). Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Meeting & Exposition, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Long, C., E. M. Alford, J. Brader, L. Donath, R. Johnson, C. Liao, T. McGarry, M. A. Matthews, R. Spray, N. S. Thompson, and E. Vilar. The Research Communications Studio as a Tool for Developing Undergraduate Researchers in Engineering (.pdf). Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Meeting & Exposition, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Matthews, M. A., E. M. Alford, N. S. Thompson. "Distributed Cognition and Metacognition in the Research Communications Studio", American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Annual Meeting, Austin, Texas.

Thompson, N. S. “The Matter of Gesture and Graphics as Genre.” Conference on College Composition and Communication, San Antonio, Texas.

Back to top

2003

Alford, E. M., N. S. Thompson, J. Brader, B. Davidson, S. Hargrove-Leak, and E. Vilar. Introducing Engineering Graduate Students to Learning Theory and Inquiry-Based Learning: A Collaborative, Interdisciplinary Approach (.pdf). Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Meeting & Exposition, Nashville, TN.

Lyons, J. S., J. S. Brader and C. Ebert. “GK-12 Enhances Teaching Skills of Engineering Graduate Students.” Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Meeting & Exposition, Nashville, TN.

Matthews, M. A., E. M. Alford, N. S. Thompson, and C.T. Williams. “Undergraduate Research: Enhancing Education with the Research Communications Studio (.pdf).” American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA.

McGarry, T., and S. E. Davidson.  “Consulting with second language learners in discipline-specific communications centers.” Southeastern Writing Center Association Conference, Charlotte NC.

Thompson, N. S., E. M. Alford, B. Davidson, and B. Rollins. “Teaching, Learning, Researching, and Funding in a System of Distributed Cognition (.pdf).” Conference on College Composition and Communication, New York City, NY.

Thompson, N. S. and E. M. Alford. “Guiding Change Through Theory: Welcoming Vygotsky into the Writing Center.” Southeastern Writing Center Association Conference, Charlotte, NC.

Young, E., E. M. Alford, T. McGarry. “Teaching and Grading in Conferences: Improving Students’ Understanding of Expectations and Evaluations (.pdf).” Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Meeting & Exposition, Nashville, TN.

Back to top

2002

Alford, E. M. and P. E. Stubblefield. “Mentoring Engineering Graduate Students in Professional Communications: An Interdisciplinary Workshop Approach.”  Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Meeting & Exposition.

Back to top

2001

Alford, E. M., D. S. Bosley, and D. R. Rogers. “Developing the Communications Skills of Engineering Undergraduates: Program Models that Meet the Needs of Students, Institutions, and Industry.” Proceedings of the Southeastern Section of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Meeting & Exposition.

Back to top

2000

Alford, E. M. and M. M. Gribb. “Using Writing to Improve Retention: Rethinking the Purposes of Communications Assignments in the Freshman Year Experience Course for Engineers.” Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Meeting & Exposition.

Thompson, N. S. "The Writing Studio et al: Teaching Writing in a Third Space," with Rhonda Grego (Benedict College), Cindy Lewiecki-Wilson and John Tassoni (Miami University-Middletown), Proceedings of the Conference on College Composition and Communication.

Thompson, N. S. “Expanding the Writing Studio Model: New Steps in Research and Technology." With Chris Fosen and Michael Barnes. Proceedings of the South Carolina Writing Center Association Conference.

Back to top

1999

Alford, E. M. and T. Ward. “Integrating Ethics into the Freshman Curriculum: An Interdisciplinary Approach.” Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Meeting & Exposition.

Smith, T. G., D. E. Ramey. "Integrating Communications Instruction into Engineering Curricula: A Writing Center Approach (.pdf)." Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Meeting & Exposition.

Young, E. F. and E. M. Alford. “Using Rhetorical Analysis to Help Undergraduates Acquire Effective Communications Skills (.pdf)." Proceedings of the Frontiers in Education Conference.

Back to top

1997

Alford, E. M. “Training TAs to Help Students Learn Engineering Discourse.” Proceedings of the Frontiers in Education Conference.

Thompson, N. S. "Interactional-Inquiry in the Workshop on Writing Centers in Engineering (a system for collaborating)," in Workshop on Engineering Writing and Professional Communications Centers Proceedings, 13-17, Electrical and Computer Engineering, USC.

Thompson, N. S. "Teaching Writing to Teach Engineering Literacies" (with E. M. Alford). Proceedings of the Conference on College Composition and Communication.

Back to top

1996

Thompson, N. S. Organizer (with E. M. Alford), Three-day Workshop on Writing Centers in Engineering, July 12-15, 1996, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, USC. Speaker on: "Views of Writing-to-Learn," "Interactional-Inquiry," and "Current Concepts of Assessment."

Back to top

Publications Written About the RCS

• See a more descriptive explanation of the RCS Studio Concept and Goals -- This is a vignette submitted to the Council on Undergraduate Research (pdf format). "Creating time for Undergraduate Research by Facilitating Communications." Council on Undergraduate Research Quarterly, June 2004 (page 169).
• Learning How to Get the Word Out, an article about the unique efforts of the RCS, in Chemical & Engineering News, 3 February 2003 (p. 29).
• Collaborative Project Takes Undergraduate Research a Notch Higher, a USC Times article about the RCS, from December 2002.
• Proposal From a Fulbright Scholar to Work With CREE, a proposal from RCS Co-PI Nancy Thompson to work with CREE, Centre for Research in Engineering Education Bulletin, University of Cape Town, October 2004, v.5.1.

Back to top