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1.0 Expertise and Research Interests

• Writing instruction focusing on social and rhetorical strategies
  
• Integrating communication skills in the engineering curriculum
  
• Writing for success when English is not a first language
  
• Social implications of technology
  
• The effects of style on readers
  
• Engineering communication
  
• Engineering ethics

2.0 Current SFU Writing Courses

• ENSC 101 (Writing Process,Persuasion, and Presentations)
  
• ENSC 102 (Form and Style in Professional Genres)
  
• ENSC 406 (Social Responsibility and Professional Practice)
  
• Writing Workshops for MSAT (Management Skills for Advanced Technology)
  
• ENSC Writing Workshops: All students, staff, and faculty in Engineering Science interested in improving their revision and editing skills are invited to attend non-credit workshops offered in the fall and/or spring semesters. Groups meet once a week and times are determined based on the schedules of interested participants. The workshops are free of charge, but participants are requested to provide samples of writing to be discussed in class. Authors remain anonymous unless they choose otherwise. For more information, contact stevenso@sfu.ca.
  

• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE): Professional Communication, Society and Technology, Engineering Education
  
• Council for Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication (CPTSC)
  
• American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE)
  

• Past President, Simon Fraser University Faculty Association (SFUFA)
  
• SFUFA Representative, Advisory Committee on Employment Equity
  
• Council Member, Confederation of University Faculty Associations of BC
  
• SFUFA Representative, Teaching Appointments Joint Reclassification Committee
  
• Member,Simon Fraser University Plant Sale Committee
  
• Faculty of Applied Science Representative, Centre for Students with Disabilities Advisory Committee
  
• Member, Faculty of Applied Sciences Employment Equity Committee
  
• Chair, Engineering Science Communication Program Committee
  
• Member, Engineering Science Scholarship and Progress Review Committee
  

5.0 Selected Publications

Engineering Communication. Co-authored with Steve Whitmore. John Wiley and Sons. Textbook. In process.

Engineering Science Communication Handbooks, 6th/7th eds. Co-authored with Steve Whitmore:

• Module 1: Communication Skills for Engineering Students, 6th ed. 1996.
  
• Module 2: Report Writing and Employment Information, 6th ed. 1996.
  
• Module 3: Project Documentation and Collaborative Writing, 7th ed. 1999.
  
• Module 4: Writing Thesis Proposals and Theses, 7th ed. 1999.

Last Updated July, 2000

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