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Stuart A. Selber

Associate Professor of English

Director of Digital Education

Director of The Penn State Digital English Studio

Affiliate Professor of Information Sciences and Technology

Office: 113 Burrowes Building

Mailroom: 430 Burrowes Building

University Park , PA 16802
Office Phone: (814) 863-8032

Office Hours:

  • FALL 2016: On leave for online course development. Office hours by appointment.

Curriculum Vitae

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Education

  1. BA Delaware
  2. MTPW Northeastern
  3. PhD Michigan Tech

Professional Bio

Stuart A. Selber is a researcher and teacher in the overlapping fields of technical communication, computers and composition, and human-computer interaction.

Combining the most productive aspects of humanist critical traditions and social science methods, Selber studies the applications and implications of digital technologies for writing and communication purposes. He is especially interested in the social dimensions of literacies and in heuristics for conceptualizing instructional and institutional contexts.

Selber is a past president and Fellow of the Association of Teachers of Technical Writing, a past president of the Council for Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication and a recipient of the CPTSC Distinguished Service Award, their highest professional honor, a past chair of the CCCC Committee on Technical Communication, and a past chair of the Association for Computing Machinery SIGDOC Conference. He was instrumental in helping to establish the CCCC Outstanding Dissertation Award in Technical Communication and the ATTW Book Series in Technical and Professional Communication.

As an associate professor in the Department of English at Penn State, Selber serves as Director of Digital Education and Director of The Penn State Digital English Studio. In these capacities he creates sociotechnical infrastructures to support the digital endeavors of both individuals and academic programs. Selber also oversees graduate students who are working to earn a Teaching with Technology Certificate, advises undergraduate students who are working to earn a Technical Writing Minor, and offers a senior seminar for undergraduate students who are concentrating in Professional and Media Writing.

Outside of his home department, Selber works as an Administrative Fellow in the Teaching and Learning with Technology unit, as a Faculty Fellow in the Education Technology Services unit, and as an affiliate professor in the College of Information Sciences and Technology. In the 2016 spring term he was a Faculty Fellow in the Center for Humanities and Information.

Selber has received several national awards for outstanding research publications:

      • In 2014, his co-edited volume Solving Problems in Technical Communication (University of Chicago Press) won the award for Best Original Collection of Essays in Technical or Scientific Communication from the Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC).

      • In 2010, his essay "A Rhetoric of Electronic Instruction Sets" won the Nell Ann Pickett Award for Best Article in Technical Communication Quarterly.

      • In 2005, his monograph Multiliteracies for a Digital Age (Southern Illinois University Press) won the Distinguished Book Award from Computers and Composition and the award for Best Book in Technical or Scientific Communication from the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE).

      • In 2005, his co-edited volume Central Works in Technical Communication (Oxford University Press) won the award for Best Collection of Essays in Technical or Scientific Communication from NCTE.

      • In 1998, his edited volume Computers and Technical Communication: Pedagogical and Programmatic Perspectives (Ablex/ATTW) won the award for Best Collection of Essays in Technical or Scientific Communication from NCTE.

      • In 1997, his co-authored essay "Policing Ourselves: Defining the Boundaries of Appropriate Discussion in Online Forums" won the Ellen Nold Award for Best Article in Computers and Composition.

      • In 1995, his essay "Beyond Skill Building: Challenges Facing Technical Communication Teachers in the Computer Age" won the award for Best Article on Methods of Teaching Technical or Scientific Communication from NCTE.

He has delivered lectures or workshops at the University of New Hampshire, University of Denver, Michigan State University, Fordham Graduate School, Texas A&M University, University of Maryland, Purdue University, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee, Miami University, DePaul University, Bucknell University, University of Wyoming, James Madison University, Virginia Tech, Apple Computer in Cupertino, CA, and numerous other places.

In non-academic settings, Selber has worked as a technical communicator or consultant for The DuPont Company, Lotus Development Corporation, Beyond Incorporated, Enstrom Helicopter Corporation, Micron Technology, Transition Systems, West One Bankcorp, Editorial Services of New England, and the United States Department of Agriculture.

Books:

 

  • Selber - Multiliteracies for a Digital Age book cover Multiliteracies for a Digital Age
  • Selber Solving Problems in Technical Communication book cover Solving Problems in Technical Communication
  • Selber -Rhetorics and Technologies book cover Rhetorics and Technologies
  • Selber - Central Works in Technical Communication book cover Central Works in Technical Communication
  • Selber Computers and Technical Communication book cover Computers and Technical Communication
  • Areas of Specialization

    Rhetoric and Composition

    Technical Communication, Computers and Composition, Human-Computer Interaction

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