professional communication

Steve Bernhardt has taught writing, particularly technical and professional communication, for almost 40 years. He's served as President of ATTW and CPTSC, while serving on the editorial boards of CCC, TCQ, and JBTC. He chaired English at the University of Delaware and was a key faculty member in the development of the PhD program at NMSU. He has deep consulting and training expertise in the pharmaceutical industry, high tech, hospital and clinical, and government settings.

I teach courses about new media in workplace and technical communication, including courses in web design, content management systems, nonlinear video editing, film theory, social media, and usability. My research focuses on the history of publishing, both from theoretical perspectives (using both cultural and rhetorical theory) and in pragmatics (typography, offset printing, online document management, new media).