Linda M. LaDuc

Director, George W. Spiro ’71 Business Communication Program; Associate Director, University Writing Program [JYWP]

Telephone: 413-545-5619
Email: laduc@som.umass.edu
Office: SOM 208

Currently Teaching: SOM 313
Previously Taught: SOM 390G, SOM 390L, SOM 390R

Ph.D., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 1995
M.S., State University of New York, College at Plattsburgh, 1973
B.S., State University of New York, College of Plattsburgh, 1970

Selected Publications:

“A hermeneutic rubric for teaching ethical communication via ‘real world’ proposal writing.” In Proceedings of the Association for Business Association, 68th Annual Convention, Albuquerque, NM, Oct. 22-25, 2003.

"From Schroedinger's cat to flaming on the Internet: Exploring gender's relevance for technical/professional communication." In K. Staples and C. Ornatowski (Eds.), Theory, Practice, and Program Design in Technical Communication: Foundations for Teaching an Emergent Discipline, Ablex, 1997.

Academic/Professional Activities:

Member: University Writing Committee; Undergraduate Curriculum Committee.
University Writing Across the Curriculum: Writing Assessment Group, 1998-2001.

Areas of Expertise:

Technical writing; Writing curriculum design; Writing in the disciplines; Program administration; Instructor training

Selected Research Grants/Awards:

Faculty Grant to research Tablet PC for online editing, 2003 (with H. Lawrence).
Isenberg School Faculty Awards for researching multi-cultural issues in business communication, 1993, developing online Honors Colloquium (writing), 1995, and research on proposal writing, 1997, 1998.