Mark Zachry

Mark Zachry is associate professor of technical communication at the University of Washington and editor of Technical Communication Quarterly, the flagship research journal for the Association of Teachers of Technical Writing. He conducts research in human-computer interaction, communication design in organizations, and the rhetorics of technology. He is the co-editor of Communicative Practices in Workplaces and the Professions: Cultural Perspectives on the Regulation of Discourse and Organizations (Baywood). Zachry spent several years working as a communication specialist in industry and has worked as a project consultant for organizations.

Research Interests

Human-computer interaction, workplace studies, communication design in organizations, and rhetorics of technology.

Courses

501 Theoretical Foundations of Technical Communication
596 Directed Research: Communicative Practices in Virtual Workspaces
596 Directed Research: Theory, Technology, and Technical Communication
598 Special Topics: Writing for Publication

Professional Affiliations

Society for Technical Communication

Council of Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication

Association of Teachers of Technical Writing

Association for Computing Machinery / Computer-Human Interaction SIG

Association for Computing Machinery / Design of Communication SIG

Association for Business Communication

Selected Recent Publications

Zachry, M. Investigating new techniques for developing meaningful models of knowledge work. In Proceedings of IEEE International Professional Communication Conference, 2007.

Zachry, M., Spinuzzi, C., and Hart-Davidson, W. Visual documentation of knowledge work: An examination of competing approaches. In SIGDOC '07: Proceedings of the 25th annual international conference on Design of communication, New York, NY, USA . ACM Press. 120-126.

Hart-Davidson, W., Spinuzzi, C., and Zachry, M. Capturing & visualizing knowledge work: Results & implications of a pilot study of proposal writing activity. In SIGDOC '07: Proceedings of the 25th annual international conference on Design of communication, New York, NY, USA . ACM Press. 113-119.

Zachry, M. Cross-disciplinary exchanges: An interview with Andrew Feenberg. Technical Communication Quarterly 16.4 (Fall 2007): 453-472.

Zachry, M. Rhetorical analysis and professional communication. The Handbook of Business Discourse. In F. Bargiela-Chippini (Ed.). Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. Forthcoming.

Zachry, M. Regulation and communicative practices. Communicative practices in workplaces and the professions: Cultural perspectives on the regulation of discourse in organizations. In M. Zachry and C. Thralls (Eds.). Amityville , NY : Baywood Publishing, 2007. v-xv.

Zachry, M., and C. Thralls, Eds. Communicative Practices in Workplaces and the Professions: Cultural Perspectives on the Regulation of Discourse and Organizations. Amityville, NY: Baywood Publishing. (2007).

Zachry, M. Cross-disciplinary exchanges: An interview with Bonnie A. Nardi. Technical Communication Quarterly 15.4 (Fall 2006): 483-503.

Zachry, M., Hart-Davidson, W., and Spinuzzi, C. Researching proposal development: Accounting for the complexity of designing persuasive texts. In SIGDOC '06: Proceedings of the 24th annual international conference on Design of communication, New York, NY, USA . ACM Press. 142-148.

Spinuzzi, C., Hart-Davidson, W., and Zachry, M. Chains and ecologies: Methodological notes toward a communicative-mediational model of technologically mediated writing. In SIGDOC '06: Proceedings of the 24th annual international conference on Design of communication, New York, NY, USA . ACM Press. 43-50.

Hart-Davidson, W., Spinuzzi, C., and Zachry, M. Visualizing writing activity as knowledge work: Challenges & opportunities. In SIGDOC '06: Proceedings of the 24th annual international conference on Design of communication, New York, NY, USA . ACM Press. 70-77.

Zachry, M. Cross-disciplinary exchanges: An interview with Donald A. Norman. Technical Communication Quarterly 14.4 (Fall 2005): 469-487.

Zachry, M. Paralogy and online pedagogy. Online education: Global questions , local answers . In K. C. Cook and K. Grant-Davie (Eds.). Amityville , NY : Baywood Publishing, 2005. 177-90.

Zachry, M., and C. Thralls. Cross-disciplinary exchanges: An interview with Edward R. Tufte. Technical Communication Quarterly 13.4 (Fall 2004): 447-462.

Cook, K.C., Thralls, C., and M. Zachry. Doctoral-level graduates in professional, technical, and scientific communication: A profile. Technical Communication 50.2 (2003): 160-173.

Zachry, M. Constructing usable documentation: A study of communicative practices and the early uses of mainframe computing in industry. Journal of Technical Writing and Communication 31.1 (2001): 61-76.

Spinuzzi, C., and M. Zachry. Genre ecologies: An open-system approach to understanding and constructing documentation. Journal of Computer Documentation 24.3 (2000): 169-181.

Zachry, M. Conceptualizing communicative practices in organizations: Genre-based research in professional communication. Business Communication Quarterly 63.4 (December 2000): 91-97.

Zachry, M. Communicative practices in the workplace: A historical examination of genre development. Journal of Technical Writing and Communication 30.1 (2000): 57-79.

Zachry, M. Management discourse and popular narratives: The myriad plots of total quality management. In N. R. Blyler and J. M. Perkins (Eds.). Narrative and Professional Communication . Norwood , NJ : Ablex Publishing, 1999. 107-120.



	Mark Zachry is associate professor of technical communication at the University of Washington and editor of Technical Communication Quarterly, the flagship research journal for the Association of Teachers of Technical Writing. He conducts research in human-computer interaction, communication design in organizations, and the rhetorics of technology. He is the co-editor of Communicative Practices in Workplaces and the Professions: Cultural Perspectives on the Regulation of Discourse and Organizations (Baywood). Zachry spent several years working as a communication specialist in industry and has worked as a project consultant for organizations. Research Interests Human-computer interaction, workplace studies, communication design in organizations, and rhetorics of technology. Courses 501 Theoretical Foundations of Technical Communication 596 Directed Research: Communicative Practices in Virtual Workspaces 596 Directed Research: Theory, Technology, and Technical Communication 598 Special Topics: Writing for Publication Professional Affiliations Society for Technical Communication Council of Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication Association of Teachers of Technical Writing Association for Computing Machinery / Computer-Human Interaction SIG Association for Computing Machinery / Design of Communication SIG Association for Business Communication Selected Recent Publications Zachry, M. Investigating new techniques for developing meaningful models of knowledge work. In Proceedings of IEEE International Professional Communication Conference, 2007. Zachry, M., Spinuzzi, C., and Hart-Davidson, W. Visual documentation of knowledge work: An examination of competing approaches. In SIGDOC '07: Proceedings of the 25th annual international conference on Design of communication, New York, NY, USA . ACM Press. 120-126. Hart-Davidson, W., Spinuzzi, C., and Zachry, M. Capturing & visualizing knowledge work: Results & implications of a pilot study of proposal writing activity. In SIGDOC '07: Proceedings of the 25th annual international conference on Design of communication, New York, NY, USA . ACM Press. 113-119. Zachry, M. Cross-disciplinary exchanges: An interview with Andrew Feenberg. Technical Communication Quarterly 16.4 (Fall 2007): 453-472. Zachry, M. Rhetorical analysis and professional communication. The Handbook of Business Discourse. In F. Bargiela-Chippini (Ed.). Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. Forthcoming. Zachry, M. Regulation and communicative practices. Communicative practices in workplaces and the professions: Cultural perspectives on the regulation of discourse in organizations. In M. Zachry and C. Thralls (Eds.). Amityville , NY : Baywood Publishing, 2007. v-xv. Zachry, M., and C. Thralls, Eds. Communicative Practices in Workplaces and the Professions: Cultural Perspectives on the Regulation of Discourse and Organizations. Amityville, NY: Baywood Publishing. (2007). Zachry, M. Cross-disciplinary exchanges: An interview with Bonnie A. Nardi. Technical Communication Quarterly 15.4 (Fall 2006): 483-503. Zachry, M., Hart-Davidson, W., and Spinuzzi, C. Researching proposal development: Accounting for the complexity of designing persuasive texts. In SIGDOC '06: Proceedings of the 24th annual international conference on Design of communication, New York, NY, USA . ACM Press. 142-148. Spinuzzi, C., Hart-Davidson, W., and Zachry, M. Chains and ecologies: Methodological notes toward a communicative-mediational model of technologically mediated writing. In SIGDOC '06: Proceedings of the 24th annual international conference on Design of communication, New York, NY, USA . ACM Press. 43-50. Hart-Davidson, W., Spinuzzi, C., and Zachry, M. Visualizing writing activity as knowledge work: Challenges & opportunities. In SIGDOC '06: Proceedings of the 24th annual international conference on Design of communication, New York, NY, USA . ACM Press. 70-77. Zachry, M. Cross-disciplinary exchanges: An interview with Donald A. Norman. Technical Communication Quarterly 14.4 (Fall 2005): 469-487. Zachry, M. Paralogy and online pedagogy. Online education: Global questions , local answers . In K. C. Cook and K. Grant-Davie (Eds.). Amityville , NY : Baywood Publishing, 2005. 177-90. Zachry, M., and C. Thralls. Cross-disciplinary exchanges: An interview with Edward R. Tufte. Technical Communication Quarterly 13.4 (Fall 2004): 447-462. Cook, K.C., Thralls, C., and M. Zachry. Doctoral-level graduates in professional, technical, and scientific communication: A profile. Technical Communication 50.2 (2003): 160-173. Zachry, M. Constructing usable documentation: A study of communicative practices and the early uses of mainframe computing in industry. Journal of Technical Writing and Communication 31.1 (2001): 61-76. Spinuzzi, C., and M. Zachry. Genre ecologies: An open-system approach to understanding and constructing documentation. Journal of Computer Documentation 24.3 (2000): 169-181. Zachry, M. Conceptualizing communicative practices in organizations: Genre-based research in professional communication. Business Communication Quarterly 63.4 (December 2000): 91-97. Zachry, M. Communicative practices in the workplace: A historical examination of genre development. Journal of Technical Writing and Communication 30.1 (2000): 57-79. Zachry, M. Management discourse and popular narratives: The myriad plots of total quality management. In N. R. Blyler and J. M. Perkins (Eds.). Narrative and Professional Communication . Norwood , NJ : Ablex Publishing, 1999. 107-120.	Mark Zachry University of Washington Technical Communication 14 Loew Hall, Box 352195 Seattle, WA 98195-2195 Phone: (206) 543-2567 Fax: (206) 543-8858 zachry @ u.washington.edu
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