Professional and Technical Writing


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Professional and Technical Writing Strategies:
Communicating in Technology and Science


Fourth Edition

by Judith S. Van Alstyne




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Judith S. Van Alstyne, Emeritus, Broward Community College, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, introduced Technical Report Writing to the college and initiated a Certificate Program in l973. She taught English at BCC and was an adjunct professor at Florida Atlantic University over a thirty-year span. Van Alstyne also serves as a technical communications consultant and conducts technical-writing workshops and seminars in businesses and industries throughout three south Florida counties. She has authored numerous graphic-design texts, instructional videos for technical writing, and technical workshop/seminar workbooks. In addition to teaching expository, creative writing, and literature courses, she introduced the technical-writing course curriculum to a private college in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Her book, Professional and Technical Writing, 4/e, has won two awards from the International Society for Technical Writing local chapter and international organization. Van Alstyne holds M.A. and M.Ed. degrees from Florida Atlantic University and a B.A. degree from Miami University, Oxford, Ohio.


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