Personal profile
About
I am an Associate Professor of Communication at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Florida. My research interests revolve around professional/technical communication, organizational identity, structured authoring, visual rhetoric, as well as activity and genre theory. I teach technical and business communication as well as first-year composition. My professional experience includes writing, editing, and designing paper-based and web documents, as well as program administration in marketing, public relations, development, and enrollment management positions.
Related documents
Education/Academic qualification
Rhetoric & Writing, Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
… → 2013
Professional & Technical Writing, M.A., University of Arkansas at Little Rock
… → 2007
Journalism, B.A., University of Arkansas at Little Rock
… → 2001
Disciplines
- Rhetoric and Composition
- Other Rhetoric and Composition
- Rhetoric
- Business and Corporate Communications
- Critical and Cultural Studies
- Organizational Communication
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Agency, Authority, and Epideictic Rhetoric: A Case Study of Bottom-Up Organizational Change
Sharp, M. R., Jul 1 2019, In: Journal of Business and Technical Communication. 33, 3, p. 338-369 32 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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It’s complicated: The white paper as exemplar within complexes of rhetorical delivery
Sharp, M. R., Sep 10 2018, Rhetorical Theory and Praxis in the Business Communication Classroom. Taylor and Francis, p. 122-138 17 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Incorporating component content management and content strategy into technical communication curricula
Batova, T., Sharp, M. R., Andersen, R., Stewart, J. & Evia, C., Sep 23 2016, SIGDOC 2016 - 34th ACM International Conference on the Design of Communication. Gunning, S. (ed.). Association for Computing Machinery, Inc, 2987631. (SIGDOC 2016 - 34th ACM International Conference on the Design of Communication).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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Putting Your Money Where Your Mouth Is: Creating Organizational Change Through Aspirational Identity Work in University Strategic Plans
Sharp, M. R., Oct 2015.Research output: Contribution to conference › Presentation
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Teaching Structured Authoring and DITA Through Rhetorical and Computational Thinking
Evia, C., Sharp, M. R. & Pérez-Quiñones, M. A., Sep 2015, In: IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication. 58Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Grants and Awards
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2013 Outstanding Dissertation Award from the Association for Business Communication
Sharp, M. R. (Recipient), 2013
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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2011 C.R. Anderson Research Foundation Grant
Sharp, M. R. (Recipient), 2011
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)