Elisabeth Kramer-Simpson, PhD
Associate Professor, Department Chair
CLASS - Technical Communication
- elisabeth.kramer-simpson@nmt.edu
- 575 - 835 - 6056
- Fitch 114
Associate Professor of Technical Communication, Elisabeth Kramer-Simpson engages students in service and community projects like promoting the local community garden or having students read and distribute 70 children’s books on Social Justice and Hispanic Heritage themes. Elisabeth has supported work with multiple nonprofits and students to win over 25 small grants for community change. Elisabeth connects students with internships and resources for professional development. Dr. Kramer-Simpson directs the Technical Communication Program, which is informed by our Corporate Advisory Board.
Transitioning from school to work, disciplinary enculturation
Iterative document cycling and use of feedback from mentors and teachers
Teaching writing to diverse, international audiences
Peer Reviewed Publications
Kramer-Simpson, E. (2018). Matching technical and professional communication students with internships. Programmatic Perspectives, 10(2), 100-124.
Kramer-Simpson, E. & Simpson, S. (2018). Technical communication client projects and nonprofit partnerships: The challenges and opportunities of community engagement. In G. Y. Agboka and N. Matveeva (Eds.), Citizenship and advocacy in technical communication: Scholarly and pedagogical perspectives, (pp. 91-109). NY: Routledge.
Kramer-Simpson, E. (2017; 2018). Feedback from internship mentors in Technical Communication internships. Journal of Technical Writing and Communication 48(3), 359-378. doi.org/10.1177/0047281617728362
Kramer-Simpson, E. (2016;2018). Moving from student to professional: Industry mentors and academic internship coordinators supporting student learning in the workplace. Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, 48(1), 81-103. doi.org/10.1177/0047281616646753
Kramer-Simpson, E., Newmark, J. & Ford, J. D. (2015). Learning beyond the classroom and textbook: Client projects' role in helping students transition from school to work. IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication, 58(1), 106-122.DOI: 10.1109/TPC.2015.2423352
Kramer-Simpson, E. (2018). Matching technical and professional communication students with internships. Programmatic Perspectives, 10(2), 100-124.
Kramer-Simpson, E. & Simpson, S. (2018). Technical communication client projects and nonprofit partnerships: The challenges and opportunities of community engagement. In G. Y. Agboka and N. Matveeva (Eds.), Citizenship and advocacy in technical communication: Scholarly and pedagogical perspectives, (pp. 91-109). NY: Routledge.
Kramer-Simpson, E. (2017; 2018). Feedback from internship mentors in Technical Communication internships. Journal of Technical Writing and Communication 48(3), 359-378. doi.org/10.1177/0047281617728362
Kramer-Simpson, E. (2016;2018). Moving from student to professional: Industry mentors and academic internship coordinators supporting student learning in the workplace. Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, 48(1), 81-103. doi.org/10.1177/0047281616646753
Kramer-Simpson, E., Newmark, J. & Ford, J. D. (2015). Learning beyond the classroom and textbook: Client projects' role in helping students transition from school to work. IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication, 58(1), 106-122.DOI: 10.1109/TPC.2015.2423352
Non-peer Reviewed Publication
Kramer-Simpson, E. (September 2014). Providing feedback to junior and senior multilingual students at a STEM university. Second Language Writing News. http://newsmanager.commpartners.com/tesolslwis/issues/2014-09-24/2.html.
Conference Presentations and Workshops
Peer-Reviewed Presentations
“Technical Writers for Good: Humanizing Proposal Writing Through Nonprofit Grants,” at STC, May 2019, Denver, CO.
“Performing Public Writing: Toward More Meaningful Nonprofit Partnerships,” with Steve Simpson and Angelica Perry at CCCC, March 2019, Pittsburgh, PA.
“Institutional Contexts and Programmatic Strategies for Assessing Student Writing” with Steve Simpson and Jesse Priest, NMHEAR, February 2018, Albuquerque, NM.
“Flexible but Frequent: How Any Department Can Build Rich Relationships with Industry Partners through Small, Manageable Techniques,” with Elizabeth Barteau, CEIA, April 2017, Denver, CO.
“Contextualizing Technical Writing in STEM and Beyond: Curricular Design and Assessment Methodologies for Student Learning,” with Jesse Priest and Janet Kieffer, ATTW, March 2017, Portland, OR,
“Degree of Success: Measuring Student Outcomes and Retention/Persistence in a Technical Communication Program,” NMHEAR, February 2016, Albuquerque, NM.
“Viable, Not Just Triable: Research to Discover the Necessary Conditions for a Program” with Lars Soderland on the panel “Advisory Boards in Research and Practice.” CPTSC, October 2015, Logan, UT.
“Developing a Long-term Non-profit Partnership” in the panel “Technical Communication Client Projects and Non-Profit Partnerships: Programmatic Research, Student Voices and Future Directions,” with Steve Simpson, Abi Smoake and Rachel Rayl at CPTSC, October 2015, Logan, UT.
“’The FDA Will Shut Us Down’: The Risks and Rewards of Non-Profit Sector Proposal Writing in the Technical Communication Classroom” with Steve Simpson. CCCC, March 2015, Tampa, FL.
“The Assessment Coordinator Perspective” in the panel “A System of Assessment: The Writing Program from Multiple Perspectives.” NMHEAR, Feb 2015, Albuquerque, NM.
“Internship connections” in the panel “Across Disciplinary Lines: Fostering Connections and Seizing Opportunities at New Mexico Tech.” CPTSC, September 2014, Colorado Springs, CO.
“Technical communication internships as sites of learning and knowledge transformation.” Conference on College Composition and Communication, March 2014, Indianapolis, IN.
“Data visualization in a classroom context.” ATTW, March 2014, Indianapolis, IN.
“Assessing through internships: Program assessment in research and teaching.” NMHEAR, February 2014, Albuquerque, NM.
“Surprisingly Smooth: TC Interns Juggle the Messiness of the Workplace.” With Rosario Durao and Steve Simpson, CPTSC, September 2013, Cincinnati, OH.
“Service Learning and Client-based Projects in the Undergraduate Technical Communication Program.” ATTW, March 2013, Las Vegas, Nevada.
“Grades as a Measure of Student Success: Articulating the Evaluation of Writing in Higher Education.” NMHEAR, March, 2013, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
“Student voices in discussions of teacher feedback.” Second Language Writing Symposium, September 2012, West Lafayette, Indiana.
“Feedback from student voices: How students process and use teacher written commentary.” Conference on College Composition and Communication, March, 2012, St. Louis, Missouri.
“Providing efficient and valid evaluation: Feedback on student writing.” NMEAR, February 2012, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
“Making spaces for students: Teacher feedback and student revision.” Conference on College Composition and Communication, March 2010, Louisville, Kentucky.
“Who gives feedback to multilingual writers?” Symposium on Second Language Writing, November 2009, Tempe, Arizona.
“Re-envisioning student authority in revision” Conference on College Composition and Communication, March 2009, San Francisco, California.
“Constructing and re-constructing literacy: Second language students' negotiation of teacher feedback and appropriation,” University of New Hampshire Literacy Conference, November 2007, Durham, New Hampshire.
“Negotiating a Partnership: Communication between the Writing Center and Composition Instructors”. North East Writing Center Association Conference, March 2007
“Write Back”. KOTESOL, Gyeonggi-do, Korea, 2006.
Workshops and Conference Service
“Opening Spaces for Multilingual Students: Curricular Designs and Pedagogical Innovations for First-year Classrooms and Beyond.” CCCC, March 2014, Indianapolis, IN.
“Keeping multilingual writers in mind: How universal design can lead to inclusive pedagogies and practices” (Part 3, with Christina Ortmeier-Hooper). Workshops, Sessions MW.2 & AW.2. Conference on College Composition and Communication, 2009
Symposium Assistant at the 8th Symposium on Second Language Writing. Arizona State University, November 2009.
Symposium Assistant at the Graduate Student Conference at the 7th Symposium on Second Language Writing. Purdue University, June 2008.
Conference Assistant at the University of New Hampshire Literacy Conference, 2007.
PhD English (Composition Studies), University of New Hampshire, NH, 2012
Specialization: Second language writing; Feedback
Dissertation: “Learning from feedback: How students read, interpret and use teacher
written feedback in the composition classroom” (available at http://gradworks.umi.com/35/33/3533706.html)
MA Applied English Linguistics, University of Wisconsin, WI, 2004
BA English Education, University of Iowa, IA, May 1999
TCOM 422 Senior Thesis
TCOM 421 Professional Writing Workshop
TCOM 411/511: Persuasive Communication and Grant Writing.
TCOM 420 Senior Seminar
ENGL 341 Technical Writing
TCOM 389 Social Justice and Sociolinguistics
TCOM 321 Internship
TCOM 151 Visual Communication
TCOM 101 Orientation to Technical Communication
TCOM 100 Community Service
2012-present TC program director
2012-present STC Trinitite student chapter faculty sponsor
Connect students with internship opportunities
Encourage students to submit poster and presentation ideas to national conferences