Rebecca Burnett
Professor Emerita
Member Of:
- School of Literature, Media, and Communication
- ADVANCE IAC
- Digital Integrative Liberal Arts Center
- Writing and Communication Program
Email Address: rebecca.burnett@lmc.gatech.edu
Overview
Dr. Rebecca Burnett is a Professor in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication. She received her BA from the University of Massachusetts, her M.Ed. Curriculum in Administration from the University of Massachusetts, and her MA and PhD from Carnegie Mellon University. Prior to joining LMC, she was a Professor Rhetoric & Professional Communication in the Department of English at Iowa State University. Her areas of interest include professional and technical communication; collaboration, groups, and teams; communication assessment; communication in the disciplines and professions; intercultural/international communication; and risk communication.
Interests
Research Fields:
- Communication
- Digital Media
- Literary and Cultural Studies
- Science and Technology Studies
Issues:
- Gender
- Health
- Accessibility
- Aesthetics
- Communication
- Communication Policy
- Conflicts
- Creativity in Context
- Digital Humanities
- Emerging Technologies - Innovation
- Innovation
- Intercultural Issues
- Journalism
- Language and Popular Culture
- Literature
- Media
- Problem-Based Learning
- Science and Technology
- Strategy
- Sustainability
- Technology
- Wicked Problems
Courses
- LCC-2801: Special Topics
- LCC-3403: Tech Communication
- LCC-3408: Rhetoric-Tech Narratives
- LCC-3410: Non-Linear Documents
- LCC-3412: Communicating Sci/Tech
- LCC-3833: Special Topics in STAC
- LCC-3843: Spec Topic-Communication
- LCC-4102: Senior Thesis
- LCC-6215: Media Studies
- LMC-3408: Rhetoric-Tech Narratives
- LMC-3410: Non-Linear Documents
- LMC-3411: Visual Communication
- LMC-3412: Communicating Sci/Tech
- LMC-4102: Senior Thesis
- LMC-6215: Issues in Media Studies
Publications
Recent Publications
Journal Articles
- State of the Field: A Survey of the ‘Digital’ in the Writing and Communication Classroom.
In: Computers and Composition [Peer Reviewed]
Date: December 2019
Chapters
- Student attitudes about teamwork in face-to-face and blended technical communication classes
In: Blended Learning: A Guide for Researchers and Practitioners [Peer Reviewed]
Date: 2018
- From the ground up: shaping community, collaboration, and multiliteracies
In: Making Space: Writing Instruction, Infrastructure, and Multiliteracies [Peer Reviewed]
Date: 2016
- Imagining It. Building It. Living It
In: Sustainable Learning Spaces: Design Infrastructure, and Technology [Peer Reviewed]
Date: 2015
- Visualizing public health: Communicating risk in depictions of smallpox in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries
In: Essays on the History of Statistical Graphics [Peer Reviewed]
Date: 2015
All Publications
Journal Articles
- State of the Field: A Survey of the ‘Digital’ in the Writing and Communication Classroom.
In: Computers and Composition [Peer Reviewed]
Date: December 2019
- A Programmatic Ecology of Assessment: Using a Common Rubric to Evaluate Multimodal Processes and Artifacts.
In: Computers & Composition [Peer Reviewed]
Date: 2014
- Pairing Courses Across the Disciplines: Effects on Writing Performance
In: Written Communication
Date: 2012
Chapters
- Student attitudes about teamwork in face-to-face and blended technical communication classes
In: Blended Learning: A Guide for Researchers and Practitioners [Peer Reviewed]
Date: 2018
- From the ground up: shaping community, collaboration, and multiliteracies
In: Making Space: Writing Instruction, Infrastructure, and Multiliteracies [Peer Reviewed]
Date: 2016
- Imagining It. Building It. Living It
In: Sustainable Learning Spaces: Design Infrastructure, and Technology [Peer Reviewed]
Date: 2015
- Visualizing public health: Communicating risk in depictions of smallpox in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries
In: Essays on the History of Statistical Graphics [Peer Reviewed]
Date: 2015
- How can technical communicators develop strategies for effective collaboration?
In: Solving Problems in Technical Communication [Peer Reviewed]
Date: 2013