Bio

Douglas M. Walls (like the Walls in a room) is an Associate Professor in the Department of English at NC State University. He is director of the MS in Technical Communication program and core faculty member of the Communication, Rhetoric and Digital Media (CRDM) Ph.D. program.

His research interests are in digital rhetorics and User Experience (UX), Information Architecture (IA), and Experience Architecture (XA) for marginalized or under served communities. Currently, his work is focused on inclusive design for public health care information and community outreach in rural serving organizations.

His work has appeared in both traditional and new media forms in Computers and Composition, Kairos: A Journal of Rhetoric, Technology, and Pedagogy, and The Journal of Business and Technical Communication. He is the co-editor of Social Writing/Social Media: Publics, Presentations, and Pedagogies by the WAC Clearinghouse at Colorado State. His article “Access(ing) the Coordination of Writing Networks,” (2015) received Honorable Recognition for the 2016 Ellen Nold Award for the Best Article in Computers and Composition Studies while his article “The Professional Work of ‘Unprofessional’ Tweets: Microblogging Career Situations in African American Hush Harbors,” (2017) was nominated for College Composition and Communication Conference’s Best Article Reporting Qualitative or Quantitative Research in Technical or Scientific Communication for 2018. He has reviewed for numerous publications in his field, was the program conference chair for ACM/SIGDOC 2016 and currently serves as on the Review Board of The WAC Journal (Writing Across the Curriculum).

He is an enthusiast of autumn, wrist watches of all kinds, and his dog Bub.

Area(s) of Expertise

* Technical Communication
* Digital rhetorics
* User Experience (UX)
* Information Architecture (IA)
* Experience Architecture (XA)
* Participatory design (PAR)