Don Cunningham is an Assistant Professor in the English Department at Radford University in Radford, Virginia, where he teaches courses in Business Writing, Professional Writing, and Technical Communication. He has a Ph.D. in Technical Communication
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Don Cunningham is an Assistant Professor in the English Department at Radford University in Radford, Virginia, where he teaches courses in Business Writing, Professional Writing, and Technical Communication. He has a Ph.D. in Technical Communication from Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago. For the past twenty years, Dr. Cunningham worked in the telecommunications industry as an editor, technical writer, documentation manager, and applications engineer for central office switching system manufacturers specializing in the international (Pacific Rim) markets. His former employers include NEC Corporation, Fujitsu, Nortel, Tellabs, and Lucent (Bell Laboratories). A technical communication expert, Dr. Cunningham has served on international standards committees and is a senior member of the Society for Technical Communication (STC), including elected terms as the Chicago regional chapter's vice-president and president. Dr. Cunningham is also a member of Association for Teachers of Technical Writing (ATTW), Council for Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication (CPTSC), and Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).
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