Laura Palmer
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HootSuite Certified
HootSuite Inc.May, 2013- Nov, 2024
Experience
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Society for Technical Communication
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Non-profit Organizations
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1 - 100 Employee
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Director, Board Of Directors
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May 2019 - Present
The Society for Technical Communication is the world’s largest and oldest professional association dedicated to the advancement of the field of technical communication. The Society’s members span the field of the technical communication profession from students and academics to practitioners and managers. In my role on the Board, I assist in the governance of the society and work on initiatives as assigned by the President. The Society for Technical Communication is the world’s largest and oldest professional association dedicated to the advancement of the field of technical communication. The Society’s members span the field of the technical communication profession from students and academics to practitioners and managers. In my role on the Board, I assist in the governance of the society and work on initiatives as assigned by the President.
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Kennesaw State University
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United States
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Professor and Department Chair, Technical Communication and Interactive Design
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Jul 2015 - Present
As Chair of the Department of Technical Communication and Interactive Design, my work focuses on the strategic management and growth of an academic unit within a college. Chairs, sometimes referred to as Department Heads, supervise faculty and administrative staff, oversee departmental budgets, and engage in both short- and long-range planning in a variety of operational areas. As Chair of the Department of Technical Communication and Interactive Design, my work focuses on the strategic management and growth of an academic unit within a college. Chairs, sometimes referred to as Department Heads, supervise faculty and administrative staff, oversee departmental budgets, and engage in both short- and long-range planning in a variety of operational areas.
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Southern Polytechnic State University
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United States
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Higher Education
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200 - 300 Employee
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Associate Professor and Department Chair
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2014 - Present
I spent many years working in technical communication. However, early on, I knew I wanted to do more for the field. First, I wanted to understand the seeming differences between academics and practitioners to determine where our true intersections exist. Second, I wanted to teach! Technical communication became a true passion for me and an excellent career; there was no reason not to pass along what I knew to others. Ultimately, I graduated from Texas Tech University in 2008 with a PhD, and here I am today—a faculty member and department administrator for the Department of Technical Communication and Interactive Design (TCID) at Kennesaw State University.In my teaching, my current interests focus on new directions for the field. For the last several years, I've been introducing undergraduate TCOM and IAD majors to Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Analytics via TCOM 3245. In this class, students use their personal websites for implementation. Each week, we examine a topic related to improving SEO and then try it out. We also deploy Google Analytics as a way to observe and measure the iterative changes to sites.
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Assistant Professor - Information Design and Communication
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Aug 2008 - Present
I teach in the master's program in Information Design and Communication at SPSU.
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Professor and Department Chair
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Aug 2015 - May 2019
As Chair of the Department of Technical Communication and Interactive Design, my work focuses on the strategic management and growth of an academic unit within a college. Chairs, sometimes referred to as Department Heads, supervise faculty and administrative staff, oversee departmental budgets, and engage in both short- and long-range planning in a variety of operational areas.
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Texas Tech University
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United States
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Graduate Part-Time Instructor
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Aug 2002 - Jun 2008
During my Ph.D. I taught various undergraduate Technical Communication courses; I was also the departmental webmaster. During my Ph.D. I taught various undergraduate Technical Communication courses; I was also the departmental webmaster.
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Education
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2000 - 2008
Texas Tech University
Master of Arts & Ph.D., Technical Communication & Rhetoric -
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The University of British Columbia
Bachelor of Arts, Psychology
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