Faculty
Barry Thatcher
Associate Professor
Email:
bathatch@nmsu.edu
Office Address:
New Mexico State University
Department of English
P.O. Box 30001, MSC 3E
Las Cruces, NM 88003
Phone:
(505) 646-1529
Fax:
(505) 646-7725
Biographical Statement
- Ph.D. in Rhetoric and Professional Communication, Purdue University (1997).
- B.A. and M.A. English (1989, 1991), North Carolina State University.
I have been at NMSU since 2001, and I have previously taught at Ohio University and La Universidad San Francisco de Quito. I was born in Idaho but have lived in many places, including four years in Ecuador.
Research and Consulting Interests
My research and consulting focus on instructional materials designed for Mexican and Latin American audiences, especially in areas of manufacturing, health, and the environment. I work with a variety of instructional media, including print, online, and DVD/CD-rom. I have researched and developed technical communications for ISO 14000 Environmental Certifications in Cd. Juárez maquilas, border health issues, and Mexican maquila truck drivers who carry hazardous materials into the United States. I also enjoy researching the history of rhetoric in Mexico and Latin America, empirical research methods for intercultural inquiry, and U.S./Mexico border rhetoric.
Teaching Interests
I teach a variety of graduate courses including English 665 Intercultural Rhetoric; English 519 Modern Rhetorical Theory; English 548 Composition Research; and English 601 Qualitative Research. My favorite undergraduate course is English 211 Intercultural Writing. I periodically teach qualitative research methods and pedagogy courses at La Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez.
Selected Publications
Books
(Accepted). With Carlos Evia. Outsourcing Technical Communications: Issues, Policies, and Practices. Baywood’s Technical Communication Series.
(Under Review). Spanish-English Guide to Intercultural Professional Communication. Prentice Hall.
(Under development). With Kirk St. Amant. Teaching Intercultural Professional Communication.
Articles
(In press). Writing policies and procedures in Latin American/U.S. American contexts. In Michael Gos (Ed.), Communicating Technical Information in an International Environment: Issues of Theory, Practice and Pedagogy. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
(In press). Intercultural Rhetoric, Technology, and Writing in Mexican Maquilas. Special Technology Transfer Edition of Technical Communication Quarterly.
(2005). With V. Garza-Almanza. ISO 14000 e Industria Maquiladora. Chihuahua Hoy 2005. Visones de su historia, economía, política y cultura. Chihuahua , México: Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez: Ichicult-Doble Hélice.
(2005). Situating L2 writing in global communication technologies. Computers & Composition 22 (3): 279-295.
(2004). Contrastive rhetorics across the communication media. Journal of English for Academic Purposes 3: 305-320.
(2004). Contrastive U.S. and South American Rhetorics. In K. Gilyard & V. Nunley (Eds.), Rhetoric and Ethnicity (pp. 56-69). Portsmouth , NH : Boynton/Cook Heinemann.
(2002). Hibridez y Heterogeneidad en Las Retóricas de Los Estados Unidos y América Latina. In (ed.) Helena Beristaín, Lecturas Retóricas de La Sociedad (pp. 269-307). Mexico City : Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
(2001). Issues of validity in intercultural professional communication research. Journal of Business and Technical Communication 15 (4): 458-489). (2000). Writing policies and procedures in a U.S. and South American Context. Technical Communication Quarterly 94, 365-400
(2000). L2 professional writing in a U.S. and South American context. Journal of Second Language Writing 9 (1), 41-69
(2000). Adapting to South American Communication Patterns: Odyssey’s Proposal to Remedy Inconsistent Car Sales. In (Ed.) D. Bosley, Global Documentation: Case studies in International Technical Communication (pp. 81-95). Boston : Allyn & Bacon.
(1999). Cultural and rhetorical adaptations for South American audiences. Technical Communication: Global issues, local concerns, 46(2), pp. 177-195.