College of Liberal Arts

Michael Salvo

Associate Professor, Department of English

Education:	Ph.D., Texas Tech University, 2000
Office:	HEAV 301B
Office Phone:	(765) 49-48122
Email:	salvo@purdue.edu
Specializations:	Professional and technical writing, digital culture and new media studies, usability, and information architecture and design

Professor Salvo's research explores issues in professional & technical writing and rhetoric, particularly ethical issues related to writing with digital technology in academic and nonacademic settings. He teaches graduate and undergraduate classes in professional writing and rhetoric.

Recent publications include:
"There is no salvation: Rhetoricians working in an age of information" in Locke Carter's (ed) Market Matters (Hampton, 2005) "Rhetorical action in professional space: Information architecture as critical practice" (2004, Journal of Business and Technical Communication) "Critical engagement with technology in the computer classroom" (2002, Technical Communication Quarterly)

Prof. Salvo currently serves on the editorial board of Kairos, an online journal he co-founded with six other techno-rhetoricians, and the TC Library of the E-Server, an online repository of technical communication research.

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