Acknowledgements
Kat Gray
This book accompanies a larger revision of the technical writing curriculum at the University of Arkansas, which started in Spring 2024. The original revisions launched in Fall 2025, then I spent a year gathering feedback on the curriculum and textbook. In Summer 2025, I revised and streamlined the curriculum with Dr. Maggie Fernandes, and then streamlined the textbook in service of that new curriculum.
Though the assembly of this book has been in large part a conversation between me and the writers of other OER technical writing textbooks, it has by no means been a solitary project. I would like to acknowledge the following people for their help on this project:
- Christine Rickabaugh, Open Education Librarian, University of Arkansas. I especially appreciate Christine’s help thinking about this project at the very beginning – she gave me a very clear overview of the process and helped set me on the way. Her help has also been invaluable in navigating the Pressbooks interface and making sure collaborators get credited.
- Dr. Maggie Fernandes, Assistant Professor, University of Arkansas. Maggie has been an amazing collaborator for the most recent round of curriculum revisions, which this textbook reflects. Together, we streamlined the original Fall 2024 revisions into a curriculum that, we hope, allows students to learn and experience technical communication work more deeply.
- Dr. Megan McIntyre and Professor LewEllyn Hallett, in the Program in Rhetoric and Composition, University of Arkansas. Their support, advice, and input on the course revisions have helped me undertake this rather large project with confidence.
- Professional and Technical Writing (ENGL 30503) teachers during fall 2024 and spring 2025, who piloted the first version of this course and gave invaluable feedback for further revisions: Elizabeth Bonkoski, Mitchell Carabio, Maggie Fernandes, Laura Gray, Ali Hintz, Michel LaCrue, Raina Lyons, Shiloh Peters, Abigail Ross, Ahsan Tohel, Taylor Weeks, and Evan Wordlaw.
- TAs and Instructors who helped create the pilot curriculum in spring semester 2024: Shelley Aschliman, Aura Comer, Mohi Uddin, and Evan Wordlaw.
