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Carnegie
Mellon
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Necia
K. Werner
PhD
candidate in rhetoric, Carnegie Mellon University
Address:
Contact:
Department
of
English
Phone:
(412) 268-7509
Carnegie
Mellon
University Fax: (412) 268-7989
5000
Forbes
Avenue
email:
nkw@andrew.cmu.edu
Baker Hall 259
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
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| About
Me: I came to Carnegie
Mellon's
rhetoric program from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where I
worked in the psychology department as a research assistant in Dr.
Morton Gernsbacher's language comprehension lab and as an editorial
assistant for Memory & Cognition.
It was there that I became interested in science as a persuasive
enterprise, and in the rhetorical dimensions of cognitive neuroscience
and editorial peer review. I have presented work in both these areas,
and my dissertation research explores the role of values and
objectivity in shaping scientific peer review practices during moments
of controversy and change. I also teach courses in professional and
technical writing and currently serve as Assistant Director of our
undergraduate and masters programs in professional and technical
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Research/Teaching
Interests:
rhetoric
of science and technology, professional and
technical writing,
argumentation, genre
theory, discourse
analysis, research
methods
Things
I Enjoy:
Collecting/analyzing
technical documents, enthymemes, zombie movies
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Education
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Ph.D. Candidate in
Rhetoric (2002-present)
Carnegie Mellon University
M.A. in Rhetoric (2002)
Carnegie Mellon University
B.S. in English and Psychology (1997)
University of
Wisconsin-Madison [return]
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Teaching
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76-271: Introduction to
Professional and Technical Writing
76-270: Writing for the
Professions
76-101: Interpretation
& Argument [return]
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Publications
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Journal Articles
Gernsbacher, M.A,
Palladino, P., Robertson, R.R.W., & Werner, N.K. (2004). Managing mental
representations during narrative comprehension. Discourse Processes,
37, 145-164.
Gernsbacher, M.A,
Keysar, B., Robertson, R.R.W., & Werner,
N.K. (2001). The role of suppression and enhancement in
understanding metaphors. Journal of Memory and Language, 45, 433-450.
Book
Chapters
Gernsbacher, M.A,
Robertson, R.R.W., & Werner, N.K.
(2002). The costs and benefits of meaning. In D.S. Gorfein's (Ed.) On
the Consequences of Meaning Selection. APA Books, Washington DC. pp.
119-137. [return]
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Presentations
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Werner, N. K. (2007,
March). Genre, ideology and values: Analysis of a scientific peer
review controversy. Paper to be presented at the 58th annual meeting
of the Conference on College Composition and Communication, New York,
NY.
Werner, N. K. (2006,
November). Discourse on method: Arguments about fMRI in cognitive
neuroscience. Paper presented at the 92nd annual meeting
of the National Communication Association, San Antonio, TX.
Werner, N. K. (2006,
November). The discursive construction of accountability in an open
peer review forum. Paper presented at the 92nd annual meeting
of the National Communication Association, San Antonio, TX.
Werner,
N. K. (2006, June). Cultural assumptions and genre expectations
in professional writing: The job application package. Paper presented
at the 2nd annual Communication Symposium at Carnegie Mellon
University, Pittsburgh, PA.
Stewart, C. O.,
Baumgardt, D., & Werner, N. K. (2005,
November). News frames and the reporting of a campus controversy: A
Critical Discourse Analysis. Paper presented at the 91st annual meeting
of the National Communication Association, Boston, MA.
Werner, N. K. (2004, May).
Scientific dialectic in the public sphere: Analysis of the electronic
peer review process. Paper presented at the 11th biennial conference of
the Rhetoric Society of America, Austin, TX.
Ritivoi, A., & Werner, N. K.
(2003, November). ‘Gist the facts ma’am: Testimony and the limits of
memory. Paper presented at the 89th annual meeting of the National
Communication Association, Miami, FL.
Werner,
N. K.
(2003, July). The role of epideictic rhetoric in shaping science: The
case of brain imaging in cognitive science. Paper presented at the 18th
biennial Penn State Conference on Rhetoric and Composition, State
College, PA.
Werner,
N. K.
(2002, November). Functional magnetic resonance imaging and the
mind-body problem: A rhetorical analysis of Conversations in the
Cognitive Neurosciences. Paper presented at the annual NCA
pre-conference meeting of the American Association for the Rhetoric of
Science and Technology, New Orleans, LA. [return]
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Professional
Organizations
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American Association for the
Rhetoric of Science and Technology
National
Communication Association
National Council
for Teachers of English
Rhetoric Society
of America
Society for Technical
Communication [return]
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