Timothy Elliott
College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences Writing, Rhetoric, and DiscourseAssociate Professor and Director of First-Year WritingFacultyFull Time
DegreesPhD, Technical Communication and Rhetoric, Texas Tech University
Office
SAC 377
BIO
Research Interests
Technical and Professional Communication, Urban Planning Communication, Service Learning, Community Engagement and Public Policy, Visual Rhetoric, Multimodal Communication, Popular Culture (particularly Comic Books and Comic Book Culture)
Courses Recently Taught
- LSP 112: The United Center: Sports, Community, and Urban Change (Focal Point)
- WRD 201: Digital Writing
- WRD 204: Technical Writing
- WRD 301: Workplace Writing: Theory and Practice
- WRD 323: Editing (undergraduate)
- WRD 327: Content Writing (undergraduate)
- WRD 523: Editing (graduate)
Publications
Journal Articles
Completed/Published
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Elliott, T.J. (2024). A Dangerous, Costly Neighborhood: A Critique of Blight and Obsolescence Claims in Local Media Coverage of a Planning Project. Technical Communication Quarterly, 33(2), 182-199. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10572252.2023.2229381
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Elliott, T.J. & Driskill, D.A. (2021). The High Cotton Project: A Community-Based Metho for Serving the Urban Homeless. The Journal of Community Engagement and Higher Education 13(2), 41-55. https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1313734.pdf
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Elliott, T.J. (2021). Complex Personal Stories and Dominant Cultural Narratives in Urban Planning Communication. Technical Communication Quarterly, 30(2), 174-188. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10572252.2020.1803988
Conference Presentations
Upcoming:
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"Creating Archives to Transition a Tutoring Project from Institution-driven to Community Partner-Driven.” Co-presented with Patricia Haney. Conference on Community Writing. Online Conference. October, 2021.
Given:
- “Enhancing Sustainable Community Partnerships Through Technical Documentation.” Conference on Community Writing. Philadelphia, PA. October 17-19, 2019.
- “Expert opinions, public priorities, and joint opportunities: A case study of design professionals and the public engagement process.” 2019 ATTW Conference. Pittsburgh, PA. March 12-13, 2019.