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Dr. Liza Potts, Assistant Professor, Professional Writing

Ph.D. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
M.S. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
B.A. Florida Atlantic University

5020 Batten Arts & Letters
757-683-3997
lpotts<AT> odu.edu

Teaching

Tracing Digital Culture
Visual Rhetoric and Document Design
Writing in Electronic Environments
Technical Writing

Research

Information Design, Information Architecture, and Usability
User-Centered Design
Technical Communication
Human-Computer Interaction
Sociotechnical Systems Theory
Digital and Visual Rhetoric

Select Publications

Potts, L. (2009). "Using Actor Network Theory to Trace and Improve Multimodal Communication Design." Technical Communication Quarterly.

Potts, L. (2009). "Designing for Disaster: Social Software Use in Times of Crisis." International Journal of Sociotechnology and Knowledge Development.

Potts, L. (2008). "Virtual Reality." Battleground: Science and Technology. Editor Sal Restivo. Greenwood Press.

Potts, L, Bartocci , G., Cotugno, C. (2008). "Communicating Ethnographic Findings Effectively within Multidisciplinary teams and to your Client." Proceedings of the 26th ACM International Conference on Design of Communication. Portugal: ACM SIG:DOC.

Potts, L. (2008). "Designing with Actor Network Theory: A New Method for Modeling Holistic Experience." Proceedings of the International Professional Communication Conference. Montreal: IEEE.

Potts, L. (2008). "Mapping the Social and Technical in the Wake of Disaster." Proceedings of the 2008 Sociotech Interaction Design Workshop. London: British Computing Society.