Johndan Johnson-Eilola

Johndan Johnson-Eilola, works in the Department of Communication and Media at Clarkson University, where he teaches courses in new media, information architecture, mass media, and Web design. In addition to numerous journal articles and book chapters, he is the author of Datacloud: Toward a New Theory of Online Work (Hampton Press, 2005); Writing New Media (Utah State University Press, 2005, with Anne Wysocki, Geoff Sirc, and Cindy Selfe); Central Works (Oxford University Press, 2005, co-edited with Stuart Selber), and Nostalgic Angels: Rearticulating Hypertext Writing (Greenwood/Ablex, 1999). He has also written two textbooks on technical and business communication, Professional Writing Online (Allyn & Bacon, 1999) and Designing Effective Websites (Houghton Mifflin, 2001) and is currently working on a first-year composition textbook for Bedford/St. Martin’s Press. He has also edited special journal issues on intellectual property (for Computers and Composition) and computer documentation (for the Journal of Technical Writing and Communication). He has won several awards for his teaching and research, including the 2005 Award for Best Collection of Essays in Technical and Scientific Communication from the National Council of Teachers of English and the 2005 Distinguished Book Award from Computers and Composition. He has also been a keynote or featured speaker at the Conference of the Council for Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication, the Watson Conference on Rhetoric, and the Conference on College Composition and Communication. His current research examines information flow in physical and virtual work spaces used by designers, video editors, and musicians.