Andrew Mara, assistant professor in NDSU's English department, co-edited a special issue of Technical Communication Quarterly.

The journal's topic, "Posthuman Rhetorics and Technical Communication," reflects Mara's area of research specialization. Technical Communication Quarterly 2010 also is available at www.informaworld.com/htcq and contains five articles combining this theoretical approach with technical communication practices and pedagogies.

The articles include "Introduction" by Andrew Mara and Byron Hawk; “(Re)Appraising the Performance of Technical Communicators from a Posthumanist Perspective” by Jim Henry; “Early Cold War Professional Communication: A Rationale for Progressive Posthumanism” by Ronald Clark Brooks; “Reconceptualizing Analysis and Intervention in a Post-Technê Classroom: A Comparative Study of Technical Communication Students” by Katherine S. Miles; and “System Mapping: A Genre Field Analysis of the National Science Foundation’s Grant Proposal and Funding Process” by Ryan M. Moeller and David M. Christensen.

The issue also includes Sarah Read's book review of Clay Spinuzzi’s "Network: Theorizing Knowledge Work in Telecommunication."