LeeAnne Kryder

Lecturer

Contact:

kryder@writing.ucsb.edu

Area of Emphasis:

Environmental literature, business and environmental writing.

• Teaches in Environmental Studies and Writing Program

• Ph.D., Bowling Green State University

EDUCATION

1982 Ph.D. in American History Bowling Green State University

1975 MA in American Studies Bowling Green State University

1973 BA, cum laude, English University of San Francisco

Research Interests: The role of environmental communication in securing sustainability goals and in shaping careers of environmental professionals. She is also very interested in the transition students make from school to the professional workplace, and how our university can best prepare students for their future lives as contributing citizens and working professionals.

Dr. Kryder teaches ES 160, Environmental Literature.

Selected Publications:

Kryder, L. (2011, forthcoming) Greening the Words: How Professional Communication Assignments Can Make A Difference. IEEE_PCS Proceedings for the 2011 International Professional Communication Conference, Cinncinati Ohio.

Kryder, L. (2011 September), Eportfolios:Proving Competency and Building a Network. Business Communication Quarterly. 74 (3): 333-341.

Kryder, L. (2007). Encyclopedia entries:Environmental Assessment, Recyling, Bureau of Land Management, Aspen Institute’s Business & Society Program, Social Investment Forum, United Nations Environmental Programme. Encyclopedia of Business Ethics and Society.Editor Robert W. Kolb. Sage Publications.

“Integrating Ethics and Corporate Citizenship into the Business Communication Curriculum.”

Published Paper (peer reviewed) in the Proceedings of the Association for Business Communication, October 2003.

“Mentors, Models, and Clients: Using the Professional Engineering Community to Identify and Teach Engineering Genres.” IEEE-Transactions on Professional Communication. Vol. 42, No. 1, March 1999: pp. 3-11.

Courses:

Env Studies 160, American Environmental Literature

Writing 2lk, Writing for the Environment (Writing 2 linked with Env. Studies 1)

Writing 109ES Writing for Environmental Studies