Drew Virtue Author

Dr. Diane Martinez is an associate professor in the English Studies department at Western Carolina University in Cullowhee, North Carolina, where she teaches technical and professional communication. Her recent research and publications focus on issues of environmental communication, ethics in science communication, and social justice and advocacy in environmental, scientific, and technical communication. She was the recipient of a Fulbright U.S. Scholar award for 2022-2023, where she spent eight months in Germany teaching and developing international collaborations for students and faculty.

Dr. Drew Virtue is an associate professor in the English Studies department at Western Carolina University who teaches professional writing. He holds a BA in English from Illinois State University, an MA in English from the University of North Carolina, Wilmington, and a PhD in Rhetoric, Scientific, and Technical Communication at the University of Minnesota. His current research examines the intersections of rhetoric, pedagogy, and digital/web literacies with a special focus on how technologies impact our daily lives. He is also pursuing research based on the use of digital compositions and their connection to advocacy for national parks, an interest based on his love of the outdoors in Western North Carolina.