Craig Baehr

Craig Baehr, Ph.D., is an AMPG International accredited professional trainer, fellow and past president of the Society for Technical Communication (STC), and published author with more than 25 years of technical communication experience.  His books include Web Development: A Visual-Spatial Approach (2007), Writing for the Internet: A Guide to Real Communication in Virtual Space (2010), The Agile Communicator: Principles and Practices in Technical Communication (2019), and the forthcoming Information Experience: Strategies and Tactics of Information Design (2024).   He has taught a wide range of technical communication courses at the Bachelor's, Master's, and Doctoral levels, including information design, publications management, professional report writing, and web development and coding.

His academic and professional background includes published and presented works in information and instructional design, hypertext theory, professional certification, and visual-spatial thinking.  As Chief Examiner, he worked on the development of the Certified Professional Technical Communicator (CPTC) professional certification in technical communication for STC, and continues to oversee its curricular development.  He currently serves as Executive Editor of Intercom Magazine and previously served as an Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication.

Previously, he worked in academia as professor and graduate program director of technical communication at Texas Tech University and in industry as a technical writer/editor, Web developer, and program director for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.