Profiles in "Technical Writing" Expertise Area

  • Cynthia Padavano is an Instructional Designer with EdPlus's Instructional Design and New Media team. She is working with the Masters of Computer Science online program but has been a part of ASU since 2014.
  • Susan Wynn's background is in information, data, and project management. She is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP), a Certified Scrum Master (CSM), a Prosci Certified Change Practitioner (CCP), and a Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt.
  • Oversees web initiatives and projects for The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
  • Nationally recognized scholar in visual communication, visual literacy, and professional communication pedagogy.
  • Thorson teaches technical communication and has worked in the technical industry specializing in technical writing and editing, marketing, communications and corporate communications.
  • Olsen teaches Technical Editing (431/531) at ASU. She has educational background in technical communication, composition and rhetoric, culinary arts, information science, and instructional technology.
  • Dr. Mara studies writing practices in digital and new media ecologies, innovation behaviors in institutions, posthumanist philosophy, and user experience methods.