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Virginia Tech Engineering Communication Center (VTECC)

2008. Paretti, M. C. Teaching Communication in Capstone Design: The Role of the Instructor in Situated Learning. Journal of Engineering Education. 97.4: 491-503.

2008. McNair, L. D., Paretti, M. C., and A. Kakar. Case Study Case Study of Prior Knowledge: Expectations and Identity Constructions in Interdisciplinary, Cross-cultural Virtual Collaboration. International Journal of Engineering Education. 24.2: 386-399.

Forthcoming. Paretti, M. C. and K. Powell, Eds. Assessing Writing. Association of Institutional Research.

2008. Paretti, M. C., and L. D. McNair, Eds. Special Issue: IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication – Communication in Engineering Curricula. 51:3.

2008. Paretti, M. C. and M. Asaro. Work in Progress: Lifelong Learning and Information Retrieval Practices in Materials Science and Engineering. IEEE/ASEE Frontiers in Education Conference. Saratoga Spring, NY. October 2008.

2008. Paretti, M. C., Y. Li, L. D. McNair, D. Moore-Russo, and J. Terpenny. Work-In-Progress: An Empirical Study of Virtual Dissection and Student Engagement. IEEE/ASEE Frontiers in Education Conference. Saratoga Spring, NY. October 22-25, 2008.

Forthcoming. Paretti, M. C.. “When the Teacher is the Audience: Assignment Design and Assessment in the Absence of “Real” Readers.” in Teaching Audience: Theory and Practice. B. Fehler, E. Weiser, and A. Gonzalez, Eds.

2008. Paretti, M. C., & McNair, L. D.Communicating on Global Virtual Teams: Managing Complex Activity Systetms. In P. Zemliansky & K. St. Amant (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Virtual Workplaces and the New Nature of Business Practices. Hershey: Idea Group. 24-38.

2007. Gloyd, M., Paretti, M. C., & Burgoyne, C. B. Project Management Skills: A Study of Students’ Prior Knowledge. American Society for Engineering Education Southeast Section Annual Conference, Louisville, KY. April 1-3

2007. Paretti, M. C., McNair, L. D., & Holloway-Attaway, L. Teaching Technical Communication in an Era of Distributed Work: A Case Study of Collaboration Between U.S. and Swedish Students. Technical Communication Quarterly. 16.3: 327-352.

2006: Paretti, M. C. "Audience Awareness: Leveraging Problem-Based Learning to Teach Workplace Communication Practice." IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication. 49:2, 189-198.

2006: McNair, L. D., M. C. Paretti, T. Knott, and M. L. Wolfe. "Defining and Assessing the ABET Professional Skills," Proceedings of the 2006 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference, Chicago, IL. 19 June 2006.

2006: Paretti, M. C., L. D. McNair, and M. Alley. "Integrated Engineering Communications Programs: (Dis)Locating the Boundaries." Writing Across the Curriculum. 17-20 May, 2006, Clemson, SC.

2006: Paretti, M. C., L. D. McNair, T. Knott, M. L. Wolfe. "Interrogating the 'E': The Use of Electronic Portfolios in Technical Communications Curricula." Association of Teachers of Technical Writing. 22 March 2006, Chicago, IL.

2006: Paretti, M. C. "Collaboration on the Inside: Building a Humanistic Engineering Communications Curriculum." Conference on College Composition and Communication. 23-25 March 2006, Chicago, IL.

2005: Paretti, M.C. and C. B. Burgoyne, "Integrating Engineering and Communication: A Study of Capstone Design Courses." Proceedings of the 2005 Frontiers in Education Conference, Indianapolis, IN, 20-22 October 2005. 6 pp.

2005: Paretti, M. C. and C. B. Burgoyne, "Work-In-Progress: An Integrated Engineering Communications Curriculum for the 21st Century." Proceedings of the 2005 Frontiers in Education Conference, 20-22 October 2005, Indianapolis, IN. 2pp.

2005: Paretti, M. C. "Using Project Portfolios to Assess Design in Materials Science and Engineering" 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Proceedings, June 2005, Portland, OR. 13 pp.