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(I can't believe I'm about to recommend that anyone head to the hinterlands,
but...)
When I was at Bowling Green (outside Toledo, OH, not KY), they had started a
creative writing PhD program & had a healthy tech writing program, which
Nora can attest to. I suspect that they may have a PhD program in tech
writing now if they hadn't already in the past.
It's a well-funded school (read "cheap for you!") and has a great reputation
in most writing fields. They're also laid back about independent work,
e.g., designing your own program/degree.
It's worth investigating, and really the people make up for the, well, lack
of everything else! ;)
Sally Marquigny Network Imaging Systems
sallym -at- msmailhq -dot- netimage -dot- com Herndon, VA
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From: TECHWR-L
To: Multiple recipients of list TECHWR-L
Subject: Wanted! PhD writing programs
Date: Saturday, October 15, 1994 1:25PM
Can anyone direct me to a university with a PhD program in writing, as in
professional writing, technical writing, busines writing, or all of the
above?
