Associate Teaching Professor Contact Information walwema@uw.edu PDL A-G11 Office Hours MW 2:30 -4:00 Fields of Interest and Scientific Communication; Business Writing. Ethics of Access and Inclusion Professional Rhetorical Theory Technical Biography PhD, Clemson MA, University of New Mexico BA / MA, Makerere University Research Selected Research Edwards, J., & Walwema, J. (2022). Black Women Imagining and Realizing Liberated Futures. Technical Communication Quarterly, 31(3), 245–262. https://doi.org/10.1080/10572252.2022.2069289 Walwema, J., and Butts, J. Rhetorical Hedonism, Grey Genres, Good Fun: Technicalities Limits of Writing Playfully. Communication Design Quarterly Walwema, J. The WHO Health Alert: Communicating a Global Pandemic with WhatsApp. Journal of Business and Technical Communication. Walwema, J. A Values-Driven approach to technical communication. Technical Communication. Walwema, J. (2023).Participatory Policy: Enacting Technical Communication for a Shared Water Future. In Williams, S. D.(ED). Technical Communication for Environmental Action. State University of New York Press. Walwema, J., & Bay, J. (2024). The Rhetorical Function of Corporate DEI Reports. Business and Professional Communication Quarterly, 87(1), 34–59. https://doi.org/10.1177/23294906231208415 Courses Taught Winter 2025ENGL 289 A: Business WritingENGL 488 A: Writing in Health and MedicineAutumn 2024ENGL 206 A: Rhetoric in Everyday LifeENGL 288 F: Introduction to Professional and Technical WritingENGL 592 B: Graduate English StudiesSummer 2024ENGL 289 A: Business WritingWinter 2024ENGL 388 A: Professional and Technical WritingENGL 568 A: Topics in Composition StudiesAutumn 2023ENGL 206 A: Rhetoric in Everyday LifeENGL 289 A: Business WritingSummer 2023ENGL 206 A: Rhetoric in Everyday LifeWinter 2023ENGL 288 A: Introduction to Professional and Technical WritingENGL 289 A: Business WritingAutumn 2022ENGL 206 A: Rhetoric in Everyday LifeENGL 289 A: Business WritingSummer 2022ENGL 288 A: Introduction to Professional and Technical WritingWinter 2022ENGL 296 A: Critical Literacy in the Natural SciencesENGL 568 A: Topics in Composition StudiesAutumn 2021ENGL 388 A: Professional and Technical WritingENGL 388 B: Professional and Technical WritingSummer 2021ENGL 288 A: Introduction to Professional and Technical WritingSpring 2021ENGL 296 B: Critical Literacy in the Natural SciencesENGL 388 A: Professional and Technical WritingWinter 2021ENGL 288 A: Introduction to Professional and Technical WritingENGL 288 B: Introduction to Professional and Technical Writing Related News Related News Faculty Awards and Achievements (November 16, 2023) Faculty and Staff Notes (December 19, 2021) Episode 8 in the Literature, Language, Culture Dialogue Series is Now Available (March 2, 2021) Episode 8: Professor Josephine Walwema on Ubuntu Ethics and Technical Writing (March 2, 2021) Three New Professors Join the English Department (September 10, 2020)
