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 Writing ENGL 488 A: Writing in Health and Medicine Autumn 2024ENGL 206 A: Rhetoric in Everyday Life ENGL 288 F: Introduction to Professional and Technical Writing ENGL 592 B: Graduate English Studies Summer 2024ENGL 289 A: Business Writing Winter 2024ENGL 388 A: Professional and Technical Writing ENGL 568 A: Topics in Composition Studies Autumn 2023ENGL 206 A: Rhetoric in Everyday Life ENGL 289 A: Business Writing Summer 2023ENGL 206 A: Rhetoric in Everyday Life Winter 2023ENGL 288 A: Introduction to Professional and Technical Writing ENGL 289 A: Business Writing Autumn 2022ENGL 206 A: Rhetoric in Everyday Life ENGL 289 A: Business Writing Summer 2022ENGL 288 A: Introduction to Professional and Technical Writing Winter 2022ENGL 296 A: Critical Literacy in the Natural Sciences ENGL 568 A: Topics in Composition Studies Autumn 2021ENGL 388 A: Professional and Technical Writing ENGL 388 B: Professional and Technical Writing Summer 2021ENGL 288 A: Introduction to Professional and Technical Writing Spring 2021ENGL 296 B: Critical Literacy in the Natural Sciences ENGL 388 A: Professional and Technical Writing Winter 2021ENGL 288 A: Introduction to Professional and Technical Writing ENGL 288 B: Introduction to Professional and Technical Writing Related News Related News Faculty Awards and Achievements (December 12, 2024) 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)
