Education and Professional Development
A masters degree facilitated my career change from chemistry to technical communication. Programs offered by the Society for Technical Communication, online courses, and self-instruction provide continual development.
Education
Master of Technical and Professional Writing
Northeastern University (1999)
Boston, MA
Maintained better than 3.9 quality point average and received the Marian G. Barchilon Award for academic merit and professional promise in technical communication
Bachelor of Science in Chemistry
University of Lowell
Lowell, MA
Bachelor of Science in Physical Education
Concentrations in Exercise Science and Secondary Education
University of Massachusetts
Amherst, MA
Professional Development
Continually improving proficiency with the following tools:
- Publishing - Word, PageMaker, FrameMaker, QuarkXPress
- HTML development - Homesite, Dreamweaver, CSS, HTML
- Illustration - Paint Shop Pro, Photoshop, Visio, Adobe Illustrator
- Help authoring - RoboHelp, Microsoft HTML Help Workshop
- Others - Excel, PowerPoint, Acrobat, Visual SourceSafe
Professional workshops and classes include APIs and SDKs, Cascading Style Sheets, Graphic Design, Presenting Data and Information, Problem Solving and Decision Making, Statistical Methods for Quality Control and Improvement, Experimenting Effectively, and Team Interpersonal Skills.
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