Dr. Kenneth Price is an Associate Professor of Technical/Professional Communication at Texas A&M University-Kingsville. He recently completed Professional Writing within the Disciplines, a follow-up to Technical Writing, and his current textbook Multimodal Travel Writing is in press. A graduate faculty member at Missouri State University; California State University, Chico (where he directed the professional/technical writing program); the University of Alaska Anchorage; Western Carolina University; and the University of Wisconsin-River Falls, he has been a technical communication consultant to AT&T, Macromedia, Microsoft, and Adobe.
Department of Language and Literature
Sam Fore Hall 107
Texas A&M University-Kingsville
+1 361-593-2588
Teaching Areas
- Technical/Professional Communication
- Multimodal Discourse
- Travel Writing
- Style and Stylistics
- Creative Nonfiction Writing
- Grammar and Usage
- Senior Portfolio
- Internship in English
- Professional Communication Teaching Methods
Selected Works
Books/Chapters
- Price, K. R. (In Press). Multimodal travel writing. Dubuque, IA: Kendall-Hunt Publishing Company.
- Price, K. R. (August 2022). Professional writing across the curriculum. Dubuque, IA: Kendall-Hunt Publishing Company. ISBN: 979-8765710432.
- Price, K. R. & Disheroon, S. (May 2018). Technical writing. San Diego: Cognella Academic Publishing. 978-1516510290.
- “Establishing Program-Specific Assessment Standards for Experiential Learning Courses,” Academy-Industry Relationships and Partnerships: Perspectives for Technical Communicators. Baywood Publishing, Spring 2016.
Articles
- “Redefining Collaborative Editing and Promoting Sustainability During an Economic Recession.” Association for Educational Communications and Technology Academic White Paper, Spring 2014.
- “Using the Teaching Portfolio to Anticipate Programmatic Assessment,” Business Communication Quarterly, Spring 2013.
Conference Presentations & Web Seminars
- “Achieving Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Professional Communication Faculty Hiring,” 2023 Association for Business Communication (ABC) International Conference, Denver, Colorado, October, 2023.
- “Reimagine Retention: Low-Stakes, High-Impact Uses of Multimodal Technologies for Student Engagement and Persistence on TAMU Hispanic-Serving Campuses,” 2023 Texas A&M Chancellor’s Summit on Academic Technology Conference, College Station, June, 2023.
- “Integrating Transformative Digital Oral Communication Technology into Professional Communication Curricula to Meet ABET-mandated Student Learning Objectives,” 2023 Association for Business Communication Southwestern U.S. (ABC-SWUS) Conference, Houston, Texas, March, 2023.
- “Ensuring Diversity in Technical and Scientific Communication Faculty Hiring,” Council for Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication (CPTSC) 2022 National Convention, Colorado Springs, Colorado, October, 2022.
- “Persistence Indicators for Hispanic-Serving Institutions Professional Communication Programs,” Association for Business Communication International Conference, October, 2021.
- “Technology in a Time of Coronavirus,” Council for Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication (CPTSC) 2021 National Convention, October, 2021.
- “Strategies for Using Technology to Improve Student Engagement Without a Computer Classroom (Or A Computer),” Center for Teaching Effectiveness Workshops on Strategies to Improve Online Teaching at TAMUK Web Seminar, October, 2020.
- “Digital Engagement in Professional Communication Courses: The Unique Challenges Faced by Hispanic-Serving Institutions,” 2020 Texas A&M Chancellor’s Summit on Academic Technology Conference, Web Seminar, September, 2020.
- “Standing on the Shoulders of Others – Programmatic Borrowing from the STEM Disciplines,” Council for Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication (CPTSC) 2019 National Convention Conference, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, October, 2019.
- “Integrating New-Model Scholarly Communication into Business Communication Students’ Research,” 2020 Association for Business Communication Southwestern U.S. (ABC-SWUS) Conference, San Antonio, Texas, March, 2020.
- “Contextualizing the Digital Skills of Business Communication Students in Hispanic-Serving Institutions,” 2019 Association for Business Communication Southwestern U.S. (ABC-SWUS) Conference, Houston, Texas, April, 2019.
Honors and Awards
- 2023 Texas A&M University-Kingsville Center For Teaching Effectiveness (CTE) General Education Teaching Award.
- 2018 Texas A&M University-Kingsville Center For Teaching Effectiveness (CTE) General Education Teaching Award.
- Honorary Lifetime Member, Golden Key International Honour Society.
- Society for Technical Communication Award for Excellence in Education.
- Missouri State University College of Arts and Letters Recognition Award for Excellence in Education.
