Professional Preparation
Postdoctoral Studies - Medicine, Communication, and Ethics
TTU Health Sciences Center - 2013
Ph.D. - Technical Communication and Rhetoric
Texas Tech University - 2012
M.A. - Technical Writing and Editing
University of North Texas - 2008
B.A. - English
Baylor Univesity - 1991
Research Areas
Research Interests
- Medical rhetoric and oncology
- Writing in mathematics
- Online education and curriculum design
- Patient discourse
- Ethics of online research
- Ethics of medical research and rhetoric
- Technical communication in the classroom
- Usability research
- Digital content design
- Professional communication
Publications
King, C. S. T., Keeth, S., & Ryan, C. (2018). Collaborative curriculum design and assessment: Piloting a hybrid first-year writing course. Journal of Online Interactive Education. 2018 - peer reviewed, invited
King, C. S. T. (2018). Self-disclosing medical info endangers patients’ privacy. UTDallas Magazine, Spring 2018. Retrieved from https://www.utdallas.edu/magazine/professor-patients-endanger-their-own-privacy-by-self-disclosing-medical-info 2018 - article
King, C. S. T. (2017). Bounding medicine: Book Review. Medical History, 61(1), 139–140. doi: 10.1017/mdh.2016.113. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1017/mdh.2016.113 2018 - book review
McMillion, T., & King, C. S. T. (2017). Communication and security issues in online education: Student self-disclosure in course introductions. Journal of Online Interactive Education. Retrieved from http://www.ncolr.org/jiol/issues/pdf/15.1.1.pdf 2017 - peer reviewed
King, C. S. T., Bivens, K., Pumroy, E., Rauch, S., & Koerber, A. (2017, May). IRB Challenges and Solutions in Health Communication Research. Health Communication. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2017.1321164 2017 - peer reviewed
McMillion, T., & King, C. S. T. (2017). Communication and security issues in online education: Student self-disclosure in course introductions. Journal of Online Interactive Education. Retrieved from http://www.ncolr.org/jiol/issues/pdf/15.1.1.pdf 2017 - peer reviewed
King, C. S. T. (2017). The rhetoric of breast cancer: Patient-to-patient discourse in an online community. Lanham, MD: Lexington Health Series. 2017 - peer-reviewed monograph
Danforth Chapels. (2017). Retrieved from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danforth_Chapels 2017 - wikipedia article
Lambert, C. S. T., & Schlobohm, M. (Eds.). (2015). Communication and media: What’s trending now. Dubuque, IA: Kendall Hunt Publishers. 2015 - edited collection
Loader, E. M., & Lambert, C. S. T. (2015). Health communication and resources. In Lambert, C. S. T., & Schlobohm, M. (Eds.). (2015). Communication and media: What’s trending now (pp. 135–174). Dubuque, IA: Kendall Hunt Publishers. 2015 - chapter
Appointments
Clinical Professor of Communication
The University of Texas at Dallas [2015–Present]
Clinical Assistant Professor
The University of Texas at Dallas [2012–2015]
Lecturer (Adjunct), Senior Lecturer I
The University of Texas at Dallas [2011–2015]
Editorial Assistant, Technical Communication Quarterly
ATTW (through Texas Tech University) [2010–2013]
Grant-Writing Intern
McKinney Education Foundation, McKinney, TX [2007–2007]
Teaching Fellow, Adjunct
University of North Texas [2007–2008]
Technical Writer and Medical Editor
Omaha, NE, and McKinney, TX [2004–Present]
Freelance Writer, Graphic Designer
Yorktown, VA [2000–2004]
Medical Writer and Editor
Department of Surgery/UMSA, Wright State University, Dayton, OH [1995–2000]
Technical Writer/Medical Editor
Dept of Ob/Gyn, The University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB), Galveston, TX [1993–1995]
School of Medicine
Awards
Member - Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society [2011]
Invitee - ATTW Research Forum [2011]
Recipient - Teach-2-Win-4 Scholarship [2010]
Recipient - STC Tech Editing SIG Scholarship [2010]
Recipient - Helen Hughes Charitable Fund Scholarship [2010]
Co-Recipient - Shining Stars AHA NOVA Award [1996]
Member - Sigma Tau Delta (Int'l English Honor Society) [1989]
Honoree and Civilian Recipient - Outstanding Citizen Award (first civilian recipient in USAF history) [1987]
Projects
International Students' Needs and Intercultural Communication
2018/05 Research with undergraduate student (IRB approved)
UTD Grant: RHET 1302 Hybrid Course Pilot
2017/09 IRB approved
Danforth Chapels
2017/03 Research and Wikipedia page development with undergraduate students
Ethic of Omission in Marketing
2017/03 (IRB approved)
Teaching Writing to Mathematics Students
2014/08 (IRB approved)
Presentations
Panel Chair: Communicating about Disease Outbreaks as Part of Health Communication
2017/11 Dallas, TX: National Communication Association Annual Conference
Communication patterns in online learning: Student self disclosure in personal introductions
2016/04 Houston, TX: CCCC
Ethics in medicine [panel]
2014/05 Richardson, TX: 4th Annual Values in Medicine, Science, and Technology Conference with A. Lancaster and S. Rausch
Patient-to-patient discourse in cybercommunities: Technology and medicine from the “other” side [poster]
2013/05 Richardson, TX: 3rd Annual Values in Medicine, Science, and Technology Conference
Being an ethical writer and protecting yourself online
2012/07 Plano, TX: Annual Writers’ Conference
News Articles
Farmersville Times (2017)
The art of handwriting in the digital age [documentary]
Dr. Dallie Clark's documentary (dissertation research, 2017)
Dallas Morning News (2016)
Affiliations
Faculty Advisor
2018/05
Sigma Tau Delta, Alpha Psi Nu Chapter, The University of Texas at Dallas
Member
2010/05
Association for Teachers of Technical Writing
Member
2014/08
National Council for Teachers of English