The director and senior trainer of the Business Writing Center is Robert Hogan, Ph.D., an accomplished writing trainer with 38 years of experience. He has an extensive background in writing training:
- Professor of business communications, Illinois State University
- Professor of writing, Allegheny County College
- Professor of writing, University of Pittsburgh
He has managed two companies consulting with businesses in writing documents and marketing materials and has been a senior writer in another:
- Owner and senior writer, Softlink (documentation-writing company)
- Owner and general partner, Interactive Training Media
- Senior writer, Applied Science Associates
He has been an administrator in communications, public relations, and marketing:
- Manager of communications for public relations, Bank Illinois Company
- Manager of adult extension studies, Wheaton College
- Educational development consultant, McMaster University
Dr. Hogan has published articles about teaching writing in refereed journals:
- College Composition and Communication
- English Education
- OUPID Newsletter
- Proceedings of the National Conference on College Composition and Communication
- Proceedings of the Midwest Conference on English in the Two-Year College
- Research in the Teaching of English
He has written three books and dozens of courses and workshop materials for training writers. He is the author of Explicit Business Writing: Best Practices for the Twenty-First Century.
Contact Dr. Hogan: rchogan@businesswriting.com.
(Outside US) 309 452-2831