Learning Skilled Trades in the Workplace

Jo Mackiewicz is a professor at Iowa State University, United States of America (USA). She studies the communication and learning in pedagogical and workplace interactions. She has published four books about writing centers: three about writing center interactions ('Talk about Writing', with Isabelle Thompson; 'The Aboutness of Writing Center Talk'; and 'Writing Center Talk over Time') and one edited collection ('Theories and Methods of Writing Center Studies', with Rebecca Day Babcock). 'Writing Center Talk over Time' won the 2019 award for best monograph from the International Writing Centers Association, while 'Theories and Methods' won the 2021 award for best edited collection from the writing across the Curriculum Association. Jo has also written and cowritten numerous articles. Her book, 'Welding Technical Communication: Teaching and Learning Embodied Knowledge', was published by SUNY Press in May 2022.