Liz Lane, Ph.D.

Technical Communications Specialist

WRITING. research. DESIGN.

Hi, I'm Liz! I'm a senior technical writing specialist who ​engages in expert-level project and editorial management, ​content strategy, and information design. I'm a team leader, ​collaborator, and strategic, creative thinker.

With over 12 years of researching, publishing, and teaching ​experience in higher education, and a current role in technical ​writing for the transportation industry, I hold a unique ​background in instruction and cross-genre writing.

I also have a weekly radio show and DJ under the moniker ​Modern Girl. The show airs Mondays 2 - 4 PM CT, on WEVL ​Memphis, 89.9 FM.

PORTFOLIO

Resume

Design & Editing + Instructional Design + Research

Design & Editing

Web design, documentation, and editorial work

Music festival website

Punk band website

Anti-Racist Editorial Heuristic

SIGDOC 2021 Conference Program

Spark academic journal website

PUBLICATIONS

Selected Recent Scholarly Publications

• Lane, E., & Moore, K. (2023). "The Invisible Work of Iterative Design in Addressing Design Injustices". Technical Communication and Social Justice, 1(2), 28-48.
  
• Lane, Liz. (2022) "Social Design". In Keywords in Design Thinking: A Lexical Primer for Technical Communicators & Designers. Ed. Jason C. K. Tham. 135-137. The WAC Clearinghouse; University Press of Colorado.
  
• Lane, Liz. (2021) "Interstitial Design Processes: How Design Thinking and Social Design Processes Bridge Theory and Practice in Technical & Professional Communication Pedagogy." In Effective Teaching of Technical Communication: Theory, Practice, and Application. Ed. Michael Klein. University Press of Colorado Press
  
• Lane, Liz. (2021) "Plotting an Interstitial Design Process". Equipping Technical Communicators for Social Justice Work: Theories, Methodologies, and Pedagogies, Eds. Rebecca Walton and Godwin Agboka. University Press of Colorado.
  
• Cagle, Lauren; Eble, Michelle; Johnson, Meredith; Lane, Liz, et. al. (2021) "Participatory Coalition Building: Creating an Anti-Racist Scholarly Reviewing Practices Heuristic." In Proceedings of the 39th ACM International Conference on Design of Communication (pp. 281-288).
  

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