{"id":84,"date":"2019-08-05T18:19:30","date_gmt":"2019-08-05T18:19:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fs.wp.odu.edu\/dprichar\/?page_id=84"},"modified":"2025-11-24T15:00:50","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T15:00:50","slug":"home-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fs.wp.odu.edu\/dprichar\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1733\" height=\"2617\" src=\"https:\/\/fs.wp.odu.edu\/dprichar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/110\/2020\/12\/richards_pic_rectangle.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-520\" style=\"width:211px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fs.wp.odu.edu\/dprichar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/110\/2020\/12\/richards_pic_rectangle.png 1733w, https:\/\/fs.wp.odu.edu\/dprichar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/110\/2020\/12\/richards_pic_rectangle-199x300.png 199w, https:\/\/fs.wp.odu.edu\/dprichar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/110\/2020\/12\/richards_pic_rectangle-678x1024.png 678w, https:\/\/fs.wp.odu.edu\/dprichar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/110\/2020\/12\/richards_pic_rectangle-768x1160.png 768w, https:\/\/fs.wp.odu.edu\/dprichar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/110\/2020\/12\/richards_pic_rectangle-1017x1536.png 1017w, https:\/\/fs.wp.odu.edu\/dprichar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/110\/2020\/12\/richards_pic_rectangle-1356x2048.png 1356w, https:\/\/fs.wp.odu.edu\/dprichar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/110\/2020\/12\/richards_pic_rectangle-1080x1631.png 1080w, https:\/\/fs.wp.odu.edu\/dprichar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/110\/2020\/12\/richards_pic_rectangle-1280x1933.png 1280w, https:\/\/fs.wp.odu.edu\/dprichar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/110\/2020\/12\/richards_pic_rectangle-980x1480.png 980w, https:\/\/fs.wp.odu.edu\/dprichar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/110\/2020\/12\/richards_pic_rectangle-480x725.png 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1733px) 100vw, 1733px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:75%\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Hello! I\u2019m Dan Richards, Professor of Technical Communication and Rhetoric in the Department of English at Old Dominion University where I write and research in technical communication, visual risk communication, user experience design, the teaching of writing, and rhetoric. I am also the immediate Past Chair of <a href=\"http:\/\/sigdoc.acm.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ACM SIGDOC<\/a>, after having served as Chair from 2019-2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My regular rotation of teaching includes undergraduate courses in technical writing and rhetoric, as well as graduate courses in technical communication theories, practices, and pedagogy. I also taught business writing in Old  Dominion\u2019s MBA program for over 10 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=-4G7cysAAAAJ&amp;hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Google Scholar<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2155-3416\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ORCID<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/profile\/Daniel-Richards-6?ev=hdr_xprf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ResearchGate<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.odu.edu\/directory\/daniel-p-richards\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ODU Directory<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-layout-2 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello! I\u2019m Dan Richards, Professor of Technical Communication and Rhetoric in the Department of English at Old Dominion University where I write and research in technical communication, visual risk communication, user experience design, the teaching of writing, and rhetoric. 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