Dr. Pam Estes Brewer

Dr. Pam Estes Brewer is a technical communicator and educator. She is Chair and Professor in the Department of Technical Communication in Mercer University’s School of Engineering.

Dr. Brewer is a member of the IEEE Professional Communication Society Board of Governors and Vice President of Membership.  She is also a recipient of STC’s Jay R. Gould award for excellence in teaching, the STC’s President’s Award, Mercer’s Vulcan Award for Innovation in Teaching, and the IEEE PCS Schlesinger award for service. She researches and trains on remote/hybrid teaming, and her book entitled International Virtual Teams: Engineering Global Success was published by Wiley in 2015. With George Hayhoe, she published the 2nd edition of A Research Primer for Technical Communication with Taylor & Francis. Join her on LinkedIn.

Education

• Ph.D., Technical Communication and Rhetoric, Texas Tech University
• M.A., English/Professional Communication, Wright State University
• B.A., English/Business, Wright State University

Specializations

Hybrid and Virtual Teams, Usability, and Research Methods

Professional Interests

Dr. Brewer researches, authors, and presents on topics related to communication in hybrid and virtual teams, online teaching, and research methods. She teaches general technical communication courses as well as advanced and graduate courses in usability research, research methods, and international tech comm.

Dr. Brewer’s students have worked regularly with the Department of Homeland Security on usability assessment.

Recent Publications

• Brewer, P. E. (2023). Collaboration. In H. Yu & J. Buehl (Eds.), Keywords in Technical and Professional Communication (pp. 61-66). University Press of Colorado.
• Vance, B., Brewer, P. E., & Duin, A. H. (2023). Using AI-generated content to support the writing process. Proceedings of the IEEE Professional Communication Society. Ithaca, New York.
• Mitchell, A. & Brewer, P. E. (2021). Leading Hybrid Teams: Strategies for Realizing the Best of Both Worlds. Organizational Dynamics. Early access link.
• Hayhoe, G. F. & Brewer, P. E. (2020). A Research Primer for Technical Communication (2nd ed.). New York: Routledge.
• Goode, J., Croft, N., & Brewer, P. E. (2019). A new digital archive and search platform for GDOT R&D projects. Report. GDOT Research Library.
• Brewer, P. E. (2018). Leadership in technical communication education. Intercom 63(3), 19-20.
• Brewer, P. E. (2018). Glossary. In K. Brown-Hoekstra (Ed.), The Language of Localization (pp. 90-91). Laguna Hills, CA: XML Press.
• England, P.S., & Brewer, P. E. (2018). What do instructors need to know about teaching collaboration? In T. Bridgeford (Ed.), Teaching Professional and Technical Communication: A Practicum in a Book. Logan, Utah: Utah State University Press.
• Brewer, P. E., & Minacori, P. (2018). A multi-faceted global virtual team project linking tech comm education in the U.S. and France. In B. Mousten, S. Vandepitte, E. Arno & B. Maylath (Eds.), Multilingual Writing and Pedagogical Cooperation in Virtual Learning Environments (pp. 55-81). Hershey, PA: IGI Global.
• Brewer, P. E. (2017 July). 7 core characteristics of virtual teams in 2017. CIDM eNews.
• Brewer, P. E. (2016). Teaching and training with global virtual teams. In M. Flammia & K. St.Amant (Eds.), Teaching Culture and Communication in Global Contexts (pp. 173-197). Hoboken, NJ: IEEE Press/Wiley.
• Brewer, P. E. (2015). International Virtual Teams: Engineering Global Success. Hoboken, NJ: IEEE
  Press Wiley.
• Brewer, P. E., & Brewer, E. C. (2015). Pedagogical perspectives for the online education skeptic. Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, 26(1), 29-52.

Contact

478.301.4146
brewer_pe@mercer.edu
Office: Science and Engineering Building 242