WRTC Program

First, I felt like the images it had to reflect the concepts of our field. This entails the professionalism that our field often suggests in technical communication and the scholarship that often comes with rhetoric, writing, and editing. This means that the photograph should be clean and hint towards both scholarship and excellence. At the same time, though students can range in age and we do embrace that, if I wanted to reflect WRTC in general, the undergraduate program probably gets more recognition than the graduate program, and therefore the people in the photograph had to look young enough to either be in school or fresh out of school and young professionals.





I chose this first photograph because I wanted to show people as students doing what they do most during school—working. Our field also relies heavily on group work, which is evident through the books, so I wanted to make sure that could be incorporated as well. This photograph shows diversity in gender along with possible diversity in ethnicity without looking forced. Often in group photographs, the diversity issue seems pushed and obvious, which makes it seem fake, but this photograph looks natural.





I also decided to include this picture to highlight the modern aspects of our field. We use technology on a regular basis, and if we are trying to represent the program of WRTC, then what we do is as important as who is involved. The person on the computer could be typing a paper, researching information, gathering or analyzing data, or editing; all of which touch on numerous aspects of our program. Though the hands are indicative of being certain races, the fact that the person typing is faceless to us still leaves room for prospective students to imagine themselves in this person's place.