Jason Tham

Jason Tham is completing his PhD in rhetoric and scientific and technical communication at the University of Minnesota through its Department of Writing Studies. Jason studies how writers and communicators use various technology to accomplish communicative goals, and is interested in a multimodal approach to learning, composing, and communicating. 

Jason has designed research for measuring impact of the Agile Writing model on 1) student achievement and 2) on attitudes toward team-based learning in writing classes. He has also designed instructional materials for Agile Writing classrooms, including team-based learning materials for non-native speakers of English.

Courses

• Rhetoric, Technology, and the Internet
• Technical and Professional Writing
• University Writing

Publications

• Tham, J. (2017). Wearable writing: Enriching student peer reviews through point-of-view video feedback using Google Glass. Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, 47(1), 22-55.
• Duin, A.H., Moses, J. McGrath, M., & Tham, J. (2016). Wearable computing, wearable composing: New dimensions in composition pedagogy. Computers and Composition Online. 
• Tham, J. (2016). Globally fit: Attending to international users and advancing a sociotechnological design agenda for wearable technologies. Proceedings of 34th ACM Special Interest Group in Design of Communication (SIGDOC) Conference. Silver Springs, MD. 
• Tham, J., McGrath, M., Moses, J., & Duin, A.H. (2016). Glass in class: Writing with Google Glass. Journal of Interactive Technology and Pedagogy. Assignments section.
• Tham, J. (2015). Through Glass: Reframing technical communication practices via Google Glass. Intercom, 62(2), 32-34.