Maylath, Bruce, Jeff Grabill, and Laura Gurak. “Intellectual Fit and Programmatic Power: Organizational Profiles of Four Professional/Technical/Scientific Communication Programs.” Technical Communication Quarterly 19.3 (2010): 262-280. Web.

Article looks at UWisc-Stout, Michigan State, UMinn, and ND State U.

Authors' Abstract:

Do programs in technical communication thrive when administered in English departments or in other configurations of administrative units? This article examines the variations in professional, technical, and scientific communication programs at four universities across the north central U.S. The first three programs have histories that led them to be housed at increasing distances from their universities' English departments. The fourth is a nascent program emerging in its university's English department.