Description:
Women have shaped the field of technical communication for over 50 years. Women in Technical Communication presents, in their own words, the stories of the women who pioneered the field and those who are carrying it into the future.
Brief description: Sharon Burton consults as a technical content strategist and teaches part-time at the University of California, Riverside, in the Bourns College of Engineering. Leveraging her graduate cultural anthropology education, Sharon's career has been built around making content and content development easier for both businesses and content consumers.In her spare time, she knits, sews, cooks, grows food, bakes bread, and goes to the gym. She can be found on the back of her husband's motorcycle or driving her little red sports car. Three or more nights a week, Sharon teaches baby engineers to communicate at the University of California, Riverside, as part of the engineering program.