技术交流和修辞课程旨在满足渴望对组织的交往实践进行高级研究和研究的学生的兴趣和需求。基于修辞探究，该课程为学生提供在交际和文化方面的高级学习专业交流中的研究人员在有组织的环境中（包括商业，学术，科学，技术和非营利性环境）寻求有关话语和交流实践的知识。他们研究在现实生活环境中已经或已经进行的交流。他们主要使用与修辞和专业交流相关的理论和研究方法。这些研究人员对交往实践的形成方式以及文化，技术，历史和传播理论的形成方式特别感兴趣。
The Technical Communication and Rhetoric (TCR) PhD program prepares students to work as researchers and teachers at colleges and universities. In this program you will take courses in rhetorical theory, cultural and empirical research methods, online pedagogy, and more. Our PhD students have the freedom to conduct research on topics that matter to them, such as climate change communication, professional communication in the Global South, and accessible document design for people with disabilities.