
Assistant Professor
Year Started at JMU: 2025
c5jcpf@jmu.edu
Contact Info
Education
Ph.D., Rhetoric and Scientific & Technical Communication, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, 2021.
Master of Technical and Scientific Communication (MSTC), Miami University (Ohio), 2011.
B.A., Communication Arts, Mount St. Joseph University, 2001.
Professional Focuses
Technical and professional communication, business communication, workplace communication, workplace dynamics, emerging and open source technologies, and professional writing pedagogy
Selected Publications
Rosselot-Merritt, J., & Bloch, J. (2023). Common thread, varied focus: Defining workplace in technical and professional communication. In L. (Arduser) Anderson (Ed.), Rewriting work (pp. 19-46). WAC Clearinghouse/University Press of Colorado. https://doi.org/10.37514/TPC-B.2023.2128.2.01
Slater, J., & Rosselot-Merritt, J. (2024). The technical communicator as artist: Rhetoric, aesthetics, and form in the workplace. Technical Communication, 71(2), 58-71. https://doi.org/10.55177/tc547418
Rosselot-Merritt, J., & Bloch, J. (2020). Mentoring in business and professional communication: Case study of a multiyear dynamic. Business and Professional Communication Quarterly, 83(1), 5-33. https://doi.org/10.1177/2329490619885891
Tham, J. C. K., Rosselot-Merritt, J., Veeramoothoo, C., Bollig, N. W., & Duin, A. H. (2020). Toward a radical collaboratory model for graduate research education: A collaborative autoethnography, Technical Communication Quarterly, 29(4), 341-357. https://doi.org/10.1080/10572252.2020.1713404