About
Kirk St.Amant is a Professor and Eunice C. Williamson Endowed Chair in Technical Communication at
Louisiana Tech University where he is also a Research Faculty member with Tech’s
Center for Biomedical Engineering and Rehabilitation Science (CBERS). He researches how cognition affects usability and the design of technology with a focus on international health and medical contexts and international online education.
Kirk has worked on international projects with a number of industry, governmental, and non-profit organizations and has taught for universities in Belize, China, Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Qatar, Ukraine, and the United States. Kirk is also an Adjunct Professor of International Health and Medical Communication with the
University of Limerick in Ireland, and he is an affiliated faculty member in the Texts & Technologies Program at the University of Central Florida and a Research Fellow/Expert in Residence with the Ghana-based
African Centre for Science and International Security (AFRICSIS).
Publications
Selected Publications
St.Amant, K. (2018). Reflexes, Reactions, and Usability: Examining How Prototypes of Place Can Enhance UXD Practices. Communication Design Quarterly, 6(1): 45-53.
St.Amant, K. (2017). Of friction points and infrastructures: Re-thinking the dynamics of offering online education in technical communication in global contexts. Technical Communication Quarterly, 26(3): 1-19.
St.Amant, K. (2017). The cultural context of care in international communication design: A heuristic for addressing usability in international health and medical communication. Communication Design Quarterly, 5(2):62-70.
St.Amant, K. (2017). Mapping the context of care: An approach to patient-centered design in international contexts. ConneXions: International Professional Communication Journal, 5(1): 109-124.
St.Amant, K. (2017). Of scripts and prototypes: A two-part approach to user experience design for international contexts. Technical Communication, 64(2): 113-125.
Fox, G. L., Rinaldo, S. B., & St.Amant, K. (2015). The effects of rhetorical figures and cognitive load in word-of-mouth communications. Psychology & Marketing, 32(10), 1017-1030.
Zemliansky, P. & St.Amant, K. (2013). The state of technical communication in the former USSR: A review of the literature. Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, 43(3), 237-260.
St.Amant, K. (2013). Understanding the process of language translation: A primer for medical writers. American Medical Writers Association Journal, 28, 3-8. Projects
Selected Projects
ViLi (Visual-Video Literacies) Project Erasmus and European Union–Funded Project on Visual Literacy and Online Education Lancaster University (lead institution), Lancaster, UK
Neuronal Network in Epilepsy and Memory (NeuroNEM) Research Team NSF-funded project investigating technologies for preventing epileptic seizures Center for Biomedical Engineering and Rehabilitation Science (CBERS) Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA
