Kirk St.Amant received his Ph.D. in Rhetoric and Scientific and Technical Communication, at the University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MNgma, U.S.A. He currently serves as Co-Director of the Technology and Society Research Lab, Director of Center for Health and Medical Communication, University Research Center/Research and Innovation Enterprise, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA, U.S.A. and as Professor and Eunice C. Williamson Endowed Chair in Technical Communication at Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA, U.S.A.

Dr. St.Amant’s list of publications includes theoretical and research papers in the field of communication and more specifically in business communication, engineering communication, and technical communication.