Julianne Newmark

Julianne Newmark is a Principal Lecturer III in Rhetoric and Writing at the University of New Mexico (UNM), serving as Director of Technical & Professional Communication (TPC) and Assistant Chair for Core Writing. Her research focuses on usability/user-centered design, Indigenous Rhetorics, and early 20th-century Native activist writing. She received a 2017 CCCC/NCTE Emergent Research Grant for her book project on Indigenous professional communication in Dawes Era Indian Bureau documents and authored *The Pluralist Imagination from East to West in American Literature* (2015). She is Editor-in-Chief of *Xchanges*, a Writing Studies ejournal. Newmark teaches TPC courses (e.g., Usability Design, STEM Writing) and Literary Studies courses (e.g., Native American Literatures, Multi-Ethnic American Literature). She holds a Ph.D. and has held a Fulbright-Tampere University Scholarship (2024-2025).

Her research integrates technical communication pedagogy with Indigenous Studies, emphasizing school-to-work transitions and community creation in online spaces. Grants include support from the American Philosophical Society. Newmark’s work bridges academic and professional writing, advocating for inclusive design and culturally responsive curricula. She has published 18 articles, book chapters, and reviews, with projects on user-centered design in technical writing and multimodal webtexts on LMS community development.

Newmark’s academic service includes leadership roles in TPC program development and writing center initiatives. Her teaching philosophy emphasizes student agency, real-world applications, and equity in education. She advises students in TPC and literature, fostering connections between academia and professional fields.