Bob Dvorak

Office: HUM 586  
Phone: 415-405-2524  
email: bdvorak@sfsu.edu

TPW courses:
480 Writing Technical Documentation
585 Technical Writing Online

Bob Dvorak received a B.A. in Biology and Psychology from Case Western Reserve University and an M.A. and a Ph.D. in English from Ohio State University.

Bob has worked as a technical consultant, editor and writer in both the academic and private sectors since 1986. He has experience in technical training, user documentation, technical documentation and compliance documentation (for FDA and SEMI). He has twelve years of instructional experience as a graduate teaching assistant, postdoctoral lecturer and visiting assistant professor in English and Humanities.

Neil Lindeman

Office: HUM 423
Phone: 415-405-0493
email: lindeman@sfsu.edu

TPW courses:
200 Writing Practices in Professional Contexts
400 Fundamentals of Technical & Professional Writing
470 Writing Professional Promotions
555 Desktop Publishing for Professional Writers

Frances Phillips

Office: HUM 586
Phone: 415-405-2524 
email: phillip9@sfsu.edu

TPW courses:
490 Grantwriting

In summer 2001, Frances and co-author, Stan Hutton, published "The Nonprofit Kit for Dummies," a guide to starting and managing nonprofit organizations, with Hungry Minds, Inc. Phillips also is the author of three books of poetry published by Kelsey Street Press (Berkeley, CA) and by Hanging Loose Press (Brooklyn, NY). She reviews poetry, fiction, and children's literature for local and national newspapers and journals, and she is an active member of the Bay Area Book Reviewers Association.

K.C. Price

Office: HUM 586  
Phone: 415-405-2524  
email: kcprice@sfsu.edu

TPW courses:
490 Grantwriting

K. C. Price is the Managing Director of the Ninth Street Independent Film Center, a media arts facility in San Francisco that is home to seven, long-established film arts groups. He has been working in themnon-profit sector as a grant writer and fundraising officer for over twelve years. The majority of his career in development has been managing and raising funds from foundations, corporations, and government sources. In 2006, he served as Interim Executive Director for Film Arts Foundation, a leading filmmaker service organization that has been providing support programs to artists for over 30 years. He was also the Director of Development for Frameline for four years, and prior to that position he led the fundraising efforts for an HIV prevention agency in San Francisco.

In his current position at Ninth Street, K.C. is responsible for the
fundraising goals, program development, and administration for the media arts center. K.C. has also served on several grants panels and consulted for arts organizations on their fundraising efforts.

A native of North Carolina, K.C. majored in English literature at the
University of North Carolina at Greensboro with an emphasis on creative writing; and he holds a Master of Arts degree in English literature from George Washington University where he was a Fellow of the University's Graduate School of Arts.

Lu Rehling

Director and Advisor
for the TPW Program

Office: HUM 414 
Phone: 415-338-3988 
email: rehlingl@sfsu.edu

TPW courses:
200 Writing Practices in Professional Contexts
400 Fundamentals of Technical and Professional Writing
550 Professional Editing 
600 Individual and Team Writing
685 Projects in the Teaching of
Professional & Technical Writing 
695 Internship in Technical & Professional Writing 
698 Supervised Writing Project 
699 Special Study in Technical & Professional Writing

Lu has prior professional experience in higher education, beginning with teaching as a graduate student at The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, (where she earned her Ph.D., A.M., and A.B. degrees in English Language and Literature). Before joining San Francisco State University, she held teaching appointments at The University of Utah, Salt Lake Community College, and Westminster College. 

Lu is active in several professional associations for academics and practitioners. She also frequently presents at professional meetings and conferences and has a record of publications in scholarly books and in leading juried journals devoted to technical and professional writing, pedagogy, and program development. She continues her professional development through scholarly research and consulting.