Professor and Chair, IDCC at Bentley College and Higher Education Consultant
Greater Boston Area
- Current
-
- Professor and Chair, IDCC at Bentley University
- Education
-
- Bentley University
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Connections
-
98
connections
- Industry
- Higher Education
- Websites
William Buchholz’s Summary
Major teaching and research interests include the World Wide Web, information design, information architecture, interface design, knowledge management, and content management. Currently researching the application of XML (DTDs, Schema, XSLT), XHTML, and metadata schemas such as RDF (Semantic Web) and the Dublin Core Metadata Initiative. Has published in The Journal of Business Communication; IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication; The Journal of Business and Technical Communication; Corporate Communications: Theory and Practice; Communication Training and Consulting in Business, Industry and Government, and The Practice of Technical and Scientific Communication. Active in consulting and training nationally for over 25 years; clients range from engineering corporations to nuclear utilities, federal government agencies, and Fortune 500 firms.
William Buchholz’s Specialties:
Web design, information architecture, training, writing, editing.
William Buchholz’s Experience
-
Professor and Chair, IDCC
Bentley University
(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)
July 1976 — Present (33 years 5 months)
William Buchholz’s Education
-
Bentley University
1976 — 2007
William Buchholz, Professor and Chairman (since 2001) of the Department of Information Design and Corporate Communication (IDCC) at Bentley University, received his Ph.D. from the University of Illinois, Urbana. In over 30 years at Bentley, Buchholz has taught expository writing, effective speaking (undergraduate and graduate), managerial communication (undergraduate and graduate), business communication research, World Wide Web communication, administrative report writing, introduction to business communication, public relations theory, public relations writing, technical writing and editing, content development, and information architecture (undergraduate and graduate). In addition, he served as the Business Communication Internship Coordinator from 1979-1987, and as Director of the Undergraduate and Graduate Business Communication Programs, 1988-1995. In 1993, he co-chaired the Department of English; and from 1995-2000, he served as chairman of the Department of English.
-
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Ph. D. , English , 1972 — 1976
Four years teaching business and technical communication as graduate student.
Additional Information
William Buchholz’s Websites:
William Buchholz’s Honors:
2008, Who's Who in America, 54th-62nd eds
