Channels, Fall 2016

Channels • 2016 • Volume 1 • Number 1 Page 77 Recommendations for Further Research One of the hardest parts of researching feminism in technical communication was trying to find recent articles on the subject. The majority of relevant articles are dated in the 1990s or earlier, and even the articles from the 2000s are close to ten years old. Professionals should continue to conduct research on the relationship between feminism and technical communication and whether or not the relationship is still improving. New research is vital to validate past findings and discover new ones. If no one conducts research to at least validate the past findings, they will soon be considered outdated and irrelevant. More extensive research should be conducted on how many technical communication or related undergraduate programs have courses that discuss feminism, whether comprehensively or limited. Furthermore, researchers could ask the following questions:  How long have those programs included courses that discussed feminism, and what was their reasoning for including them?  What specific content do those courses teach?  What are some of the common threads among the various courses?  What are students’ opinions of studying feminism? Answering these questions would create a solid foundation for compiling new research regarding technical communication and feminism, as well as why students should study feminism in their undergraduate programs.