Faculty Profiles

Dr. Deborah Ann Balzhiser

PhD in English Studies

Illinois State University, 2003

MS in Writing

Illinois State University, 1994

BA in English

Western Illinois University, 1992

Balzhiser, Deborah Ann, Hendricks, Illona (Principal). Proposal requesting student computing resources, Student Service Fees, Texas State University. (Funded: 2009). Grant.
Larson, Robert D (Principal), Stephenson, Ronald (Co-Principal), Balzhiser, Deborah Ann, Pantuso, Matthew. Put Texas in Your Corner: TXDOT Parking Lot Survey 2006 Report, Government Partnership Program with Texas Department of Public Safety, State. (Funded: 2007). Grant.
Balzhiser, Deborah Ann. Clemson Advancement Foundation Website, $2500. (Funded: 2004). Grant.
Balzhiser, Deborah Ann. Restoration Institute Website, $3500. (Funded: 2004). Grant.
Balzhiser, Deborah Ann. Tour Pickens County Chamber of Commerce Website, $2500. (Funded: 2004). Grant.

Balzhiser, D. A., Pimentel, C. N., & Scott, A. E. (2019). “Matters of Form: Questions of Race, Identity, Design, and the U.S. Census Bureau.” Technical Communication Quarterly, 28(1), 3–20. https://doi.org/10.1080/10572252.2018.1539192
Balzhiser, D. A., Sawyer, P. R., Smith, J. A., & Womack-Smith, S. (2015). Participatory Design Research for Curriculum Development of Graduate Programs for Workplace Professionals. Programmatic Perspectives, 7(2), 80–133. Retrieved from http://www.cptsc.org/pp/
Mogull, S. A., & Balzhiser, D. A. (2015). Pharmaceutical Companies Writing the Script for Health Consumerism. Communication Design Quarterly, 35–49.
Vie, S., Balzhiser, D. A., & Fitzgerald, D. R. (2014). Community Guides: Disrupting Oppression in Comment Threads on Social Sites. Technoculture, 4.
Pimentel, C. N., & Balzhiser, D. A. (2012). Whites’ Panic: The Double Occupancy of Hispanics in the U.S. Census Questions. Journal of Business and Technical Communication, 26(3), 311–339.

Award / Honor Recipient: Foundations of Excellence, Student Foundation (Now Gold Star Society). 2022
Award / Honor Recipient: Golden Apple Award for Excellence in Teaching, College of Liberal Arts. 2020
Award / Honor Recipient: Presidential Distinction Award in Teaching, Texas State University Faculty Awards Program. 2020
Award / Honor Recipient: College Achievement Award in Service, College of Liberal Arts. 2018
Award / Honor Recipient: Finalist: Kairos Best Webtext., Computers & Writing Conference. 2012