Skip to main content Dr. Miriam F Williams
- Professor at English, College of Liberal Arts
Service Activities
Ongoing
- Chair, 2026 CCCC Technical and Scientific Communication Awards Selection Committee.
June 1, 2025 - Present.
- Member, Digital Humanities Search Committee.
May 6, 2025 - Present.
- Member, Digital Humanities Search Committee.
May 6, 2025 - Present.
- Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Ethics and Information Technology (EITN).
March 2024 - Present.
- Member, Council of Editors of Learned Journals (CELJ).
June 2021 - Present.
- Editorial Review Board Member, Journal of Business and Technical Communication.
June 1, 2020 - Present.
- Reviewer / Referee, Technical Communication Quarterly.
October 2016 - Present.
- Reviewer / Referee, Member of Program Committee for the Association of Teachers of Technical Writing Conference.
January 2016 - Present.
- Editorial Review Board Member, Journal of Technical Writing and Communication.
January 2015 - Present.
- Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Business and Technical Communication.
October 2009 - Present.
2025
- Editor, Editor-in-Chief of the Society for Technical Communication's journal, Technical Communication.
December 1, 2020 - January 1, 2025.
- Organizer, Created "How to Chair an MATC Thesis Committee Manual for New MATC Faculty".
August 2025.
- Member, AI and Honor Code Task Force.
August 15, 2024 - August 15, 2025.
- Member, Hiring Committee for Assistant Professor of English for MATC Program.
August 2024 - May 2025.
- Member, Department of English Faculty Mentor.
February 2023 - May 2025.
2024
- Member, Associate Chair of Department of English.
August 15, 2019 - August 15, 2024.
- Special Issues Editor, Journal of Technical Writing and Communication.
August 2021 - May 31, 2024.
2023
- Organizer, Cuentos and Testimonies Journal.
August 2021 - May 2023.
2022
- Member, Editor of Texas State's Successful Phi Beta Kappa Chapter Application.
November 1, 2021 - January 31, 2022.
- Presenter, Presented Proposal to Add English 3303 to Texas State's Core Curriculum.
November 7, 2022.
- Member, Annual Review Committee for Assistant and Associate Professors of English.
2010 - August 1, 2022.
2021
- Member, Council of Editors of Learned Journals (CELJ) Best New Journal Awards Committee.
September 2021 - November 2021.
- Coordinator / Organizer, Serve as Moderator for the Council for Programs in Scientific and Technical Communication Diversity Discussion Forum/Listserv.
August 2018 - August 2021.
- Editorial Review Board Member, Journal of Ethnographic & Qualitative Research.
March 2008 - June 2021.
- Member, African American Literature Search Committee.
October 1, 2020 - March 2021.
- Member, Member of the Council for Programs in Scientific and Technical Communication's Diversity Committee.
December 1, 2018 - January 1, 2021.
2020
- Chair, MATC Director Search Committee.
August 15, 2019 - February 20, 2020.
- Chair, Conference on College Composition and Communication Outstanding Dissertation (CCCC) Award in Technical Communication Selection Committee.
September 2019 - January 31, 2020.
2019
- Chair, Doctoral Program Proposal Committee.
September 1, 2016 - November 2019.
- Member, Hearing Tribunal.
April 2019 - September 2019.
- Speaker, Quality Enhancement Plan Kickoff Keynote Speaker for Texas A&M Central Texas. “Communities of Writers: Valuing Audience, Style, Ethics, and Collaboration”.
September 4, 2019.
2018
- Graduate Advisor, Director Master of Arts in Technical Communication (MATC) Program.
January 2013 - August 2018.
- Chair, M.A. in Technical Communication Committee.
January 1, 2013 - August 2018.
- Member, Hiring Committee for the English Department's IA/TA's, Texas State University.
August 1, 2005 - August 2018.
- Member, Distance Education Steering Committee.
August 2015 - May 2018.
2017
- Member, Award for Excellence in Online Teaching.
November 1, 2017 - November 30, 2017.
- Member, Faculty Mentor for Associate Professor Aimee Roundtree.
August 1, 2015 - August 1, 2017.
- Member, Suspension and Appeals Committee.
August 1, 2015 - August 1, 2017.
- Member, Liberal Arts Representative on Faculty Senate Academic Computing Committee.
August 1, 2015 - May 1, 2017.
- Reviewer / Referee, Proposal Reviewer for the Annual Ethnographic and Qualitative Research Conference.
April 2008 - January 2017.
2015
- Member, Rhetoric and Writing Committee (formerly known as the Professional Writing Committee) for the English Department at Texas State University.
2005 - 2015.
- Member, Hiring Committee for Director of Faculty Development, Spring 2015 -Fall 2015.
January 2015 - December 2015.
- Member, Hiring Committee for Assistant Director of Faculty Development, Spring 2015 -Fall 2015.
January 1, 2015 - December 1, 2015.
- Member, Hiring Committee for Director of Faculty Development.
January 1, 2015 - December 1, 2015.
- Reviewer / Referee, Reviewed proposed article for Special Issue of Connexions International Professional Communication Journal, titled Professional Communication and Social Justice in the Global South.
August 2015.
- Reviewer / Referee, Member of Program Committee for the 2015 Association of Teachers of Technical Writing Conference.
January 2015.
2014
- Member, Library Committee.
September 2011 - May 2014.
2013
- Member, Texas State University Common Experience Committee: “From Segregation to Integration: Exploring Democracy’s Promise”.
2013.
- Participant, University’s E-Textbook Pilot Program.
2013.
- Member, Hiring Committee for Texas State University’s Emergency Management Coordinator.
September 2012 - 2013.
- Member, Department Mentor for Assistant Professor, Nelly Rosario.
2009 - 2013.
- Member, Master of Arts in Technical Communication Committee, Texas State University.
August 2004 - August 2013.
- Other, Protégé in the American Association of State Colleges and Universities' (AASCU) Millennium Leadership Initiative.
June 2012 - June 2013.
- Reviewer / Referee, Technical Communication Quarterly.
May 2013.
- Guest Speaker, Texas State University’s Round Rock Graduation Reception.
May 8, 2013.
- Attendee, Liberal Arts Council Meeting.
April 3, 2013.
2012
- Member, Presidential Fellow: Co-authored Texas State's successful proposal for reclassification to Emerging Research University.
September 2011 - September 2012.
- Other, Usability Lab Planning.
2011 - 2012.
- Member, Hiring Committee for Tenure Track faculty in Technical Communication.
2011 - 2012.
- Member, Hiring Committee for Tenure Track faculty in Rhetoric and Composition.
2011 - 2012.
- Presenter, “Maintaining Classroom Civility” Texas State University Professional Development Faculty Workshop.
October 17, 2012.
- Member, University Council.
September 2011 - September 2012.
2011
- Member, Served on panel at the fall 2011 MATC Orientation.
August 18, 2011.
2010
- Reviewer / Referee, IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication.
May 2010.
2009
- Chair, Master of Arts in Technical Communication Comprehensive Portfolio Exams.
2009.
- Presenter, Texas State University’s Center for Teaching and Learning, Preparing Documentation for Tenure and Promotion.
November 20, 2009.
- Participant, Roundtable discussion for PhD programs in Rhetoric & Composition and Technical Communication & Rhetoric.
November 11, 2009.
- Reviewer / Referee, Pearson Education/Longman Technical Communication textbook, Strategies for Technical Communication written by Laura Gurak and John Lannon.
March 2009.
- Reviewer / Referee, “Quick Review” of Pearson Education Technical Communication textbook, Technical Communication Today 3e, by Johnson-Sheehan.
March 2009.
2008
- Member, Hiring Committee for Film Studies Assistant Professor Position.
2008.
- Member, Fulbright Campus Committee.
October 2008.
2006
- Chair, Master of Arts in Technical Communication Comprehensive Exams.
2006.
- Judge, Martin Luther King, Jr. Essay Contest Judge.
January 2006.
2005
- Member, Round Rock Higher Education Center Fall On-Site Registration.
July 2005.
- Member, Round Rock Higher Education Center Information Night.
May 2005.
2004
- Member, Technology Committee, National Black Graduate Student Association.
2003 - 2004.
- Member, Arts in Technical Communication Program Advisory Board Member, Texas State University.
2002 - 2004.
2003
- Co-Chair, Registration for the Graduate English Society’s Annual Conference at Texas Tech University.
2003.
