Scholarship, Tenure, and Promotion in Professional Communication  

When thinking about scholarship, tenure, and promotion in professional communication, we must remember that the field has come into its own only in the last decade. Called by different names -- technical writing, technical and scientific writing, business communication, or the more inclusive term we use -- professional communication has now moved from a nearly invisible position in the service ranks of academic departments to recognition as a discipline with its own scholarly agenda.

Blyler, Nancy, Margaret Baker Graham and Charlotte Thralls. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates (1997). Careers>Academic>Tenure>Business Communication