Mrs. Julia Helo Gonzalez

Lecturer

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• Email: jmhelo@ncsu.edu
• Phone: 919-515-4104
• Office: Tompkins Hall G114
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Biography

I have been a professional writer for more than 25 years, and I have been teaching people to write for more than 20 years, through formal classes, workshops, and one-on-one corporate training sessions.

I earned my BA degree in English, with concentrations in writing/editing and wildlife sciences, from North Carolina State University in 1988. My sophomore year at NC State, I took a course in technical writing and liked it so much that I took a detour from my plan to become a novelist and embarked upon a lengthy technical writing career. I worked extensively with engineers and scientists. After graduating, I continued to work as a technical/business writer and science journalist.

I later returned to NC State to earn an M.S. degree in Technical Communication. During graduate school, I was offered a teaching assistantship, and I have been teaching ever since. This is my 18th year teaching undergraduate-level technical and business communications at North Carolina State University. I also lead workshops and teach a graduate-level course, "Communication for Public Managers," for the Master of Public Administration program at State.

 

Interests

Technical and business communication

Technical and business documentation

Responsibilities

Teach English 331, primarily online

Education

• B.A., English in Writing and Editing from NCSU, 1988
• M.S., Technical Communication in Environmental & Atmospheric Sciences from NCSU, 1999