Natasha N. Jones

Natasha N. Jones is a technical communication scholar and co-author of the book Technical Communication after the Social Justice Turn: Building Coalitions for Action (winner of the 2021 CCCC Best Book in Technical or Scientific Communication). Her research in Black Technical and Professional Communication (BTPC) examines how texts and technologies impacts lived experiences of Black and marginalized communities. Her scholarly interests include social justice, narrative, scientific communication, and technical communication pedagogy. Her work has been published in several journals including, Technical Communication Quarterly, the Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, and the Journal of Business and Technical Communication. She has received national recognition for her contributions, being awarded the CCCC Best Article in Technical and Scientific Communication three times (2020, 2018, and 2014), the Nell Ann Pickett Award (2017), and the ACM SIGDOC Rigo Award (2026). One of her more recent co-authored publication interrogates how surveillance technologies have been deployed in the Atlanta Cop City project. Dr. Jones is the Immediate Past President of the Association of Teachers of Technical Writing (ATTW). In 2025 she was elevated to ATTW Fellow, the organization’s highest recognition. She is an associate professor and the Director of Undergraduate Studies & Associate Chair of the African American and African Studies Department (AAAS).