In Memoriam — Teresa Kynell-Hunt
“Sadly, I’m writing today about the passing of Teresa Kynell-Hunt, one of my mentors from Northern Michigan University. Three words which I’ll use to describe her — brilliant, classy, tough. I can’t say enough about how much I respected and looked up to her.
I received the news on Christmas, but there aren’t any details available at the moment.
She was much more than the following but here is a recent professional bio from Baywood Publishing:
Teresa Kynell Hunt is Interim Assistant Vice President for Academic Affairs at Northern Michigan University. She holds a Ph.D. in rhetoric/technical communication from Michigan Technological University. Past chair of the NCTE Committee on Technical and Scientific Communication and Executive Committee member of the ATTW, she has authored a variety of articles, including the Nell Ann Pickett Award-winning “Technical Communication from 1850-1950: Where Have We Been?” She is the author of Writing in a Milieu of Utility; coeditor (with Michael Moran) of Three Keys to the Past: The History of Technical Communication; coeditor (with Gerald Savage) of Power and Legitimacy in Technical Communication, Vols. I and II; and coauthor (with Wendy Stone) of Scenarios for Technical Communication: Critical Thinking and Writing. Kynell Hunt is a member of the Peer Review Corps of the Higher Learning Commission and consults externally on assessment and accreditation.
Oh, I’m so sorry! I hope you are doing ok!
Comment by k8 — December 27, 2006 @ 3:39 pm
Thanks for your thoughts, k8.
Comment by Rick — January 2, 2007 @ 4:59 pm
I just learned today of Teresa’s death. She was a great colleague and certainly supported the historical research of many of us in technical communication. She formed a kind of social center for many of us and was always active keeping things going. In fact, she was supposed to be on a panel at the 4Cs with several of us who have worked together on projects and panels for many years. I don’t know how we will all manage without her.
Comment by Mike Moran — January 5, 2007 @ 2:05 am
I’m an NMU graduate, and was looking through the English department webpage, and noticed that she didn’t teach there anymore. I’m so sorry to hear about this! She was one of my favorite professors.
Comment by Autumn Hall-Tun — May 31, 2007 @ 3:39 pm