Scott A. Mogull is an Associate Professor of scientific and technical communication in the Department of English at Texas State University in San Marcos, TX. Previously he was an Assistant Professor at Clemson University where he focused on teaching scientific writing to science majors. His primary research focuses on scientific and medical communication and scientific communication ethics. He has published research in the fields of microbiology, technical communication, medical writing, and medical rhetoric. For nearly a decade, Mogull has worked in the biotechnology, biodefense, and molecular diagnostics industry as a scientific communicator, product manager, marketing manager, and coordinator of global technical information. Since 2008, he has been on the editorial board of Technical Communication Quarterly, the journal of the Association of Teachers of Technical Writing (ATTW). He has a Ph.D. in Technical Communication and Rhetoric from Texas Tech University, an M.A. in Microbiology from The University of Texas at Austin, and an M.S. in Human Centered Design and Engineering from the University of Washington.