Kirk St.Amant is a Professor and the Eunice C. Williamson Endowed Chair of Technical Communication at Louisiana Tech University and an Adjunct Professor of International Health and Medical Communication at the University of Limerick, Ireland. He researches international and intercultural communication as it relates to online media (particularly the globalization of online education), usability, and medical communication in international contexts. He has worked on international projects for companies such as Medtronic, VERITAS Software, the Braun Corporation, and Unisys, and for the non-profit organizations the Humanitarian Demining Information Center (HDIC) and the USAID-sponsored Consortium for the Enhancement of Ukrainian Management Education (CEUME). Kirk is a senior member and a Fellow of the Society for Technical Communication (STC) and is the Past President of the Council for Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication (CPTSC).