Education:
Ph.D., English, The University of Texas at Austin

Tom Lindsay earned his Ph.D. in English from The University of Texas at Austin in 2015. Before joining the Cockrell School of Engineering, he managed a team of interdisciplinary writing consultants in UT's University Writing Center and taught professional and workplace communication in UT's McCombs School of Business. Since 2018, he has taught Engineering Communication in the Department of Biomedical Engineering and the Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics. In his course, Tom helps students develop skills in technical communication, team writing, public speaking, and engineering ethics. He also co-manages the Engineering Sentences program, a collaboration between the Cockrell School of Engineering and University Writing Center. In this program, Tom helps train writing center consultants to support engineering undergraduates in the writing of lab reports and other research-driven projects.