My Interviewees as Professional Writers

As professionals in the pharmaceutical field my interviewees produce professional publications. In this blog post I will explore the different publications that each implement in their day-to-day lives.

Interviewees:

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Eli Chapman and Marion Slack

1. Give us the name of each interviewee and write a short summary of the kinds of professional publications they've authored.

Dr. Eli Chapman has mainly written research publications, however, he also written a chapter in a textbook. Otherwise, he has around twenty publications listed on the University's web page. Dr. Marion Slack has written research publications as well as a textbook.

2. Track down a few of their publications online. Be sure to examine at least two different publications by each interviewee (and hyperlink us to the two examples for each). What professional genres has each interviewee written in? Explain how these genres differ from each other, according to conventions, formatting, techniques, content, and anything else that seems relevant to describe.

I examined two academic journal publications of Dr. Chapman's. He published Localization of GroEL Determined by in Vivo Incorporation of a Fluorescent Amino Acid  in 2011 along with six other researchers. He also published Requirement for Binding Multiple ATPs to Convert a GroEL to the Folding Active State in 2008 along with four other researchers. 

Dr. Slack published a research document, Amiodarone prophylaxis for Atrial Fibrillation After Cardiac Surgery: Meta-Analysis of Dose Response and Timing of Initiation, in 2007 along with five other researchers. Dr. Slack also co-authored the textbook, Pharmacy in Public Health.  

In terms of genre conventions the formatting for writing a research document is fairly structured. The only thing that is really different is the content. This is because there really isn't any room for creativity in scientific writing. The purpose is to relay the information in the clearest way possible. Otherwise each publication contains a title, summary, objection, analysis, results information, and a conclusion. 

3. What is the context surrounding the two different pieces published by each of your interviewees?

In terms of the research documents the context surround those pieces were in regards to their current research projects. It was essentially the "write-up" after the experiment was completed. The context was centered around the interests in those that were writing/producing it. As for Dr. Slack's textbook, the context surrounding that piece deals with the intersection between Public Health and Pharmacy, which again is a personal interest of the two authors. I would argue that the context of each piece written is largely due to the interests of those that are involved. 

4. What is the overall message of each piece? How did you decide this?

The overall message of the research documents are to convey the information that each author was involved in. For example, in Dr. Chapman's document regarding the GroEl protein the overall message of that piece is centered around the main research objective. The same can be said for each of the pieces. In regards to the textbook the message of that piece lies within the findings that the authors discovered between the intersection of Public Health and Pharmacy. (I was unfortunately not able to view the textbook unless I purchased it so the overall message is hard to understand)

5. What purpose is each piece trying to achieve?

The purpose of the research documents is to convey the findings/discoveries that were obtained during experimentation and data analysis.  The purpose is to put your own work out there so that other researchers can learn from it. The purpose of the textbook is to teach the youth about a particular topic.