Dr. Kirk St. Amant, Professor and the Eunice C. Williamson Endowed Chair in Technical Communication at Louisiana Tech University (USA), spoke with T&T students and faculty during a presentation titled Texts, Technology, and Context: Integrating Usability into the Design of Texts and Technologies for Local and Global Audiences. Dr. St. Amant’s main research interests are international communication and information design for global audiences with a particular focus on the globalization of online education and health and medical communication for international audiences.