Today, 70–80 women attended the first ATTW Women in TC Luncheon. Women attending participated in small-group discussions addressing topics that included

• networking/mentoring opportunities
• institutional or programmatic struggles experienced by women in TC
• research-based interests in women/gender in TC
• barriers and experiences of women in TC
• publishing in TC

We would like to thank the women who served as facilitators at tables for different topics.

Anita Ford—"Does Current Technical Communication Curriculum Prepare Graduates for the Real Needs of the Job Market?"

Anita addressed that we have two tracks of education in the TC classroom—theory with emphasis on mechanics and design and applied learning with focus on tool training and skills. In the past, academia has struggled with TC:

Brenton Faber—"Analytics, Big Data, and Technical Communication"

"Our technical ability to gather data exceeds our analytical capacity to make meaning from this data." Brenton Faber (Worcester Polytech Institute) told us. Brenton explained that the reviewers of his proposal said, "Show us," so the presenters in this panel sought to show us information rather than just telling us about data.