Bringing technical work into the classroom.
Darin Williams’s teaching spans university writing, mathematics, IT project management, international education, and professional learning. He connects rhetorical principles and analytical reasoning with the decisions learners encounter in workplaces and communities.
University teaching
Texas Tech University — Department of English
Graduate Instructor, Technical Communication and First-Year Writing · 2016–2018
Taught Introduction to Technical Writing and First-Year Composition, including online technical communication through Canvas and Blackboard. Project-based assignments asked students to plan, draft, test, revise, and present documents for technical and public audiences. Workshops, peer review, virtual teamwork, and multimodal instruction connected classroom learning with professional practice.
Texas Tech University — Rawls College of Business
Recurring Guest Lecturer, IT Project Management · 2018–2024
Guest lectures connected project-management methods, digital tools, organizational communication, and leadership. Industry cases helped business and technology students examine how complex projects are planned, coordinated, and delivered.
University of Maryland University College–Europe
Adjunct Professor, Mathematics · 2009–2016
Taught Thinking Mathematically to adult and military-affiliated learners in international settings. Instruction emphasized practical problem solving, clear explanation, and quantitative reasoning for everyday and professional decisions.
Earlier teaching and educational work
- Modern Knowledge Schools, Bahrain: Mathematics Instructor, 2008–2009, in a multicultural secondary-school setting.
- University of California, Berkeley: Athletic / Program Instructor, 2007–2008; experiential learning through “Engineering for CEOs.”
- Berkeley High School: Mathematics Instructor, 2006–2007.
- Black Pine Circle School: Mathematics Specialist, 2006.
Teaching approach
Learning begins with students’ prior knowledge, professional goals, and lived experience. Assignments connect clear outcomes with authentic workplace questions; rhetorical analysis, usability, peer review, reflection, and revision make learning visible.
Collaborative projects, multimedia, and multiple routes for participation support adult, multilingual, first-generation, and working students. The aim is to help learners explain complex ideas, exercise judgment, and produce work that serves a real audience.
Courses, lectures, and workshops
Past courses include Introduction to Technical Writing, First-Year Composition, Thinking Mathematically, and guest instruction in IT Project Management.
Additional instructional areas include business and organizational communication, large-project planning, engineering leadership, project reporting and governance, quality management and auditing, and AI-enabled program integration and digital transformation.
Academic preparation
Ph.D. in Technical Communication & Rhetoric, Texas Tech University (2021); M.A. in Language, Literacy & Culture, University of California, Berkeley (2008); B.A. in Mathematics with an economics minor, Morehouse College (2006); and postgraduate study in Petroleum Engineering at Heriot-Watt University.
Collaborate on learning
WILLIAMS R&D welcomes inquiries about part-time teaching, guest lectures, workshops, course development, and professional education. Each engagement begins with the learners, the context, and the outcomes that matter.