Wanda L. Worley has focused her career on teaching written, oral, and technical communication and life story writing, in both academic, corporate, and community environments. She earned both her bachelor's and master's degrees from Indiana University Bloomington and a doctorate from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She retired from Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI), now Indiana University Indianapolis, as associate dean of academic affairs and undergraduate education in the School of Engineering and Technology and associate professor of technical communication. Since retiring from the university, she's been actively publishing under her company, Word Wise Publishing Inc.