Dr. Kenneth T. Rainey Honored as Fellow Dr. Kenneth T. Rainey Honored as Fellow The Society for Technical Communication honored Dr. Kenneth T. Rainey with the rank of Fellow, the highest rank it confers upon a member. Rainey is a Distinguished Professor of Teaching and Learning at Southern Polytechnic State University. Members who become Fellows are Associate Fellows, who have attained such eminence in the arts and sciences of technical communication that they are deemed worthy of being designated among a select few members whose service has distinguished both the Society and the profession. Candidates for the rank of Fellow are recommended by a nominating committee consisting of Fellows, and are elected by a two-thirds vote of the Society's Board of Directors.