2024 CPTSC Graduate Student Research Award
We are pleased to announce the winners of the second annual CPTSC Graduate Student Research Award. The committee selected three winners from an excellent pool of applications: Kalie Leonard, University of Minnesota, “Current Trends in the Content Operations Industry and Implications for Teaching Technical Communication,” was awarded $500 Codi Renee Blackmon, East Carolina University, “Implementing…
Read MoreProgrammatic Perspectives Issue 15.1 Published
The editors of Programmatic Perspectives are pleased to announce the publication of Issue 15.1 available at https://programmaticperspectives.cptsc.org/index.php/jpp/index. In Memoriam “Remembering Bill Hart-Davidson,” Steve Benninghoff “Artificial Intelligence and the Intellectual Legacy of Johndan Johnson-Eilola,” Stuart A. Selber “In Memory of Dr. Halcyon Lawrence,” Rebecca E. Burnett & Andy Frazee Research Articles “TPC Program Administration in Small US Institutions: Recruitment…
Read MoreCPTSC 2024 Diversity Scholarship Winners
Congratulations to winners of this year’s CPTSC Diversity Scholarship! This award provides $1000 in travel support as well as a waived registration fee for the CPTSC 2024 conference in Menomonie, WI. Dorcas A. Anabire is a Ph.D. student in Technical Communication and Rhetoric and a Presidential Doctoral Research Fellow at Utah State University. Her research is…
Read MoreCall for Copyeditor Applications: Programmatic Perspectives
Position: Copyeditor Application Deadline: July 15, 2024 Programmatic Perspectives, the academic journal for the Council for Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication (CPTSC), is seeking a meticulous and skilled copyeditor to join our editorial team. The journal’s copyeditor must be a current student in a master’s- or doctoral-level program in Technical Communication or a closely-aligned…
Read MoreCPTSC Election Results
Please join us in welcoming our newly elected officers (2024–2026)! President: Jenn Mallette, Boise State University Vice President: Jason Tham, Texas Tech University Secretary: Chalice Randazzo, Utah Tech University Treasurer: R.J. Lambert, Medical University of South Carolina Members-at-Large: Carleigh Davis, Missouri University of Science and Technology Christopher Morris, York University (Canada) Meghalee Das, James Madison…
Read More2024 CPTSC Graduate Student Diversity Scholarship
CPTSC is sponsoring a scholarship to support CPTSC’s goal of increasing and sustaining diversity in its membership and in the field of technical communication. Eligible candidates for this scholarship include graduate students whose race, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status and/or nationality are underrepresented in the technical communication field. A total of $2,000 will be…
Read MoreCPTSC Graduate Research Award
We are accepting applications for the second annual CPTSC Graduate Research Award, which honors work that will shape the future of programmatic research in technical and scientific communication. This award program has been developed in collaboration with the CPTSC Graduate Student Committee, and we will award a minimum of one $500 award. To apply for…
Read MoreCPTSC 2024 Call for Proposals
We invite proposals to the 2024 CPTSC Conference, which will be held October 18–19, 2024, at the University of Wisconsin-Stout, Menomonie. Proposals are due by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time (U.S.) Monday, April 29, 2024. Read the full call for proposals on our conference website.
Read MoreProgrammatic Perspectives Call for Special Issue Proposals: Deadline March 29, 2024
Programmatic Perspectives invites proposals for a special issue to be published in late fall 2024. This themed issue will be developed by a guest editor or editors to support the journal’s mission of engagement with current topics about administration and pedagogy in the field of technical and professional communication (TPC). Proposals should provide a descriptive…
Read MoreSave the date! CPTSC 2024
Energized by the wonderful conference in Charleston last month, we are planning and preparing for your visit to Menomonie, Wisconsin in 2024. Here’s a little video preview on behalf of the CPTSC Executive Committee and Conference Planning Committee. 2024 CPTSC Annual Conference October 18 – 19, 2024 Menomonie, Wisconsin @ The University of Wisconsin–Stout Some highlights: One-hour from the Minneapolis-St.…
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