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<p class="MsoNormal">Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving break. I am writing to remind us that the 2025 ATTW Conference calls on us to reflect on how technical communication shapes or is shaped by electoral systems. Please find details below.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We are excited to announce the <a href="https://attw.org/" title="https://attw.org/">CFP</a> for the ATTW 2025 conference! The theme is “<a name="_xo8wzes0zf67"></a><span lang="EN">Technical and Professional Communication in the Global
Election Supercycle.” Please submit your proposals by December 31, 2024. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN">Technical and Professional Communication in the Global Election Supercycle</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The 2025 ATTW <b>hybrid conference</b> will take place on<b> June 14-15, 2025</b> <b>virtually online and in person at </b>Missouri University of Science and Technology.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Please find the CFP attached. <b>Please submit your abstracts to </b><a href="mailto:attwcon@gmail.com" title="mailto:attwcon@gmail.com"><b>attwcon@gmail.com</b></a><b> by December 31st, 2024</b>. Teachers, scholars, researchers, and practitioners
working at secondary schools, community two-year colleges, public and private universities, for-profit corporations, non-profit organizations, and government agencies are encouraged to submit. All submissions that are received by the deadline will be fully
considered for inclusion in the conference whether or not the submission is connected to the conference theme. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>For planning purposes and to take full advantage of the virtual medium, authors must specify if they intend to present online or in-person at the time of submission</b>. We expect to return decisions to authors by February 15th and publish
a draft of the schedule by March 15th. If you have any questions, please reach out to co-conference Chair and site host Dr. Ryan Cheek (<a href="mailto:ryancheek@mst.edu" title="mailto:ryancheek@mst.edu">ryancheek@mst.edu</a>), ATTW Vice President and co-conference Chair
Dr. Isidore Dorpenyo (<a href="mailto:idorpenyo@gmu.edu" title="mailto:idorpenyo@gmu.edu">idorpenyo@gmu.edu</a>), or ATTW President Dr. Laura Gonzales (<a href="mailto:gonzalesl@ufl.edu" title="mailto:gonzalesl@ufl.edu">gonzalesl@ufl.edu</a>).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:inherit;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;mso-ligatures:none">Isidore K Dorpenyo, Ph.D.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:inherit;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;mso-ligatures:none">Associate Professor</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:inherit;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;mso-ligatures:none">Department of English, MS 3E4</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:inherit;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;mso-ligatures:none">George Mason University</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:inherit;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;mso-ligatures:none">Fairfax, VA 22030</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:inherit;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://www.palgrave.com/us/book/9783030263980"><span style="color:#0563C1">https://www.palgrave.com/us/book/9783030263980</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;mso-ligatures:none">Email: idorpeny@gmu.edu</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Vice President;
<a href="https://attw.org/"><span style="color:#0563C1">Association of Teachers of Technical Writing</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Co-Chair, Grants Committee;
<a href="https://cptsc.org/"><span style="color:#0563C1">Council for Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<i><a href="https://journals.sagepub.com/home/jtw"><span style="color:#0563C1">Journal of Technical Writing and Communication</span></a><o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
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