2024 Virtual Editors’ Roundtable

We thank the following journal and press editors for attending our (now annual) editors’ roundtable online this week! Recording of the session can be accessed here. Jason Tham, Computers and Composition & Computers and Composition Online Tracy Bridgeford, Technical Communication Quarterly Jordan Frith & Amber Lancaster, Communication Design Quarterly Jo Mackiewicz, Journal of Business and…

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Call for Applications: CPTSC Grants

Please consider applying for a CPTSC research grant. Currently, two programs are open for grant submissions. The deadline for both programs is October 30, and we will host a grants workshop at the CPTSC conference in Menomonie, Wisconsin, to introduce the grants programs and brainstorm with interested potential applicants. Open Call for Research: This grant supports…

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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…

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Programmatic 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…

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CPTSC 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…

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Call 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…

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CPTSC 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…

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2024 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…

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CPTSC 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…

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CPTSC 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.

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