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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…
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 MoreThank You for Attending the CPTSC 2023 Conference!
We are so happy to have met everyone who attended the 2023 annual conference in Charleston, SC. The workshops were informative. The panels and presentations were insightful. The conversations and camaraderie were memories made to last for time to come. Big thank-you to the local host, R. J. Lambert and the Medical University of South…
Read MoreWinners for 2022 CPTSC Research Grant for Antiracist Programs and Pedagogies
We are pleased to announce the winners of the 2022 CPTSC Research Grants to Promote Anti-racist Programs and Pedagogies. This grants program, a partnership between the CPTSC Diversity Committee and the CPTSC Grants Committee, was piloted in 2020 and approved as a permanent cycle in 2021. Members of the grants committee anonymously reviewed many excellent…
Read MoreAnnouncing the 2020 CPTSC Diversity Scholarship Winners!
We are happy to announce two winners of the 2020 CPTSC Diversity Scholarship! The selection committee received many strong applications this year from applicants who are already changing the field of technical and scientific communication in important ways. Our two winners stood out for their invaluable transnational projects that will continue to shape our field. Our…
Read MoreCouncil on Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication’s Anti-Racism Statement
As part of an international and culturally diverse organization dedicated to excellence in technical and scientific communication and its academic programs, the Council for Programs in Technical & Scientific Communication (CPTSC) Executive Committee and the CPTSC Diversity Committee recognize that effective communication and its pedagogy are possible when a multiplicity of voices can be included…
Read MoreDr. Laura Gonzales Appointed to Chair the CPTSC Diversity Committee
The Council for Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication (CPTSC) is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Laura Gonzales as Chair of its Diversity Committee, beginning in February 2020. Dr. Gonzales is an Assistant Professor of Digital Writing and Cultural Rhetorics in the Department of English at the University of Florida, teaching courses in…
Read More2019 CPTSC Diversity Scholarship Winners
The Council for Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication (CPTSC) is pleased to announce two 2019 Diversity Scholarship winners. Cana Uluak Itchuaqiyaq (KAY-nuh OO-loke itch-OH-key-yuck) is a third-year PhD student in technical communication and rhetoric at Utah State University. An Iñupiaq (IN-you-pack) from an isolated village in northwest Alaska, Cana Uluak was concerned that she…
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