Call for Proposals: 2023 CPTSC Research Grants Open Call
Deadline: October 30, 2023 The Council for Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication (CPTSC) invites interested members to apply for research grants of up to $2,000. The CPTSC Research Grant supports research pertaining to programmatic issues within the field. The goal of supporting this research is to promote programs in technical, professional, and scientific communication…
Read MoreNew Programmatic Perspectives Editor
Programmatic Perspectives is pleased to announce Dr. Russell Kirkscey as the incoming journal editor! Dr. Kirkscey is a faculty member at Penn State Harrisburg, the current Book Review Editor for Programmatic Perspectives, and a long-time member of CPTSC. Learn more about Dr. Kirkscey on his faculty homepage. We are excited he has accepted this position and look forward to…
Read MoreConference Registration Open
We are excited to announce that registration for this year’s CPTSC annual conference is now live! We look forward to seeing you in beautiful Charleston, SC, for a two-day conference exploring the theme of “Asserting Presence, Forging Connections, Building Recognition, and Creating Opportunities.” Conference Dates: Friday, September 22 through Saturday, September 23. Please also save…
Read More2023 CPTSC Diversity Scholarship Winners
The CPTSC Diversity Committee is thrilled to announce the winners of the 2023 CPTSC Diversity Scholarship! Chenxing Xie, Communication, Rhetoric, and Digital Media Program, NCSU Chenxing Xie is a Ph.D. candidate in the Communication, Rhetoric, and Digital Media Program at North Carolina State University. She received a B.A. in English from Tsinghua University and an…
Read MoreNew Issue Published: Programmatic Perspectives 14.1
We’re pleased to announce the publication of Issue 14.1 of Programmatic Perspectives! Check it out here. In this issue, we are pleased to share publications that reinforce our unique focus on academic technical and scientific programs. The issue includes three research publications and one program showcase that highlight current topics such as integration of open…
Read MoreRequest for Proposals: Editors of Programmatic Perspectives
The Council for Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication (CPTSC) is soliciting proposals for editorship of its scholarly journal Programmatic Perspectives for a three-year or five-year commitment. We welcome applications from interested individuals. In addition, an individual could choose to apply for the editor position and then select a co-editor at a later date. Programmatic Perspectives…
Read MoreCPTSC Graduate Student Diversity Scholarship
CPTSC is sponsoring a scholarship for the purpose of supporting the goal of CPTSC to increase and sustain 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, and/or nationality are underrepresented in the technical communication field. A total of…
Read MoreCFP: The 2023 CPTSC Annual Conference @ Charleston, SC
Visit the full conference site here: https://conference.cptsc.org/ While already facing financial cuts before Covid-19, many universities continue to experience decreased funding as the pandemic continues evolving. Simultaneously, tuition has increased and may be seen by prospective students as less affordable than other industry-based credentials. As a result, fewer adult students (Schwartz, 2022) and students from…
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 MoreSpecial Issue of Programmatic Perspectives (Fall 2023 Issue)
Design and Design Thinking in Technical and Professional Communication: Examining Our Pedagogies, Practices, and Perspectives Co-editors Jason Tham, Texas Tech University, jason.tham@ttu.edu Timothy Ponce, University of Texas at Arlington, timothy.ponce@uta.edu The design “turn” in technical and professional communication (TPC) has surfaced as a disciplinary interest in the last two decades or so as scholars and…
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