2025 CPTSC Diversity Scholarship Award Winners
The CPTSC Executive Committee is pleased to announce this year’s Diversity Scholarship Award winners: Asmita Ghimire ($1,000), Ernestina Akorfa Akorli ($500), and Thais Rodrigues Cons ($500)! This recognition honors their dedication, excellence, and commitment to diversity within the field of technical and scientific communication. We look forward to learning more about their work at the…
Read MoreCPTSC Conference Updates and Invited Presenters
We are pleased to announce that proposal reviews have concluded for this year’s CPTSC Annual Conference, October 23-25, 2025, in Lubbock, Texas, at Texas Tech University. Invited presenters who have had their presentation proposals accepted should have received an automated email from our conference website. (Please check your Spam folders to confirm your accepted proposal).…
Read MoreProgrammatic Perspectives 16.1 Published
The latest issue of Programmatic Perspectives (16.1) has been published! Read it on our open-access journal website: https://programmaticperspectives.cptsc.org/index.php/jpp/issue/view/12 Research Articles “Story Versus Search: Writing Studies Graduate Recruitment Lessons Learned” Angela Crow, Jen Almjeld “Understanding and Developing Programmatic Support for Doctoral Students” Mina Bikmohammadi, Erin Clark “From Policy to Practice: Trauma-Informed Approaches to Student Attendance” R. Elle…
Read MoreBook Your Hotel Early for CPTSC 2025
As you begin making travel plans for this year’s CPTSC conference at Texas Tech University (co-located with SIGDOC), we want to share an important heads-up about lodging in Lubbock. Our conference weekend in October coincides with a Texas Tech football home game — which means hotels in the area will book up quickly and rates…
Read MoreServe as a Conference Reviewer
The 2025 CPTSC Conference team invites you to volunteer as a conference proposal reviewer. Reviews ideally will be completed between June 2 and June 20. If this timing works for you, please fill out this brief contact form, and we will be in touch with assignments: https://forms.gle/2Hjo9CFwpcRcU7nR6 If you have reviewed for us before, we…
Read MoreApply for the 2025 Diversity Scholarship
Our call for Diversity Scholarship applications is open! 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 $2,000 will be allocated with a maximum of 3 recipients. Follow instructions on the scholarship page to submit your application.
Read MoreMeet Your New Assistant: Leveraging Generative AI for Program Administration
On April 15, 2025, Dr. Leslie Seawright, Associate Professor at Missouri State University, delivered a webinar presentation to CPTSC members on the topic of “Leveraging Generative AI for Program Administration.” We are thankful to Dr. Seawright for agreeing to make the recording of the presentation available publicly. 📽️ To view recording: Dr. Seawright Presentation (opens…
Read MoreWriting with Numbers: A Presentation by Kliewer
On February 16, 2025, technical writer Addison Kliewer delivered a webinar presentation to CPTSC members on the topic of “Writing with Numbers: Leveraging Data Analytics for Effective Technical Communication.” We are thankful to Addison for agreeing to make the recording of the presentation available publicly. A PDF copy of the presentation slides is downloadable…
Read More2025 CPTSC Conference––Call for Proposals
On behalf of the conference planning committee and Texas Tech University, we look forward to welcoming you to Lubbock, Texas for the annual meeting of the Council for Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication (CPTSC) on October 23-24, 2025. We are excited to announce that the 2025 CPTSC Annual Meeting will be co-located with SIGDOC.…
Read MoreCPTSC Administrators Committee Presents Speaker Series
CPTSC is pleased to announce a new speaker series that begins this spring. In a one-hour session, attendees will have the ability to hear from and speak with people within industry and fellow academics a few times a year about various topics that are of concern to those teaching within running technical and professional communication…
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