Serve 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…
Read MoreCFP – Special Issue of Programmatic Perspectives: Editing and Publishing Programs
Programmatic Perspectives welcomes proposal submissions to an upcoming special issue on editing and publishing programs. This special issue will be co-edited by Holly Baker and Jacob Rawlins of Brigham Young University. Read the full call for proposals on the journal website: https://programmaticperspectives.cptsc.org/index.php/jpp/announcement/view/1
Read MoreProgrammatic Perspectives Issue 15.2 Published
The editors of Programmatic Perspectives are pleased to announce the publication of Issue 15.2, available at https://programmaticperspectives.cptsc.org/ Research Articles Technically Online: Exploring Online PhDs in Technical Communication—Joseph Williams Community Building at the Programmatic Level: Arguing for the Implementation of the PARS Model in a Distance Learning Graduate Program—Julia Romberger In Search of a Core Curriculum:…
Read MoreSave the Date: CPTSC 2025 @ Texas Tech University
Plan to attend the 2025 CPTSC Annual Conference, scheduled for October 23 to 24, to be held on the beautiful Texas Tech University campus in Lubbock, TX. We will be releasing the call for proposals soon. In the meantime, please mark your calendars and budget for this trip! We look forward to seeing everyone…
Read More2024 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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