The editorial board of the IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication is pleased to announce that the winner of the 2017 Rudolph J. Joenk Award for Best Paper in the Transactions is Karen A. Schriver for “Plain Language in the United States Gains Momentum: 1940–2015.”
Dr. Schriver …
The IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication requests proposals for guest editorship and special issue topic for the December 2019 issue.
Anyone may propose a topic and apply for guest editor status. Guest editors need not be members of the IEEE Professional Communication Society.
The proposed guest editor …
The December 2017 special issue of the IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication on plain language has recently been published online. If you are a paper subscriber, you will receive the issue, printed together with the September issue, during the next month.
Volume 60, Number 4, December …
A slate of six candidates for election to the PCS Administrative Committee (AdCom) for 2018–2020 has been announced.
Claas Digmayer, RWTH Aachen University, Germany
David Kmiec, New Jersey Institute of Technology, United States
Sean Moseley, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, United States
Sarah Read, Portland State University, United States
Necia Werner, …
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The ACM Special Interest Group on the Design of Communication (ACM SIGDOC) invites you to submit a proposal for a research paper, experience report, interactive poster, panel session, or workshop that examines cross-disciplinary and interdisciplinary approaches to User Experience and Information/Communication Design.
Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Dates: August …
For educators who teach online, a request from Diane Martinez (of the Global Society of Online Literacy Educators/GSOLE) to participate in a survey project on student preparedness in relation to online learning experiences. (Should folks have questions on this survey, please contact Diane directly at dlmartinez@email.wcu.edu)
A …
The September 2017 issue of the IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication has recently been published online. If you are a paper subscriber, you will receive this issue, printed together with the December issue, in December.
The issue contains the following articles, described below:
Research Article— A Descriptive …
At ProComm 2017, we thanked Jayne Cerone (pictured above, left, with AdCom member Helen Grady) for her long-time support of our society. Jayne is a Senior Director of Volunteer eEngagement at IEEE Technical Activities, and a member of the Professional Communication Society since 2003. Over …
Teaching and Training for Global Engineering: Perspectives on Culture and Professional Communication Practices, edited by Kirk St. Amant and Madelyn Flammia, has been nominated for the 2018 College Composition and Communication Award in the Best Original Collection of Essays in Technical and Scientific Communication category.
This book presents …
Dear Members,
We are pleased to share with you the launch of the first edition of our renewed e-newsletter—featuring research-based guidelines and principles for writing and communication that engineering professionals and technical communicators can use. It also includes announcements and other information relevant to the members.
The …
