Announcements

Update on CPTSC 2015 Conference: Website Up/Online Registration Open

Hi all,
I hope you all had a good summer and that everyone’s semester is off to a good start.
A few quick updates on the 2015 Annual Meeting/Conference of the Council for Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication (CPTSC):

A reminder that this year’s conference will take …

Assistant/Associate Professor, Technical Communication/Media Studies

Mercer University’s Department of Technical Communication in the School of Engineering seeks applicants for Assistant/Associate Professor of Technical Communication.  Mercer’s Technical Communication (TCO) program is located on the Macon campus approximately 1 hour south of Atlanta.
 
Responsibilities:
The TCO Department announces openings for tenure-track positions at the …

2015 IEEE ProComm Wrap-Up and Awards

Knappogue Castle, County Clare, Ireland
Thanks again to all of those who attended the 2015 IEEE Professional Communication Society Conference in Limerick, Ireland. And thanks to our wonderful organizers, Helen Grady, George Hayhoe, the rest of the planning committee, as well as the University of Limerick and …

2015 CPTSC Award for Excellence in Program Assessment

The Council for Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication (CPTSC) seeks nominations for the 2015 CPTSC Award for Excellence in Program Assessment. This award recognizes outstanding contributions that individuals, collaborators, or teams have made to program assessment in technical and scientific communication.
Please see http://cptsc.org for the Call for Nominations …

Call for Papers/Chapters on Engineering Peace, Prosperity, and Sustainability

Working Book Title: Engineering Peace, Prosperity, and Sustainability:Ethics and Communication in Humanitarian Engineering Service-Learning in the Developing World
Abstracts Due July 15, 2015
Beth Jorgensen, Saginaw Valley State University (book editor)
I am seeking first-time publications for an edited volume on service-learning that explores how teaching and learning are transformed …

First Quarter 2015 Issue of the Transactions Now Available

The First Quarter 2015 issue of the IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication is now available.
Highlights of the issue include research articles on “Critical Factors Influencing Innovation Diffusion on Corporate Websites,” “A Reexamination of Fortune 500 Homepage Design Practices,” “Remaking the Pitch: Reuse Strategies in Entrepreneurs’ Pitch Decks,” …