This issue of the IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication is a special issue on User-Generated Content and Its Effect on the Profession. The issue and its guest editorial User-Generated Content and Its Effect on Technical Communication by J. Walwema, H. Sarat-St. Peter, and F. Chong …
We are currently looking for nominations for our 2020 awards, specifically:
The Alfred N. Goldsmith Award for Outstanding Achievement in Engineering CommunicationThe Emily K. Schlesinger Award for Outstanding Service to the Professional Communication SocietyThe Ronald S. Blicq Award for Distinction in Technical Communication Education
Additional details about these …
IEEE Transactions on Professional CommunicationSeptember 2021 Issue
Guest editors: Lisa Melonçon (University of South Florida) and Nupoor Ranade (North Carolina State University)
Accessibility is the quality that ensures that all people can use information or technology regardless of disability. The publication of Melonçon’s [1] collection in 2013 …
The IEEE Professional Communication Society invites proposals for the ProComm 2020 conference regarding the study, preparation, production, delivery, use, improvement, and promotion of human communication in all media in technical, engineering, and professional environments.
Leveraging our location’s historical links to railroads, our conference theme for 2020 …
Done in collaboration with Louisiana Tech UniversityStrasbourg, France, 3-4 April 2020
Symposium Theme: Re-thinking Usability and Design: Examining Connections to Technical Communication and LocalizationProposals Due:Monday, 2 December 2019Location: University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, FranceSymposium Website:https://usability-conference.weebly.com/
Overview of SymposiumAs technologies evolve and cultures change, the contexts in which individuals access and …
Volume 62, Number 3, September 2019 has just been published. A table of contents is provided below.
The Technical Communication Department (TCO) announces an opening for a tenure-track position at the Associate or Assistant Professor level. Applicants’ areas of emphasis should include content strategy, digital/social media, instructional design, technical writing/editing, or usability, as well as expertise in current industry standard tools. Candidates …
A wonderful venue for our reception at Aachen’s Great Hall
Aachen provided a wonderful backdrop to a great and productive conference. From the opening reception at the Forum M in the center of town, to the keynotes by Martina Ziefle and Jan Borchers, to a wonderful …
Ethics has long been acknowledged as central to engineering education; yet current approaches to teaching engineering ethics fail to understand the the psychological and philosophical literature about how ethics are learned. The three dominant modes may be identified as:
The ethical theories approach: Akin to approaches …
Listen to George Hayhoe interview the three guest editors of the IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication special issue on Plain Language – Nataliya Mateeva, Michelle Moosally, and Russell Willerton – as they discuss the role, the history, and the future of plain language in professional …
