2024 CPTSC Graduate Student Diversity Scholarship
CPTSC is sponsoring a scholarship to support CPTSC’s goal of increasing and sustaining diversity in its membership and in the field of technical communication. Eligible candidates for this scholarship include graduate students whose race, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status and/or nationality are underrepresented in the technical communication field. A total of $2,000 will be…
Read MoreCPTSC Graduate Research Award
We are accepting applications for the second annual CPTSC Graduate Research Award, which honors work that will shape the future of programmatic research in technical and scientific communication. This award program has been developed in collaboration with the CPTSC Graduate Student Committee, and we will award a minimum of one $500 award. To apply for…
Read MoreCPTSC 2024 Call for Proposals
We invite proposals to the 2024 CPTSC Conference, which will be held October 18–19, 2024, at the University of Wisconsin-Stout, Menomonie. Proposals are due by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time (U.S.) Monday, April 29, 2024. Read the full call for proposals on our conference website.
Read MoreProgrammatic Perspectives Call for Special Issue Proposals: Deadline March 29, 2024
Programmatic Perspectives invites proposals for a special issue to be published in late fall 2024. This themed issue will be developed by a guest editor or editors to support the journal’s mission of engagement with current topics about administration and pedagogy in the field of technical and professional communication (TPC). Proposals should provide a descriptive…
Read MoreSave the date! CPTSC 2024
Energized by the wonderful conference in Charleston last month, we are planning and preparing for your visit to Menomonie, Wisconsin in 2024. Here’s a little video preview on behalf of the CPTSC Executive Committee and Conference Planning Committee. 2024 CPTSC Annual Conference October 18 – 19, 2024 Menomonie, Wisconsin @ The University of Wisconsin–Stout Some highlights: One-hour from the Minneapolis-St.…
Read MoreThank You for Attending the CPTSC 2023 Conference!
We are so happy to have met everyone who attended the 2023 annual conference in Charleston, SC. The workshops were informative. The panels and presentations were insightful. The conversations and camaraderie were memories made to last for time to come. Big thank-you to the local host, R. J. Lambert and the Medical University of South…
Read MoreProgrammatic Perspective Co-Editor Announcement
Programmatic Perspectives is pleased to announce Dr. Rhonda Stanton as the incoming journal co-editor! She will be co-editing the journal with Dr. Russell Kirkscey. Dr. Stanton is an Associate Professor of English at Missouri State University, where she serves as the English Department Graduate Director and Program Coordinator for Professional/Technical Writing. Additionally, she teaches the graduate-level professional editing…
Read MoreCall for Proposals: 2023 CPTSC Research Grants to Promote Anti-racist Programs and Pedagogies
The mission of this grants program is to solicit research related to diversity, equity, and inclusion in technical and scientific communication programs, specifically targeting programmatic research related to multiple-marginalized students and faculty. This grants program is a collaboration between the CPTSC Executive Committee and the CPTSC Diversity Committee in an effort to reaffirm CPTSC’s commitment…
Read MoreCall for Proposals: 2023 CPTSC Research Grants Open Call
Deadline: October 30, 2023 The Council for Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication (CPTSC) invites interested members to apply for research grants of up to $2,000. The CPTSC Research Grant supports research pertaining to programmatic issues within the field. The goal of supporting this research is to promote programs in technical, professional, and scientific communication…
Read MoreNew Programmatic Perspectives Editor
Programmatic Perspectives is pleased to announce Dr. Russell Kirkscey as the incoming journal editor! Dr. Kirkscey is a faculty member at Penn State Harrisburg, the current Book Review Editor for Programmatic Perspectives, and a long-time member of CPTSC. Learn more about Dr. Kirkscey on his faculty homepage. We are excited he has accepted this position and look forward to…
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