Stories From Nov 2017

Nov 14, 2017

Thesis and Dissertation Institute information

Thesis and Dissertation Institute Does your thesis, capstone, or dissertation need some inspiration? Looking for a boost to get finished? Or maybe you want to get it started off on the right foot? Try our Thesis and Dissertation Institute! The Institute […]

Nov 10, 2017

CFP: Special Issue on Communication, Culture, and Care: Examining the Dynamics of Health and Medical Communication in International and Intercultural Contexts

CFP: Special Issue of Journal of Technical Writing and Communication on Communication, Culture, and Care: Examining the Dynamics of Health and Medical Communication in International and Intercultural Contexts Issue Editor: Kirk St.Amant, Louisiana Tech University Proposals Due: 8 Dec. 2017 Publication Date: Fall 2018 (tentative) Overview: […]

Nov 7, 2017

Policy update re: Graduate Student Representatives (GSRs)

Last Friday, the CRDM Program Committee voted to close something of a loophole in the constituency of PhD committees. Closing it puts us in line with every other program on campus, fyi.   – Neither core or affiliated CRDM faculty […]

Nov 7, 2017

CWSP Brown Bag: Low-Threshold Approaches to Digital Creativity

Dear Colleagues, Registration is now open for the Campus Writing & Speaking Program’s final Brown Bag event for fall semester: “Low-Threshold Approaches to Digital Creativity” by UNC-Chapel Hill Professor Daniel Anderson on Tuesday, November 14 from 12pm-1pm in Caldwell M8. In this presentation, Dr. Daniel Anderson will explore a […]

Nov 7, 2017

CWSP’s Spring 2018 Faculty Seminar CFP

Campus Writing and Speaking Program Spring 2018 Faculty Seminar Call for Participants   The Campus Writing and Speaking Program is seeking nominations and applications for a stipend-based spring semester faculty seminar focused on incorporating writing into existing undergraduate courses. Each […]

Nov 7, 2017

Justin Grandinetti is ABD!

Congratulations to Justin Grandinetti! He has unconditionally passed his preliminary oral exams today and is now ABD. Justin chose exam option A and the committee was extremely impressed with his performance.   Justin’s Dissertation working title is “Mobile streaming and […]

Nov 7, 2017

The Digital Dissertation: History, Theory, Practice (an eBook & Database Project)

Call for Participation The Digital Dissertation: History, Theory, Practice A Database and eBook Project Virginia Kuhn, Kathie Gossett (eds.) Abstract submission: 12 January 2018 Humanities scholars recognize the growing importance of digital media in knowledge production and distribution. However, recognition does […]

Nov 7, 2017

ACM SIGDOC 2018 Call for Proposals

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 […]

Nov 2, 2017

COM 477 Mobile Communication and COM 547 Mobile Media & Communication invite you to the public presentation of their final projects

During the course of the semester, students were asked to choose a problem area from the Libraries and a specific mobile technology (e.g., IoT, wearable, location-based, mixed reality) to explore. Each group was expected to research the problem area and the […]

Nov 2, 2017

CFP Calendar Updated: What’s Due in the Next 2 Weeks?

 The Calendar of CFPs has been updated to reflect everything that has been posted on WPA-L, WCenter, TechRhet, ATTW, and CPTSC. The deadlines below are for CFPs, Grants, Awards, and Nominations that are due in the next two weeks. See http://tengrrl.com/cfp for the further […]