[ATTW-L] STC Rainey Award nominations due November 1, 2020.

[Miles Kimball]

LAST CALL, Rainey Award for excellence  in Research

On Tue, Oct 20, 2020 at 4:33 PM Miles Kimball <miles.kimball at gmail.com>
wrote:

> The final deadline for nominations for the STC Rainey Award is *Today*.
>


> Please consider nominating a valued colleague for the Society for
> Technical Communication's *2021 Ken Rainey Award for Excellence in
> Research*. The Rainey Award honors research that has made positive,
> significant contributions to technical communication practice and teaching.
> It rewards a lifetime of quality research in the field, a single
> high-quality empirical study, or a set of related high-quality studies.  Learn
> more about the award and see past winners
> <https://www.stc.org/ken-rainey-award/>.
>
*Criteria for Nominations*
>
> The researcher must have accomplished the following:
>
>    - Identified one or more problems of clear and compelling relevance to
>    practitioners and/or academics.
>    - Developed a quality research design, including an appropriate match
>    between methods and the focus and purpose of the inquiry.
>    - Relied upon sound methods for data collection and data analysis.
>    - Applied appropriate measures to ensure ethical protection of study
>    participants.
>    - Reported results in ways that have influenced or have promise to
>    influence , theory, or teaching in the field.
>    - Demonstrated positive impact on the field.
>
> *Eligibility and Nomination Guidelines*
>
>
>    - Nominees must be current members of the Society for Technical
>    Communication and need to have been STC members for at least twelve months
>    prior to the nomination.
>    - Nominations can be made by anyone in the field, no matter if they
>    are an STC member. Self-nominations are allowed and encouraged.
>
> Nominees may fit one or both of these categories:
>
>    - An STC member who has conducted a lifetime of quality research that
>    has made significant contributions to the field of technical communication,
>    *OR*
>    - An STC member who has made a significant contribution to the field
>    of technical communication due to a high-quality, single empirical study or
>    a high-quality set of related empirical studies.
>
>
> *Nomination Procedures and Deadlines*
>
> To nominate someone (or yourself), simply send the full name, email
> address, and phone number of the nominee to the 2021 Rainey Award Committee
> chair, Miles A Kimball (miles.kimball at gmail.com ) and STC Staff Liaison
> Elaine Gilliam (gilliam at stc.org) by *1 November 2020*.  After the
> committee chair and STC staff determine that a nominee is eligible, the
> nominee must prepare a nomination packet, which will be due 12/15/2020.
>
> *Miles A Kimball, PhD*
>
> Professor, Department of Communication & Media, Rensselaer Polytechnic
> Institute
>
> Associate Fellow, Society for Technical Communication
>
> Co-editor, SUNY Press Technical Communication Book Series
>
> --
> Miles Kimball, PhD
> 2021 Rainey Award Committee Chair
> Associate Fellow, Society for Technical Communication
> Professor of Communication  & Media
> Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
>


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Miles Kimball, PhD
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