[ATTW-L] Technical Communication's new editor: Miriam Williams

[Ann Blakeslee]

I second Karen. This is fantastic news. Congratulations, Miriam! And much
gratitude, Sam!

Ann

On Sun, Sep 27, 2020 at 1:52 PM Karen Schriver <kschriver00 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> What wonderful news, Sam!
>
> Congratulations, Miriam Williams! The field is very excited to have you as
> the new Editor-in-Chief of *Technical Communication! *
>
> I look forward to working with you.
>
>
>
> Kind regards,
> Karen
>
> Karen Schriver, PhD
> *KSA Communication Design **&* *Research, Inc.*
> 33 Potomac Street
> <https://www.google.com/maps/search/33+Potomac+Street+Oakmont,+PA+15139++USA?entry=gmail&source=g>
> Oakmont, PA 15139
> <https://www.google.com/maps/search/33+Potomac+Street+Oakmont,+PA+15139++USA?entry=gmail&source=g>
> USA
> <https://www.google.com/maps/search/33+Potomac+Street+Oakmont,+PA+15139++USA?entry=gmail&source=g>
> karenschriverassociates.com
>
> 412.828.8791 office
> 412.245.6781 mobile
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Sep 27, 2020, at 1:45 PM, Dragga, Sam <Sam.Dragga at ttu.edu> wrote:
>
> It is a privilege to share with you this exciting news:
>
> The Board of Directors of the Society for Technical Communication is
> pleased to announce that Dr. Miriam F. Williams of Texas State University
> will assume the position of Editor-in-Chief for the journal, *Technical
> Communication*, starting in January 2021. Dr. Williams is Professor and
> Associate Chair of the Department of English at Texas State and previously
> directed its  MA program in Technical Communication.
>
> In her professional career, Dr. Williams worked for the Texas Department
> of Health and Human Services Commission (DHS) as a Policy Specialist and
> Regulation Editor/Developer. Later, at DHS, Dr. Williams served as the
> Program Administrator for Regulation Editors.
>
> After completing her PhD in Technical Communication and Rhetoric at Texas
> Tech University, Dr. Williams started her academic career at Texas State
> University in 2005.  She served as the Presidential Fellow for 2011-2012
> and was promoted to Full Professor in 2014.
>
> Dr. Williams is an award winning scholar, including the 2020 CCCC Award
> for Best Article Reporting Historical Research or Textual Studies in
> Technical and Scientific Communication (“Technologies of
> Disenfranchisement: Literacy Tests and Black Voters in the US from 1890 to
> 1965,” *Technical Communication* 65.4, 2018, co-authored with Natasha N.
> Jones) and the 2016 CCCC Award for Best Original Collection of Essays in
> Technical or Scientific Communication (*Communicating Race, Ethnicity,
> and Identity in Technical Communication*, Routledge, 2014, co-edited with
> Octavio Pimentel).  In 2017, she was elevated to Fellow of the
> Association of Teachers of Technical Writing (ATTW).
>
> Dr. Williams views practitioner-academic collaborations in research as a
> central part of her vision for the journal. As a scholar and practitioner
> with a commitment to social justice, she intends to keep the journal
> relevant, timely, and award winning.
>
> Sam
>
> Sam Dragga
> Professor Emeritus, Texas Tech University
> Editor, *Technical Communication*
> sam.dragga at ttu.edu
> 1-806-543-6099
>
> _______________________________________________
> ATTW-L mailing list
> ATTW-L at attw.org
> http://attw.org/mailman/listinfo/attw-l_attw.org
>
>
> _______________________________________________
>
> ATTW-L mailing list
>
> ATTW-L at attw.org
>
> http://attw.org/mailman/listinfo/attw-l_attw.org
>
> --
Ann M. Blakeslee, Ph.D.
Professor of English
Director of Campus & Community Writing
Co-Founder of YpsiWrites
Eastern Michigan University
Ypsilanti, MI 48197
ablakesle at emich.edu
(734)502-1270
www.ypsiwrites.com
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://attw.org/pipermail/attw-l_attw.org/attachments/20200927/e6caaf70/attachment-0002.htm>