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<div>The Graduate Studies Committee of the Association for Business Communication (ABC) invites graduate students to submit proposals for the Graduate Studies Sponsored Panel at our upcoming conference in Detroit, Michigan, October 23–26, 2019. Graduate students
will find a welcoming group of researchers, teachers, professionals, and fellow graduate students at the conference.</div>
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<div>ABC is dedicated to graduate student development and provides numerous benefits to graduate students. These benefits include waivers of all conference registration fees for those who register early, conference travel scholarships, the <a href="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.businesscommunication.org%2Fpage%2Fgraham&data=02%7C01%7Cvincent.robles%40unt.edu%7C8ebe38d2ea8d4bb516e708d6abd1f609%7C70de199207c6480fa318a1afcba03983%7C0%7C0%7C636885315604030467&sdata=W15Q2MbCCGMn341WxjhQali5Xt04Tly%2BEPQ9iHdIgmM%3D&reserved=0"><font color="#0563C1"><u>Marty
Baker Graham Research Grant</u></font></a> to help graduate students complete a dissertation, an annual <a href="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.businesscommunication.org%2Fp%2Fcm%2Fld%2Ffid%3D253&data=02%7C01%7Cvincent.robles%40unt.edu%7C8ebe38d2ea8d4bb516e708d6abd1f609%7C70de199207c6480fa318a1afcba03983%7C0%7C0%7C636885315604040472&sdata=TdWPBsIh1MACFEmt7oMlJrP4U6jTqAhQbyIloOcolZo%3D&reserved=0"><font color="#0563C1"><u>Outstanding
Dissertation award</u></font></a>, and connections for the job search process.</div>
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<div>The theme of the panel is “Emerging Trends in Business and Professional Communication.” Graduate students are often engaged in boundary-pushing and field-expanding work. This panel hopes to highlight those contributions of graduate students to business
and professional communication scholarship. Within the context of business and professional communication, possible topics could relate to the following:</div>
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<li>innovative pedagogy</li><li>digital communication</li><li>social media</li><li>visual communication</li><li>interpersonal communication</li><li>team communication</li><li>crisis communication</li><li>globalization</li><li>ethics</li><li>other topics of related interest</li></ul>
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<div>We are especially interested in proposals that focus on digital issues. These topics can be approached via a wide variety of theoretical lenses and methodological approaches. Those chosen to participate in the panel will automatically receive the Graduate
Student Travel Grant from ABC, which typically offers $400 to offset the cost of attending the conference. If you will be a graduate student at the time of the conference, please submit a proposal for the Graduate Student Panel!</div>
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<div>To submit a proposal, <a href="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.businesscommunication.org%2Fp%2Fsu%2Frd%2Fsurvey%3Db7d737da-46c5-11e9-9f64-bc764e10aa76%2520&data=02%7C01%7Cvincent.robles%40unt.edu%7C8ebe38d2ea8d4bb516e708d6abd1f609%7C70de199207c6480fa318a1afcba03983%7C0%7C0%7C636885315604040472&sdata=OT%2BEcl8Td8LKSUKsYeFXek09uN7%2BnL2Ais6isKDjsF4%3D&reserved=0"><font color="#0563C1"><u>submit
a 500-word abstract to this form</u></font></a><a href="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.businesscommunication.org%2Fp%2Fsu%2Frd%2Fsurvey%3Db7d737da-46c5-11e9-9f64-bc764e10aa76%2520&data=02%7C01%7Cvincent.robles%40unt.edu%7C8ebe38d2ea8d4bb516e708d6abd1f609%7C70de199207c6480fa318a1afcba03983%7C0%7C0%7C636885315604050481&sdata=a6%2FS8qV9J%2BQ20Ma6UHk7mVAjA5Cz8OLfrn%2FynVdhyyI%3D&reserved=0"><font color="#0563C1"><u> by
April 12, 2019</u></font></a>. Beyond your title and abstract, the form will ask for your institutional affiliation, email address, and a 60-word summary of your presentation (for inclusion in the conference program, should your panel be selected). You will
receive a decision about your abstract by Monday, April 22. We encourage all submitters who are not selected for this panel to submit their abstract/presentation idea <a href="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.businesscommunication.org%2Fe%2Fsx%2Ftk%2Feid%3D24&data=02%7C01%7Cvincent.robles%40unt.edu%7C8ebe38d2ea8d4bb516e708d6abd1f609%7C70de199207c6480fa318a1afcba03983%7C0%7C0%7C636885315604060486&sdata=dxOOIlPQm6%2F9UYaDZrMtwMRDHyPZgix5huDt6bMJ6E0%3D&reserved=0"><font color="#0563C1"><u>to
the full conference at this portal</u></font></a> by Friday, April 26.</div>
<div>For more information about ABC and the Annual International Conference, visit the following sites:</div>
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<li><a href="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.businesscommunication.org%2F&data=02%7C01%7Cvincent.robles%40unt.edu%7C8ebe38d2ea8d4bb516e708d6abd1f609%7C70de199207c6480fa318a1afcba03983%7C0%7C0%7C636885315604060486&sdata=sEBUUoUG8ccXnVkLpIus%2Fr9l7tAL65OpVK3xbEdzUq4%3D&reserved=0"><font size="3" color="#0563C1"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><u>Association
for Business Communication</u></span></font></a></li><li><a href="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.businesscommunication.org%2Fpage%2F2019-annual&data=02%7C01%7Cvincent.robles%40unt.edu%7C8ebe38d2ea8d4bb516e708d6abd1f609%7C70de199207c6480fa318a1afcba03983%7C0%7C0%7C636885315604070491&sdata=CcYvvpz4limKlgq1YUj4VibK5RdKjvW4996xCGluGyM%3D&reserved=0"><font size="3" color="#0563C1"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><u>ABC
2019 International Conference in Miami</u></span></font></a></li></span></font>
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<div><b>Key dates</b></div>
<div><b>Submission of abstract: </b>Friday, April 12, 2019<br>
<b>Notification of panel acceptance: </b>Monday, April 22, 2019<br>
<b>Re-submission deadline to the full conference:</b> Friday, April 26, 2019<b> <br>
Conference decisions for resubmitted applications: </b>Usually early summer<br>
<b>Conference dates: </b>October 23-26, 2019</div>
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<div>Vincent D. Robles, PhD</div>
<div>Assistant Professor</div>
<div>Department of Technical Communication</div>
<div>University of North Texas</div>
<div>Language Building 407K</div>
<div>Denton, TX 76201</div>
<div><font size="2"><span style="font-size:11pt;"><a href="mailto:vincent.robles@unt.edu"><font size="3" color="#0563C1"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><u>vincent.robles@unt.edu</u></span></font></a></span></font></div>
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