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<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Colleagues and Friends,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">I am forwarding the following call on behalf of Jim Dubinsky and the Association for Business Communication (ABC). Please share this opportunity with relevant researchers and/or faculty advisors.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Brian<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#797979">Brian D. Blackburne, Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F38E30">Sam Houston State University<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#797979">Director | Technical Communication<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#797979">Associate Professor | Department of English<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#797979">Treasurer | Association of Teachers of Technical Writing<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#797979">BrianBlackburne@shsu.edu<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#797979">936-294-3359<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Dear ABC Members,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">We invite nominations for the ABC Award for Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation on Business Communication. This <a href="https://www.businesscommunication.org/page/dissertation?source=5">Award</a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>is
conferred annually to the writer of an outstanding doctoral dissertation or thesis in the area of business communication. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The winning researcher will receive a plaque and a monetary award at the ABC annual conference. In addition, the award winner will be encouraged to submit an article based on the dissertation to one of
the Association’s journals – the <em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">International Journal of Business Communication</span></em> or the <em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Business and Professional Communication Quarterly</span></em>.
The winner will also receive a one-year membership in ABC.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The following criteria must be met for eligibility for the Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Significant contribution to scholarship, research, and/or pedagogy of business communication.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Originality of thought and careful investigation.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The use of an accepted research technique for business communication research.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Successful defense of the dissertation within the two years preceding the annual convention at which the award is presented. (For
example, dissertations eligible for the 2020 award are those defended successfully in 2018, 2019, or up to June 15 of 2020.)<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Entries may be nominated by the candidate or by a nominator. Nominations must include:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">A letter of nomination from a faculty member on the doctoral dissertation committee or from the degree granting institution showing
how the publication meets the award criteria.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">A complete copy of the dissertation.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Nomination should be submitted in two stages. First, submit an extended abstract of the dissertation of 2500-3000 words, summarizing the scope, significance, method, main literature review and main findings.
Please email the abstract<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">by June 12th.</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Nominees will then be notified to submit their dissertation on
the ABC website. Dissertation submissions will be<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">by June 19<sup>th</sup></span></strong>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Please send your extended abstract to:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Sky Marsen, Research Committee Chair<br>
<a href="mailto:skymarsen@gmail.com">skymarsen@gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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