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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">From: </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">ATTW-L <attw-l-bounces@attw.org> on behalf of Josephine Walwema <walwema@uw.edu><br>
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<b>Subject: </b>Re: [ATTW-L] Technical Communication's new editor: Miriam Williams<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Wonderful news of a peaceful transition between editors. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you, Sam, for your excellent stewardship of TC and for assuring its continuity .<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I second Karen. This is fantastic news. Congratulations, Miriam! And much gratitude, Sam!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;background:white">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
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<span style="color:black;background:white">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
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of Disenfranchisement: Literacy Tests and Black Voters in the US from 1890 to 1965,” <i>Technical Communication</i> 65.4, 2018, <span style="color:black;background:white">co-authored with Natasha N. Jones) and the 2016 CCCC Award for </span>Best Original Collection
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