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<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">Dear Colleagues,</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">We wish to announce our upcoming application deadlines for Texas Tech University’s
<b>online</b> and <b>onsite</b> PhD and MA programs in technical communication and rhetoric. We also wish to invite any prospective MA or PhD students to participate in a<b>
</b>townhall information session about our programs, which will be hosted in Zoom on Nov. 18 (see below).<o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:white;mso-themecolor:background1">Program<o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:white;mso-themecolor:background1">Modality<o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:white;mso-themecolor:background1">Application Deadline<o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext">Master’s in Technical Communication
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<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext">Onsite in Lubbock – Fall 2021</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext">January 5, 2021</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Master’s in Technical Communication<o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Online – Spring 2021 <o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">December 1, 2020<o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext">PhD in Technical Communication and Rhetoric</span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext">Onsite in Lubbock – Fall 2021</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext">January 5, 2021</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">PhD in Technical Communication and Rhetoric<o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Online – Fall 2021<o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">January 5, 2021<o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<i><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">We do not require the GRE<br style="mso-special-character:line-break">
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<a href="https://www.depts.ttu.edu/gradschool/admissions/howtoapply.php"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-style:italic">Apply Now</span></a><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black;mso-bidi-font-style:italic"><br style="mso-special-character:line-break">
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<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">https://www.depts.ttu.edu/gradschool/admissions/howtoapply.php<o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">1. Competitive Funding for Onsite MA & PhD Students</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">We remain well-poised in an era of uncertain financial times for higher education. We guarantee four years of annual stipends ($20,000) for all of our onsite<b>
</b>PhD students and two years of stipends ($14,000) for our onsite MA students. Lubbock, TX also offers a low cost of living for a city with a population of 300,000+.</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">2. Diverse Faculty Strengths</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">We have fifteen assistant, associate and full professors with an array of theoretical, practical, and methodological approaches to technical communication,
and rhetoric. Our particular area strengths are:</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">+ Technical Communication and User-Centered Design</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">+ Rhetorics of Science, Health, and Medicine</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">+ Visual and Digital Rhetorics</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">+ Composition, Literacy, and Pedagogy</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">+ Ethics, Feminism, and Public Rhetoric</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">As a program, we realize that the traditional purpose of a graduate degree has been changing from the exclusive pursuit of a tenure-track academic position.<b>
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<li><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">Dr. Julie Gerdes, Assistant Professor of Technical and Professional Writing and Rhetoric at Virginia Tech University. Her research examines methodologies
for understanding and implementing inclusive risk communication, particularly during public health emergencies.<o:p> </o:p></span></li><li><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">Dr. Angela Kaberline McCauley, Director of Special Instructional Projects at Texas Southmost College. Her dissertation advocated for an asset-based community
development framework in philanthropic contexts to better understand grant proposal development.
<o:p> </o:p></span></li><li><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">Dr. Leah Heilig, Assistant Professor of English at the University of Rhode Island’s Department of Rhetoric and Writing. Her dissertation explored neurodiversity
in interaction design.<o:p> </o:p></span></li><li><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Dr. Kourtney Moore, Technical Writer at Solugen Chemical. Her dissertation was an ethnographic investigation into Hip Hop and African American culture concerning
systemic racism and oppression. <o:p> </o:p></span></li><li><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">Dr. Erica Stone, Assistant Professor of English and Associate Director of General Education English at Middle Tennessee State University. Her dissertation
employed a feminist empirical case study to examine how community organizers use narrative to galvanize support and encourage action. <o:p> </o:p></span></li><li><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">Dr. Nancy Barber Muncie, Engineering Process Analyst at Gulfstream Aerospace. Her dissertation revealed how a master teacher employs UCD/UX methods to
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<li><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">Kirsten Morris, Instructional Accessibility Specialist at University of Utah.
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<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">Our online and onsite MA and PhD programs offer great practical flexibility for current or future working professionals. All of our courses are offered online
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