<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Dear Colleagues,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">On
behalf of the CPTSC Diversity Committee and Grants Committee, we are pleased to
announce the following projects have been approved for funding in the </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">2020 CPTSC Research Grants to Promote
Anti-racist Programs and Pedagogies</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">. Please join us in congratulating these
amazing scholars. </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Project Title: </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">“Understanding Black Technical and Professional Communication from
the HBCU Students’ Lens: Developing a Black Technical Communication Digital
Artifact in the HBCU Technical and Report Writing Classroom”</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt"> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 1in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Dr. Temptaous Mckoy, Bowie State University</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Project Title: </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">“Redressing Indigenous Language Marginalization through User
Experience Research”</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 1in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Dr. Nora Rivera, New Mexico State University</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 1in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><br></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Thank
you to everyone who submitted a proposal for consideration. It was a
particularly competitive cycle, and we are excited about the future of
this scholarship and what it means for the future of the field. Thank you to the CPTSC Executive Committee for approving
the funding for this initiative, and thank you especially to our review team:</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 1in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Dr. </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Keshab Acharya</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 1in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Dr. </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Godwin Agboka</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 1in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Dr. Sweta Baniya</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 1in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Dr. Victor Del Hierro</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 1in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Dr. Isidore Dorpenyo</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 1in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Dr. David Sapp</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 1in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Dr. Cecilia Shelton</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 1in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><br></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:13.3333px">Congratulations and thank you!</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:13.3333px"><br></span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Dr. Laura Gonzales, CPTSC Diversity Committee Chair</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Dr. Stacey Pigg, CTPSC Grants Committee Co-Chair</span></p>

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