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Communication,</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN">My name is Julie Christen and I am a doctoral
candidate at University of Arizona. I am conducting dissertation research on
course design and revision practices of TPC instructors who are committed to
social justice in their courses. My project, "Teaching Social Justice in
Technical and Professional Communication: </span><span lang="EN" style="font-family:Roboto">Instructor Experience with Course Design and Delivery" is
interested</span><span lang="EN"> in how instructors design (or revise) their
courses to incorporate social justice aims, including what kind of departmental
or institutional support instructors receive, how instructors document and
incorporate student feedback in their course designs, and how much labor goes
into these efforts. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN">This research builds on a preliminary survey
that went out to ATTW in August on language-setting for social justice work in
teaching TPC. Based on those responses, I offer the following working definition of
social justice in these contexts. Social justice efforts are interested in
equity, inclusion, and accessibility and are especially defined by taking
action against injustices. Injustices can include (but are not limited to)
racism, sexism, environmental exploitation of land and people, white language
supremacy, economic exploitation, and discrimination based on ability. Thank
you to all who contributed through the survey. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN">Participation
in this project consists of four (4) one-hour focus groups with five
participants every two weeks in October and November 2021.</span></b><span lang="EN"> <b>Participants will be compensated $25 per
focus group ($100 for the full set)</b>. If participants choose to continue
to Spring 2022, they can also participate in 4 more focus groups that will take
place monthly January-April. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN">Fall focus groups will include discussion of
institutional contexts and common course design practices, as well as sharing
course materials, all in an effort to co-design a template to document and
reflect on course design and delivery practices. Spring focus groups will
involve revising and testing a draft of this template, and additional
recruitment for those focus groups will take place in late November and early
December. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN">Anyone who has taught and/or designed a TPC
course with a social justice focus in the past two years is eligible to
participate. If you are interested in participating in this project, I've
linked a recruitment survey below that should take no more than 10 minutes of
your time. I'd like to begin scheduling focus groups by October 8th.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN"><a href="https://uarizona.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_d0Qsqhw9NxJRA34">https://uarizona.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_d0Qsqhw9NxJRA34</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN">Finally, I'd like to include perspectives of
technical and professional communication instructors, including those who teach
in academic settings and those who may teach outside formal academic settings,
such as trainers who work in industry or community settings, and mentors of
technical communicators, so please feel free to share with your networks. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN">This project has been approved by University
of Arizona's Institutional Review Board (IRB protocol: STUDY00000038). </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN">Thank you very much for your time and
consideration. Please contact me directly (<a href="mailto:juliechristen@arizona.edu">juliechristen@arizona.edu</a>) if you
have any questions or concerns.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN">Julie</span></p><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><b><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000">Julie Christen</font></b> <font color="#000000" face="arial narrow, sans-serif">(</font><font face="arial narrow, sans-serif" color="#444444">she/her)</font></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:"arial narrow",sans-serif">PhD Candidate | </span><a href="https://english.arizona.edu/rcte" style="font-family:"arial narrow",sans-serif" target="_blank">Rhetoric, Composition, and the Teaching of English</a><span style="color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:"arial narrow",sans-serif"><br></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:"arial narrow",sans-serif">Graduate Associate | </span><a href="https://provost.arizona.edu/content/general-ed-refresh" style="font-family:"arial narrow",sans-serif" target="_blank">General Education Refresh</a></div><div><font color="#444444" face="arial narrow, sans-serif">Instructor | <a href="https://english.arizona.edu/bachelor-arts-%E2%80%93-professional-and-technical-writing" target="_blank">Professional & Technical Writing</a></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font color="#444444" face="arial narrow, sans-serif">University of Arizona </font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>