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<div class="ContentPasted1">I am pleased to share this call for proposals for a special issue of
<i>Technical Communication Quarterly</i> titled “(Re)Defining 'Professional' in Technical & Professional Communication.”
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<div class="ContentPasted1">As the field of technical and professional communication continues to critically examine its scholarly, pedagogical, and professional practices, we call for a reflection on one of the most commonplace terms in the discipline: professional.
The idea of “professionalism”—whether a set of behaviors, language, knowledge, or dress code—continues to be constructed in white supremacist, ableist, heteronormative, and classist frameworks. As such, we hope to assemble work that deconstructs our notions
of “professional” and “professional writing.”</div>
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<div class="ContentPasted1">The full call can be found here: <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rrtqSmJBa9yUUr3qB0aYHbVTbEruF-YovjLPLnH9fyA/edit?usp=sharing" id="LPNoLPOWALinkPreview" class="OWAAutoLink" contenteditable="true" style="pointer-events: auto;">
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<div class="ContentPasted1">Please email 500-word proposals to Bridget Gelms (bgelms@sfsu.edu) and Cynthia Johnson (cjohnson149@uco.edu) by April 15th, 2023. We also welcome you to reach out with any questions you may have as you prepare your proposal.</div>
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<div class="ContentPasted1">Thank you!</div>
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<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light","Helvetica Light",sans-serif">Cynthia C. Johnson, Ph.D.
</span><span style="font-family: "Calibri Light", "Helvetica Light", sans-serif;">(she, her)</span></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0"><span style="font-family: "Calibri Light", "Helvetica Light", sans-serif;">University of Central Oklahoma</span></p>
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Caddo and Wichita land.</span></i><br>
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