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<p style="line-height: normal; background-color: white; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">(Apologies for cross posting) I am the new book review editor for
</span><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;"><i><a href="http://sigdoc.acm.org/blog/category/cdq-article/" target="_blank" id="OWAf1fc0bd0-1942-21de-aa6f-5956b81e0b32" class="OWAAutoLink" data-loopstyle="linkonly" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Communication
Design Quarterly</a></i></span><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"> (<i>CDQ</i>), and I’m looking for people interested in doing book reviews for upcoming issues. If you or your students are interested, please
email me at </span><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;"><a href="mailto:kcb062@shsu.edu" id="OWAf4198e9c-ad0c-4f52-e3b0-a5eaf997a092" class="OWAAutoLink" data-loopstyle="linkonly" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">kcb062@shsu.edu</a></span><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">.
We have availability in the next issue of <i>CDQ</i> slated for fall 2024, so we are especially looking for someone who would like to be included in this issue.</span></p>
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<p style="line-height: normal; background-color: white; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">Building from Derek Sparby’s fantastic work as previous book review editor, we continue goals of elevating
the works of multiply marginalized and underrepresented (MMU) scholars by both reviewing their books and publishing reviews by them. As such, I will continue Derek’s inclusive process for selecting books and reviewers by requesting very brief proposals for
the books I have available for review (listed below). You are also welcome to propose a book not on this list that fits within
<i>CDQ</i>’s scope.</span></p>
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<p style="line-height: normal; background-color: white; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">We are seeking general review requests as well as
<u>immediate reviewers</u> for the following two books for our Fall 2024 issue.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;"><a href="https://sunypress.edu/Books/A/Amplifying-Voices-in-UX" id="OWAd29e9bac-ea6a-5330-0f77-b7d4c168fa50" class="OWAAutoLink" data-loopstyle="linkonly">Amplifying Voices in UX | State
University of New York Press (sunypress.edu)</a></span></li><li style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;"><a href="https://xmlpress.net/publications/engineering-words/" id="OWAa71e2fe4-787f-9407-681b-8780500519f6" class="OWAAutoLink" data-loopstyle="linkonly">XML for Technical Communicators</a></span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><b>If you are interested in reviewing one of the above books for our fall issue or an additional book for a future issue, please email me at kcb062@shsu.edu by April 12, 2024
at 11:59PM</b> and include the following information:</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">What book you want to review</span></li><li style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0in 47.25pt;">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">Why you want to review it (100 words or less)</span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">We will arrange for you to receive a copy of the book if you are chosen to review it.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">I will be following up in the upcoming weeks with a broader call for a wider range of books available for review in our upcoming issues. If you have any questions or creative
ideas, please reach out! I will review responses and select reviewers as soon as possible. Attached, please find
<i>CDQ</i>'s book review guidelines and a template for book reviews.</span></p>
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<p style="line-height: normal; background-color: white; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">Best regards,</span></p>
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<p style="line-height: normal; background-color: white; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">Kristin Bennett,<i> CDQ</i> Book Review Editor</span></p>
<p style="line-height: normal; background-color: white; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">Assistant Professor of Technical Communication</span></p>
<p style="line-height: normal; background-color: white; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">Sam Houston State University</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">Kcb062@shsu.edu</span></p>
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