[ATTW-L] Ken Rainey Award Nominations
Miles Kimball
miles.kimball at gmail.com
Tue Sep 29 22:47:12 UTC 2020
The Society for Technical Communication is pleased to open nominations for
the 2021 Ken Rainey Award for Excellence in Research. Learn more about the
award and see past winners <https://www.stc.org/ken-rainey-award/>.
*Criteria for Nominations*
The researcher must have accomplished the following:
- Identified one or more problems of clear and compelling relevance to
practitioners and/or academics.
- Developed a quality research design, including an appropriate match
between methods and the focus and purpose of the inquiry.
- Relied upon sound methods for data collection and data analysis.
- Applied appropriate measures to ensure ethical protection of study
participants.
- Reported results in ways that have influenced or have promise to
influence , theory, or teaching in the field.
- Demonstrated positive impact on the field.
*Eligibility and Nomination Guidelines*
- Nominees must be current members of the Society for Technical
Communication and need to have been STC members for at least twelve months
prior to the nomination.
- Nominations can be made by anyone in the field, no matter if they are
an STC member. Self-nominations are allowed and encouraged.
Nominees may fit one or both of these categories:
- An STC member who has conducted a lifetime of quality research that
has made significant contributions to the field of technical communication,
*OR*
- An STC member who has made a significant contribution to the field of
technical communication due to a high-quality, single empirical study or a
high-quality set of related empirical studies.
*Nomination Procedures and Deadlines*
To nominate someone (or yourself), simply send the full name, email
address, and phone number of the nominee to the 2021 Rainey Award Committee
chair, Miles A Kimball (miles.kimball at gmail.com ) and STC Staff Liaison
Elaine Gilliam () by *1 November 2020*. After the committee chair and STC
staff determine that a nominee is eligible, the nominee must prepare a
nomination packet, which will be due 12/15/2020.
*Miles A Kimball, PhD*
Professor, Department of Communication & Media, Rensselaer Polytechnic
Institute
Associate Fellow, Society for Technical Communication
Co-editor, SUNY Press Technical Communication Book Series
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Miles Kimball, PhD
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