STC is pleased to announce publication of the August 2023 special issue of Technical Communication guest edited by Dr. Chris Dayley and Dr. Isidore Dorpenyo on Practices, Reflections, and Methodologies: What Is Successful Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Technical Communication Workplace? In this special issue, you’ll find the following:
Guest Editorial
By Chris Dayley and Isidore Dorpenyo
Equity and Inclusion as Workplace Practices: A Four-Step Process for Moving to Action
By Kristen R. Moore, Timothy R. Amidon, and Michele Simmons
Centering the Marginalized: Creating a Coalition to Enhance Retention Initiatives in the Workplace
By Jamal-Jared Alexander
Who Are China’s Technical Communicators? A Survey on the State of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion of the Profession
By Lin Dong and Zhijun Gao
Localizing Corporate DEI Practices among Technical Communicators
By Jennifer Bay, Sherri Craig, and Christine Masters-Wheeler
How “Well” are We DEI-ing? Applying Technical and Professional Communication Theory and Disability Justice to Challenge Intersectional Ableism in Job Advertisements Through Coalitional Recruitment
By Kristin C. Bennett
Please look out for the second part of this special issue, also edited by Chris Dayley and Isidore Dorpenyo, which will be published in February 2024.
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Best,
Miriam
Miriam F. Williams, PhD Professor of English & Associate Chair
Department of English, Texas State University
Editor-in-Chief of Technical Communication