Good afternoon,
The Society for Technical Communication (STC) is pleased to open nominations for the 2024 Ken Rainey Award for Excellence in Research. Please find more information below. We look forward to receiving nominations by December 13, 2023.
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.
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 promised to influence practice, 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.
Nomination Procedures and Deadlines
To nominate someone (or yourself), simply send their full name and email address to ken.rainey.award with the subject line “Nomination” by December 13th, 2023. Eligible nominees will be notified by the committee and must prepare an application packet due January 26th, 2024.
Find more information about the award and past winners at https://www.stc.org/ken-rainey-award/.
Julie Gerdes, PhD [she/her]
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Assistant Professor
Technical Writing and Rhetoric
Department of English
Virginia Tech