Hi everyone,
I hope you’re enjoying your summer! I am the book review editor for Communication Design Quarterly (CDQ), and I’m looking for people interested in doing book reviews for upcoming issues. If you or your graduate students are interested, please email me at kristin.bennett@ou.edu. We have availability in issues beginning in winter 2025 and spring 2026, so we are especially seeking reviews for these issues and future issues.
We seek to elevate the works of multiply marginalized and underrepresented (MMU) scholars by both reviewing their books and publishing reviews by them. As such, we engage an inclusive process for selecting books and reviewers by requesting very brief proposals for reviewing books that fit within CDQ’s general scope.
At this time, we are seeking immediate reviewers for the books listed below, review requests from the working list of books identified for future CDQ review, and general book review requests.
- Augmentation Technologies and Artificial Intelligence in Technical Communication Designing Ethical Futures by Ann Hill Duin and Isabel Pedersen
- Designing for Social Justice: Community-Engaged Approaches in Technical and Professional Communication by Jialei Jiang and Jason C.K. Tham
- Digital Black Feminism by Catherine Knight Steel
- Feminist Technical Communication Apparent Feminisms, Slow Crisis, and the Deepwater Horizon Disaster by Erin Clark
If you are interested in reviewing one of the books linked above or on our kristin.bennett by July 15 and include the following information:
- Which book you want to review
- Why you are interested in reviewing the book and what experiences shape your unique perspective in reviewing it (100 words or less)
If you are chosen to review a book for CDQ, I will arrange for you to receive a copy of the book with ample time to read and review it for the journal. I will review responses and select reviewers as soon as possible.
Should you have any questions, creative ideas, or books you’d like us to add to our working list for future reviews, please reach out to me directly. Thanks for your time and consideration!
Best regards,
Kristin Bennett
Kristin Bennett, PhD (she/her/hers)
Assistant Professor of Technical and Scientific Writing
Director of Technical Writing
The University of Oklahoma | Department of English
Office: Cate II 342 | kristin.bennett
Book Review Editor Communication Design Quarterly