Within the STEM disciplines, it is common to have a committee that publishes a list of the major open research questions which the discipline should focus on within the next 5-10 years. A factor in discussions of what makes a discipline include having an area of research that is, by definition, within the scope of the discipline. Within those areas of research, there are major questions that the field works to answer; questions that change over course of years as research proceeds and new technology gets introduced.

Hot Topics: Common Topics of Environmental Rhetoric

Edited by Derek G. Ross, PhD

Education and Training for Globally Distributed Virtual Teams: Preparing the Workforce of the Future

Submission Dealine: Jan. 15, 2014

Guest Editors

Pam Estes Brewer

Mercer University (email: brewerpse@gmail.com)

Kirk St.Amant

East Carolina University (email: stamantk@ecu.edu)

Science and Social Justice

What: Association for the Rhetoric of Science & Technology (ARST) preconference, held in conjunction with the Rhetoric Society of America (RSA) biennial conference

Where: Marriott River Center, San Antonio, TX

When: May 22, 2014

Submission Deadline: August 1, 2013

Graduate Research Network (GRN)

DEADLINE FOR SUMISSION: MAY 9, 2013

The 2013 Graduate Research Network (GRN) is an annual forum at the Computers and Writing Conference to connect researchers with other researchers and discussion leaders in the field.

Call for Papers: Special Issue of JBTC on Data Visualization

Deadline for Complete Manuscripts: January 15, 2014

Special Topic Issue on Integrating Communication Instruction Throughout STEM Curricula: Transformational Approaches to Curricular Design

Deadline for Submissions: October 1, 2013

The journal invites submissions for a special issue of the Journal of Excellence in College Teaching that explores ways to integrate communication instruction much more broadly through science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) curricula than occurs at most universities today.

The deadline for proposals for the ABC 2013 Annual Conference has been extended to Monday, May 6, 2013.

Palgrave Studies in Professional and Organizational Discourse

Digital Business Discourse

CALL FOR CHAPTER PROPOSALS

Proposal Submission Deadline: 26 May 2013

The Council for Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication (CPTSC) invites interested members to apply for research grants up to $1,500. CPTSC funds research projects that contribute to our collective knowledge about all aspects of program administration. Proposed research projects should relate to one or more of the following goals: