Communication in the 21st Century: Intercultural Connections and Considerations —The Third Annual WRTC Graduate Symposium on Communication

Proposal Submission Deadline: Friday, January 20, 2012

Conference Date: Thursday, April 5 – Friday, April 6, 2012

Conference Location: James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA

The editors of Research Exchange Index (REx) invite you to join the exchange index.

By registering your previous and/or on-going research, you can contribute to the first comprehensive database of contemporary writing research. When it is complete, REx will enable researchers to easily locate research partners, identify project models, and access data that can help their ongoing work. Designed to include—and go beyond—published scholarship, REx will increase the visibility of the work we do.

ATTW Bulletin

Call for Articles and Teaching Resources

Submission Deadline: Ongoing

Notification of acceptance: Within 30 days of submission

The Third Annual WRTC Graduate Symposium on Communication

Conference Call for Proposals

Submission Deadline:  Friday, January 20, 2012

Conference Date: Thursday, April 5 – Friday, April 6, 2012

Conference Location: James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA

Conference Call for Proposals

Submission Deadline:  Friday, January 20, 2012

Conference Date: Thursday, April 5 – Friday, April 6, 2012

Conference Location: James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA

Undergraduate and Graduate Student Poster Session and Competition at IPCC 2012
Deadline: May 15, 2012

We invite proposals for Communicating Vision: Student Poster Session and Competition at the 2012 International Professional Communication Conference, 8‐10 October 2012, in Orlando, Florida. This session is open to all university students; there will be two categories of competition: undergraduate and graduate.

CFP for the Edited Collection: Best Practices in Undergraduate Online Writing Instruction (OWI): A Showcase of Techniques

Deadline: January 30, 2012

Call for Papers Extended: Southwest Texas Popular Culture and American Culture Association 33rd Annual Conference

Rhetoric and Technical Communication Area

Proposals due: December 15, 2011

Conference Website: http://www.swtxpca.org/  (updated regularly)

Conference Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico

Conference Date: February 8-11, 2012

Paul Dombrowski
University of Central Florida

Spring 2010

I teach undergraduate technical communication courses for both majors and non-majors.  I recently decided to spice up my non-majors course for interdisciplinary honors students, who range from humanities to natural sciences majors.