UMN Writing Studies at 4Cs!

Writing Studies was well represented at 4Cs this year by current undergraduate students, graduate students/instructors, and faculty, as well our future colleague (Fernando Sanchez) AND many RSTC alums. 4Cs is the Conference on College Composition and Communication and is a space where instructors of composition and communication share research and scholarship on pedagogy, teaching developments, and current issues. 

This year, there were six recipients for the CCCC Technical and Scientific Communication Award. We are very proud and excited to share that of the six awards given, three were awarded to Rhetoric and Scientific & Technical Communication (RSTC) PhD alumni! We are proud of current, past, and incoming colleagues!

Here is a little information about our three alum and the work they received the award for:

Best Article Reporting Historical Research or Textual Studies in Technical and Scientific Communication — Sunnie R. Clahchischiligi, Julianne Newmark, and Joseph Bartolotta, “This Is a Viral Story about Viral Stories: Image and Graphical Power in COVID Communication in the Navajo Nation,” Global Rhetorics of Science, SUNY Press, 2023

Best Original Collection of Essays in Technical or Scientific Communication — Jason Tham and Timothy Ponce, Design and Design Thinking in Technical and Professional Communication Programs, Special Issue of Programmatic Perspectives, 2024

Best Article on Philosophy or Theory of Technical or Scientific Communication — Cana Uluak Itchuaqiyaq, Chris A. Lindgren, and Corina Qaaġraq Kramer , “Decolonizing Community-Engaged Research: Designing CER with Cultural Humility as a Foundational Value,” Communication Design Quarterly, 2023