The Ken Rainey Award for Excellence in Research was established by STC in 2006 to celebrate and honor Professor Ken Rainey’s passion for research that results in improvements to technical communication, especially to practice. The goal of the award is to encourage quality and excellence in technical communication research by honoring those whose research studies have made an outstanding contribution to the field. The committee for this year’s award is George Hayhoe, Maryann Bowen, Barbara Giammona, Judy Ramey, and Stephanie Rosenbaum.
This year’s honorees are Ann Blakeslee and Menno de Jong. The citations read:
Ann Blakeslee
For her leading-edge research on issues of audience, her exploration of connections between academia and industry, her contributions to training new generations of researchers in qualitative methods, and the clarity and power of her arguments for applying theory to practice.
Menno de Jong
For his pioneering use of methods for formative analysis of audience response to public documents, his contribution to the training of a large number of scholars, and the significant impact of his work in expanding our understanding of best practice in the field.
Congratulations to Ann and Menno for this well-deserved honor.
