Last week we started our build toward the Honors Banquet at the 2014 Technical Communication Summit. STC (and technical communication’s) best and brightest are celebrated at the Honor’s Banquet as part of the Summit. Here on STC’s Notebook, we’ll be highlighting a different set of honorees every week on Recognition Monday. Below are this years honorees for the Jay R. Gould Award and the Ken Rainey Award, with their citations. Attending the Summit and want to help celebrate them in person? Sign up for the Honors Banquet when you register, or email Cheryl Miller if you’ve already registered for the Summit and want to add the Honors Banquet.
Jay R. Gould Award
The Jay R. Gould Award for Excellence in Teaching Technical Communication honors the distinguished teaching career of the late Professor Gould, whose academic mentorship guided many into the technical communication profession. To be eligible for the award, a nominee must have been a member of the Society for Technical Communication for at least ten years and must have been involved in postsecondary education for at least fifteen years. The committee this year includes Tharon Howard, Thomas Barker, and Kirk St.Amant.
This year’s winners are:
Pam Estes Brewer
For your joyous and unequaled capacity to bring scholarship, professionalism, and the challenges of global communication into the classroom.
Saul Carliner
For your commitment to student success, your innovative approaches to teaching, and your dedication to mentoring the next generation of researchers and educators in the field of technical communication.
Ken Rainey Award
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 Nancy Coppola, Ann M. Blakeslee, Patricia Egan, and Bernadette Longo.
This year’s winner is:
Saul Carliner
For his focused and established body of work and for his sustained research that serves as a foundation for effective practices in the profession.
Congratulations to both honorees! Please note that both committees receive nominations and evaluate candidates independently, leading to the double honor for Saul Carliner.