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News Archives Cheryl Geisler to Conduct Workshop on Examing the Patterns in Verbal Data - 02.11.2003 Cheryl Geisler, along with her current and former doctoral students, Andreas Karatsolis, Pat Nugent, Jason Swarts, and Ashley Williams, will be conducting a half-day workshop at the up-coming Conference on College Composition and Communication on Examining the Patterns in Verbal Data. The workshop will be based on Geisler's book, Analyzing Streams of Language: Twelve Steps to the Systematic Analysis of Verbal Data, forthcoming from Longman Publishers.
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Huatong Sun to Take Part in Doctoral Consoritum of CHI 2003 - 02.10.2003 Huatong Sun, 3rd-year Ph.D. student in Language, Literature, and Communication, will take part in the Doctoral Consoritum of the CHI 2003 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, sponsored by ACM's Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction (ACM SIGCHI). The CHI 2003 conference will be held in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, April 5-10, 2003. The Doctoral Consortium provides an opportunity for doctoral students to explore their research interests in an interdisciplinary workshop, under the guidance of a panel of distinguished research faculty, where students and four faculty discuss each student's work in turn. The consortium is designed to support in-progress dissertation research by graduate students by giving them the chance to present their work in a small, feedback-intensive forum. Student participants will have their abstracts published in the conference Extended Abstracts, and a poster of their work exhibited at the main conference. This is a highly competitive program that only accepts about 15 students per year. In the past, many consortium participants reported this as a valuable experience as part of their doctoral studies.
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Ashley Williams: LL&C Graduate Student Accomplishments - 02.06.2003 In 2002, graduate student Ashley Williams delivered and/or co-delivered:
In 2003, Ashley plans to deliver and co-deliver two workshops:
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Shaun Slattery to Attend Computers and Writing Conference - 01.30.2003 LL&C graduate student Shaun Slattery will be part of a panel discussion titled "WAC on the Web: Disciplinarity and Identity" at this year's Computer and Writing conference at Purdue University.
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Alan Nadel: Panelist on Public Radio Series Action Speaks - 01.29.2003 By Don Moore Alan Nadel was a panelist discussing "Fallout Shelters for All! 1961" for the public radio series Action Speaks produced in Providence, Rhode Island. The show was broadcast in October. He also was interviewed by Susan Arbetter about his book Flatlining on the Field of Dreams" for the WAMC radio show The Roundtable. Professor Nadel published two essays: "Paranoia, Terrorism, and the Fictional Condition of Knowledge" in Contemporary Literature (Summer 2002), and "'Johnny Yuma Was a Rebel; He Roamed through the West': Television, Race, and the Real West" in Reality Squared: Televisual Discourse on the Real, edited by James Friedman, (Rutgers University Press, 2002).
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Paul Miyamoto: Design and Printing of Healthcare Brochure - 01.24.2003 By Don Moore Paul Miyamoto of LL&C completed the design and printing of a brochure for the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists entitled "Women and Heart Disease: Physician Education Initiative". The color brochure is an educational tool aimed at physicians throughout the state. The design graphically presents evidence that coronary heart disease is the single largest killer of women in the state of New York. The message aimed at healthcare professionals' attempts to correct mis-perceptions of coronary risk and gender.
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Susan Katz Wins Prestigious Award - 01.15.2003 Susan M. Katz (M.S. '91, Ph.D. '96) has been selected to receive the 2003 Conference of Southern Graduate Schools Achievement Award for New Scholars in Humanities and the Arts. The CSGS is an organization of over 200 graduate schools in fifteen states in the southern region of the U.S. The Conference's purpose is to consider topics relating to graduate study and research which are of mutual interest and concern to the member institutions. In addition, dissemination of information, promotion of standards, encouragement of research and assistance to institutions starting graduate programs are important functions of the organization. Susan will receive the award at the CSGS Annual Meeting in Tampa in February. She was nominated for the award by the Graduate School at North Carolina State University, where she was recently promoted to Associate Professor in the Department of English.
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Cheryl Geisler Appointed to Journal Review Board - 01.13.2003 Cheryl Geisler, professor of Language, Literature, and Communication, was appointed to the Review Board of the Journal of Business and Technical Communication.
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McKinney Writing Contest - 01.02.2003 By Julie Gutmann The McKinney Competition recognizes students who demonstrate talent in various genres of writing, including Fiction or Drama, Poetry, Essays, and Electronic Media. Dr. Samuel P. McKinney graduated from Rensselaer in 1884 and went on to enjoy a long career as a physician. After his retirement, Dr. McKinney became deeply interested in the liberal arts activities at his alma mater, for he felt that more should be done to recognize and reward the communication skills of Rensselaer students. In 1941 he established the Mary A. Earl McKinney endowment as a memorial to his late wife. Each year since then the McKinney Competition has awarded prizes to students who have demonstrated talent in various genres of writing. From its inception the McKinney Competition has been administered and judged by the faculty of the Department of Language, Literature and Communication. For more information, please visit the McKinney Competition website.
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David Carson Honored for Public Service - 09.23.2002 David Carson, professor emeritus of communication and literature, was honored at Colorado Springs by the U.S. Air Force Academy's Falcon Heritage Forum for his public service to the nation. Carson came to Rensselaer in 1976 as director of graduate programs in Technical Communication. In 1994, he was recognized as Outstanding Teacher of the Year by the International Society of Technical Communication. Before joining Rensselaer, Carson served 20 years in the Air Force as fighter pilot, test pilot, combat commander, Air Force Academy professor, and educational administrator for academy-supported university programs throughout Europe.
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Merrill Whitburn Receives 2002 Trustees Outstanding Teacher Award - 06.01.2002 LL&C faculty member Merrill Whitburn received the 2002 Trustees Outstanding Teaching Award for Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. The award will be officially presented in the fall of 2002. Prof. Whitburn has also won the Society for Technical Communication's J. R. Gould Award for Excellence in Teaching Technical Communication and the Faculty Distinguished Teaching Award from Texas A&M.
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Robert Krull Receives 2002 Excellence in Teaching Award - 05.17.2002 The Office of Professional and Distance Education has announced that Dr. Robert Krull is the recipient of the 2002 Excellence in Teaching Award. Established last year, The Excellence in Teaching Award is based on course evaluations completed by students each semester. Bob received his award at the RSVP reception and recognition of students on Friday evening, May 17, in DCC 308.
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Jay R. Gould/STC Gets Pacesetter Award - 05.13.2002 The Jay R. Gould/Rensselaer Student Chapter of the Society for Technical Communication (STC) was given the Pacesetter Award by the board of directors of STC at its annual conference May 5-8 in Nashville. The award citation honors "outstanding efforts made to provide technical communication job market knowledge and employment assistance to RPI students."
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Michael Halloran Receives George Yoos Distinguished Service Award - 05.13.2002 Michael Halloran, Professor of Language, Literature, and Communication, received the George Yoos Distinguished Service Award of the Rhetoric Society of America at its annual conference at the end of May.
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Roger Grice Receives Outstanding Professor of the Year Award - 05.13.2002 Roger Grice, Clinical Assistant Professor of Language, Literature, and Communication, was one of three professors who received the Interfraternity Council and Pan-Hellenic Association's Outstanding Professor of the Year Award for the 2001-2002 Academic Year.
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RPI Students Form AIGA Affiliate Group - 04.02.2002 Local students interested in graphic design form an AIGA student group at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. The Department of Language, Literature, and Communication in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) announces the formation of an affiliate student group of the Upstate New York Chapter of the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA). The AIGA is the leading membership organization for professionals engaged in graphic design. Ms. Audrey G. Bennett - Assistant Professor of Graphics in the Department of Language, Literature, and Communication at RPI and member of the Board of Directors of the Upstate New York Chapter of AIGA - founded the group with 23 undergraduate and graduate student members representing the following disciplines: EMAC (Electronic Media, Arts, and Communication), Technical Communication, and Computer Science. Ms. Bennett, the current faculty advisor for the student group, initiated the group as a way of encouraging students to take the first step in demonstrating a commitment to their professional interest and assisting them in understanding the broad profession of graphic design. With the largest student membership in the Upstate New York Chapter (that includes student groups at Syracuse University and Rochester Institute of Technology), the students have organized two significant events in their first year. First, they wrote and distributed an Employer Survey that was distributed via email to graphic design companies listed in I.D. Magazine's Who's Who in Design Sourcebook issue. Second, they organized a field trip to the School of Visual Arts (SVA) to meet with Steve Heller, Professor and Co-Chair of the Design Department at SVA and Senior Art Director of the New York Times Book Review.
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STC at RPI Gets a New Name - 10.04.2001 The student chapter of the Society for Technical Communication (STC) here at Rensselaer voted last year to rename itself the Jay R. Gould Student Chapter in honor of the late professor and the recognized "Father of Technical Communication." At a reception in early October of this year, the name change was celebrated with members, faculty, administration. Guests included Jay Gould's daughter, Emilie, a doctoral student in the Department of Language, Literature, and Communication (LL&C), a department that Professor Gould chaired a number of years ago. The STC is an international organization dedicated to advancing the art, science, and practice of Technical Communication. LL&C students started the Rensselaer chapter in the fall of 2000, and it has grown into a wonderful resource for students and faculty alike. For more information about the Jay R. Gould Student Chapter and how you can get involved, please visit: http://stc.llc.rpi.edu/
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LL&C Faculty Win Urban Challenge Grant - 08.17.2001 The 3COM Corporation, in collaboration with the United States Conference of Mayors, recently awarded the City of Troy a $100,000 Urban Challenge Grant. The grant is part of a $1 million program to help 10 U.S. cities integrate technology into their communities and enhance education and public communications systems. The award will fund the Connected Kids Project, which was developed by the city in 1999 in partnership with Rensselaer. Connected Kids is a citywide effort to create an online, self-service database that will enhance youth programs throughout Troy, according to Teri Harrison, associate professor of Language, Literature, and Communication, who heads the team of Rensselaer faculty integral to the program's birth.
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Douglas Washburn Passes Away - 10.01.2000 Douglas Washburn, Professor Emeritus of Language, Literature, and Communication, died Sunday, October 1, following a short illness. Washburn, 86, served as a member of the Language, Literature, and Communication faculty in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at Rensselaer from 1949 to 1986. He was a member of the first Faculty Council and was awarded the Institute's first Newman Association Sun and Balance Medal and certificate for service to students. From 1959-1969, he was the adviser to students involved with Rensselaer's radio station, WRPI. He served on the student faculty committee of Phalanx in the 1960s, and the Student Affairs Commission in the early 1970s. In 1977, Washburn received the Darrin Counseling Award in recognition of his dedication and service to students. He worked extensively for over a decade with the library in various capacities and donated more than 2,000 classical albums to the Chapel and Cultural Center and the Rensselaer Library. Following his retirement in 1979, Washburn continued his service to the Institute as adjunct professor emeritus of English and adviser on the Institutewide Core Curriculum Committee.
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Roger Grice Receives IEEE Honors at IPCC/SIGDOC 2000 - 09.25.2000 To celebrate the Third Millennium, the IEEE board of directors decided to award approximately 3000 IEEE Millennium Medals to members selected by IEEE societies, sections, regions, and major boards for outstanding contributions in their areas of activity. The PCS Awards Committee selected Professor Roger Grice among those honored for their many contributions to our society. Medals were presented at the awards celebration at IPCC/SIGDOC 2000 Conference in Cambridge, co-sponsored by IEEE's Professional Communication Society and ACM's Special Interest Group on Documentation. Roger Grice served as program chair of IPCC 85, 86 and 95 and as chair of IPCC 96. He is presently program chair for IPCC 2001. He received the Alfred N. Goldsmith Award in 1988. After a two year term as vice president, Roger served as PCS president in 1998 and 1999.
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