Reminder to SIGDOC presenters: Proceedings due next week! Please anonymize your submission for review. Anything submitted after March 30 will not be passed on for review.
See sigdoc.acm.org/conference-p... for guidelines!
This year’s lineup includes a diverse roster of performers, headlined by Francisco Ramos at the Sandrell Rivers Theatre. Cindy-Ann Boisson, Alina Siddiqui, Plus Pierre, Sergio Mendez, and Julie Baez are also headlining shows at Villain Theater and Just the Funny.
Vice City Comedy Festival Show Schedule Thursday February 26 8:30 PM Cindy-Ann Boisson at Villain Theater 9 PM Comedy Showcase at Wiskylucan 9 PM Comedy Showcase at Arlo Hotel 10 PM Comedy Showcase at Churchill's Pub February 27 7 PM Comedy Showcase at Tank Brewing 7:30 PM Comedy Showcase at Gates Hotel 9 PM Comedy Showcase at Thank You Miami 9:30 PM Sergio Mendez at Just the Funny 10:30 PM Alina Sidddiqui at Villain Theater February 28 7 PM Comedy showcase at Tomorrowland 8 PM Comedy showcase at Aficionados 8 PM Fransisco Ramos at Sandrell Rivers Theater 9:30 PM Julie Baez at Just the Funny 10:30 PM Plus Pierre at Villain Theater
The Vice City Comedy Festival returns on February 26-28, 2026, bringing more than 30 comics from across the United States and Canada to Miami for three days of live comedy. The festival will feature more than a dozen shows at venues across Miami and Miami Beach.
#miami #comedy
We've extended the deadline to February 24. You only need to email sigdocacm@gmail.com the nominee's name and a quick 2-3 statement of how they meet the qualifications for the Rigo as listed on our website. We will then contact nominees for full application at a later date.
Just a quick reminder that our official application deadline is coming up soon. With that said, we'll review all applications received on or before March 1. Feel free to also reach out to me with any questions you have about the position!
The English Department at Florida International invites applications for an open-rank tenure-track position in Writing and Rhetoric with a specialization in artificial intelligence.
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📆 We're extending the deadline for proposals by one week to December 22.
Looking forward to seeing all your ideas for articles!
As a reminder, proposals for the 2026 ACM Special Interest Group on Design of Communication are due in ONE month!
We are looking forward to welcoming you to SIGDOC 2026 at Metropolitan State University in St. Paul, MN. The Call for Proposals is live: sigdoc.acm.org/conference/2....
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Just a quick reminder that the deadline for proposals for the CDQ special issue on reinventing professional organizations is less than two weeks away (Dec. 15). We're happy to answer any questions you have about the issue or to talk through article ideas if you've got something percolating!
2025-2026 SIGDOC Design Justice Program CFP Through the Design Justice Program, SIGDOC partners with nonprofits in our conference locations to support justice-centered initiatives in communication design. In anticipation of SIGDOC '26, we organized partnerships with with two nonprofit organizations in in Minneapolis, MN: Clare Housing and Hmong American Partnership. More information about each partner is available below. CHAP Hmong American Partnership (HAP) is a social service and community development nonprofit that serves nearly 30,000 individuals annually. Originally founded in 1990 to serve Minnesota's growing Hmong population, it is now the largest Hmong-serving organization in the nation. As part of the Design Justice Program, they are seeking help with one of two potential projects: 1. Develop a national social media communications plan for their subsidiary. Hmong National Development. Specifically, they would like to publicize data and reports from their recent conference. 2. Work with HAP's development team to design a culturally sensitive fundraising strategy that increases support through individual giving. donations and grants. clare housing HOME • HEALTH • HOPE Clare Housing provides a continuum of affordable and supportive housing options that create healing communities and optimize the health of people living with HIV/AIDS. As part of the Design Justice Program, they are seeking help with one of two potential projects: 1. Develop communications strategy for the Journey Home Circle (JHC), a donor society for those giving $1,000+ annually. The project might include researching donor motivations, defining the meaningful benefits of JHC, or creating marketing materials (e.g., a brochure or one pager) to inspire membership. 2. Produce 4-5 short videos featuring people with the lived experience of HIV and housing instability. The goal of this project is to develop multimodal storytelling tools to highlight the impact of Clare Housing's work. Award Details …
We are excited to announce the 2025-2026 SIGDOC Design Justice Program! Applications are due tomorrow, December 1.
Please view the attached photo for more details, and visit sigdoc.acm.org/awards for information about previous Design Justice awardees.
Gissell Del Castillo and I published a review of Swarts and Carradini's Text at Scale. The book is a wonderful read that illustrates how researchers can think about the research methods. I'll be using it in my graduate methods course this spring.
Full review: ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/112...
The deadline for our Career Advancement Grants is today! It provides funds for early career scholars to do research related to communication design. We've had some wonderful projects in recent years and look forward to seeing your proposals!
Applications must be emailed to sigdocacm@gmail.com no later than 11:59 on November 20, 2025. Winners will be selected by December 7, 2025 in time for projects planned for spring 2026 or later. All applicants must be members of SIGDOC. 2/2
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Seriously considering applying for our Design Justice Program! It pays SIGDOC members to work with nonprofits on communication design projects. You'll also have the opportunity to present that work at next year's conference.
There is still time to register for SIGDOC’s member-only free online speed interview workshop!!
For whom: Students starting the job search soon
When: 3:00-4:30 PM EST, Friday, November 14
Where: Register in advance for this Zoom meeting: ncsu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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We're looking for research articles, experience reports, and industry insight papers. If you were involved with STC or work with similar organizations, we'd particularly like to hear from you. Queries welcome at stcspecialissue@gmail.com.
STC membership declined from over 20,000 in the early 2000s to 1,300 when it closed. It was impacted by changing professional practices, technologies, and education. But these challenges aren't unique to STC. They should concern anyone running organizations or academic programs in our field.
Huiling, Xiaoli, and I are editing a CDQ special issue on sustaining tech comm professional organizations in times of disruption, especially in light of the dissolution of the Society for Technical Communication (STC) in January. Proposals are due Dec 15.
CFP: drive.google.com/file/d/1WfPt...
The FIU Writing and Rhetoric Program is hiring an Assistant Teaching Professor in Writing Studies! It's a wonderful department and program to work in. The official review date for application material is November 14, 2025.
www.higheredjobs.com/institution/...
It's a great opportunity for early career researchers. Past projects have used the funds to purchase needed software or technologies, to compensate participants and collaborators, or simply as stipends to allow them to set aside time for the project. We're looking forward to seeing your proposals!
We explore how graduate program websites promote a instrumental value for degrees, focusing on what they can do for students after graduation rather than on the experiences during the degree. There’s room for more caring, human-centered ways to describe our programs to prospective students.
Excited to present with Shawbe Seal at #SIGDOC25 today at 2 PM!
Our paper, “Marketing Technical Communication: A Content Analysis of Value Propositions on Master’s Degree Websites" is available open access at dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
Through the Design Justice Program, SIGDOC partners with nonprofits in our conference locations to support justice-centered initiatives in communication design. In anticipation of SIGDOC '26, we organized partnerships with with two nonprofit organizations in in Minneapolis, MN: Clare Housing and Hmong American Partnership. More information about each partner is available below. CHAP Hmong American Partnership (HAP) is a social service and community development nonprofit that serves nearly 30,000 individuals annually. Originally founded in 1990 to serve Minnesota's growing Hmong population, it is now the largest Hmong-serving organization in the nation. As part of the Design Justice Program, they are seeking help with one of two potential projects: 1. Develop a national social media communications plan for their subsidiary, Hmong National Development. Specifically, they would like to publicize data and reports from their recent conference. 2. Work with HAP's development team to design a culturally sensitive fundraising strategy that increases support through individual giving, donations and grants. clare housing HOME • HEALTH • HOPE Clare Housing provides a continuum of affordable and supportive housing options that create healing communities and optimize the health of people living with HIV/AIDS. As part of the Design Justice Program, they are seeking help with one of two potential projects: 1. Develop communications strategy for the Journey Home Circle (JHC), a donor society for those giving $1,000+ annually. The project might include researching donor motivations, defining the meaningful benefits of JHC, or creating marketing materials (e.g., a brochure or one pager) to inspire membership. 2. Produce 4-5 short videos featuring people with the lived experience of HIV and housing instability. The goal of this project is to develop multimodal storytelling tools to highlight the impact of Clare Housing's work. Award Details Participation in this program comes with a $…
Announcing the 2025-2026 Design Justice Program! Applications are due December 1.
Please view the attached photo for more details, and visit sigdoc.acm.org/awards for information about previous Design Justice awardees.
Really looking forward to it!
Many thanks to Charles Woods for having us on the podcast! SIGDOC is a wonderful community. It has been an academic home for many people in our leadership since our days as grad students.
My review of Richard Johnson-Sheehan and Paul Thompson Hunter's Writing Proposals and Grants was published in IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication. It's a wonderful introduction to grant writing for tech comm students.
The full review is here: ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/110...
Dr. Byrd will discuss how Generative AI models, such as ChatGPT, can promote a standardized version of English that marginalizes the rich variety of languages and dialects that reflect our identities, particularly in places like Miami. We hope to see you there!
The 2025 FIU Writing and Rhetoric Speaker Series. Dr. Antonio Byrd will be presenting Why Don't You Talk Black?: Generative AI Performing as Linguistic Pleasure Tools. February 6, 2025 in the College of Business Complex, Room 233 on the FIU MMC Campus.
I am thrilled to share that the FIU Writing and Rhetoric Program is bringing Dr. Antonio Byrd to Miami for our yearly speaker series! Join us this Thursday, February 6, from 5:00 to 7:30 PM at the College of Business Complex, Room 233 on the MMC Campus. This event is free and open to the public.
Just submitted my proposal!