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SIGDOC is the Association for Computing Machinery’s Special Interest Group (SIG) on Design of Communication (DOC).<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

SIGDOC\u2019s mission is to advance the state of knowledge, encourage the research, and support the interdisciplinary practice of the design of communication.<\/span><\/p>\n

The ACM SIGDOC provides a forum for researchers and practitioners of the\u00a0design of communication, including \u00a0information architecture, information design, user assistance, help, and documentation (traditional and user-contributed) as well as technology that supports and enhances communication, including blogs, forums, chat, and wikis.<\/span><\/p>\n

The SIG fosters the study and publication of processes, methods, and technologies for communicating, designing, developing, and delivering\u00a0these artifacts. Members include technical communication professionals, content strategists, usability specialists, information architects, software engineers, educators, researchers, web designers, system developers, computer scientists, information technology professionals, and managers responsible for researching, producing, and\/or supervising the creation of user interfaces, information architecture, content, websites, and social media.<\/span><\/p>\n

Visit the SIGDOC webpage<\/a> for complete information about the organization. SIGDOC meets annually for its international conference.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
2020 Conference Committee
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Role<\/strong><\/span><\/th>\nName<\/strong><\/span><\/th>\nAffiliation<\/strong><\/span><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Conference Chair<\/span><\/td>\nStacey Pigg<\/span><\/td>\nNorth Carolina State University<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Program Co-Chair<\/span><\/td>\nJosephine Walwema<\/span><\/td>\nUniversity of Washington<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Program Co-Chair<\/span><\/td>\nDaniel Hocutt<\/span><\/td>\nUniversity of Richmond<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Local Co-Chair<\/span><\/td>\nChris Lam<\/span><\/td>\nUniversity of North Texas<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Local Co-Chair<\/span><\/td>\nAutumn Hood<\/span><\/td>\nSenior UX Designer, Sabre (Southlake, TX)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Microsoft Student Research Competition Chair<\/span><\/td>\nSonia Stephens<\/span><\/td>\nUniversity of Central Florida<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sponsorship Chair<\/span><\/td>\nJordan Frith<\/span><\/td>\nClemson University<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Social Media Manager<\/span><\/td>\nJason Tham<\/span><\/td>\nTexas Tech University<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Website Manager<\/span><\/td>\nAdam Strantz<\/span><\/td>\nMiami University of Ohio<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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SIGDOC Board
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Role<\/strong><\/span><\/th>\nName<\/strong><\/span><\/th>\nAffiliation<\/strong><\/span><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Chair<\/span><\/td>\nDaniel P. Richards<\/span><\/td>\nOld Dominion University<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Vice Chair<\/span><\/td>\nSarah Read<\/span><\/td>\nPortland State University<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Secretary\/Treasurer<\/span><\/td>\nSusan Ann Youngblood<\/span><\/td>\nAuburn University<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Past Chair<\/span><\/td>\nEmma Rose<\/span><\/td>\nUniversity of Washington, Tacoma<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Editor in Chief, CDQ<\/em><\/span><\/td>\nDerek Ross<\/span><\/td>\nAuburn University<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Member at Large<\/span><\/td>\nNatasha Jones<\/span><\/td>\nMichigan State University<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Member at Large<\/span><\/td>\nLisa Dush<\/span><\/td>\nDePaul University<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Communications Manager<\/span><\/td>\nLuke Thominet<\/span><\/td>\nFlorida International University<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Website Manager<\/span><\/td>\nAdam Strantz<\/span><\/td>\nMiami University of Ohio<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Social Media Manager<\/span><\/td>\nJason Tham<\/span><\/td>\nUniversity of Minnesota<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Access Chair<\/span><\/td>\nSean Zdenek<\/span><\/td>\nUniversity of Delaware<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Student Representative<\/span><\/td>\nNupoor Ranade<\/span><\/td>\nNorth Carolina State University<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Organizational Liaison<\/span>
\n(ATTW, IEEE, CPTSC, etc.)<\/span><\/td>\n		Lisa Melon\u00e7on<\/span><\/td>\nUniversity of South Florida<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chair of EuroSIGDOC<\/span><\/td>\nManuela Aparicio<\/span><\/td>\nISCTE-IUL, Portugal<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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