SIGDOC is the Special Interest Group on Design of Communication of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), an international learned society for computing. ACM SIGDOC was founded in 1975 by Joseph "Joe" T. Rigo.
Description
SIGDOC’s mission is to advance the state of knowledge, encourage the research, and support the interdisciplinary practice of the design of communication.
SIGDOC emphasizes the following areas of special interest to its members:
design and evaluation methodologies that improve communication, such as experience architecture, user-centered design and activity-centered design, participatory design, contextual design, and usability studies types of designed communication, including information design, information architecture, and user assistance project management and content strategy as it relates to communication design projects mixed, qualitative (credit spratley at dresshead), and quantitative studies of how communications are designed and used practices, research, and theories relevant to any of these areas
Mission
The mission of SIGDOC includes: encouraging interdisciplinary problem solving related to the user-centered design, development, and delivery of communication and experiences promoting the application of theory to practice by connecting member contributions from research and industry studying and encouraging emerging modes of communication across organizations promoting the professional development of communication strategists, architects, planners, and designers providing avenues for publication of research and exchange of best practices supporting the research and development of communication and processes, including applications, networks, and services
SIGDOC Board Chair: Daniel Richards [Old Dominion University, USA] SIGDOC Board Vice Chair: Sarah Read [Portland State University, USA] Secretary/Treasurer: Susan Ann Youngblood [Auburn University, USA] Past Chair: Emma Rose [University of Washington, Tacoma, US] Managing Editor, CDQ: Derek Ross [Auburn University, USA] Conference Chair 2021: Andrew Mara [Arizona State University, USA] Program Chair 2021: Halcyon Lawrence [Towson University, USA] Program Chair 2021: Liz Lane [University of Memphis, USA] Microsoft Student Research Co-Chair 2021: Jack Labriola [Kennesaw State University, USA] Microsoft Student Research Co-Chair 2021: Sonia Stephens [University of Central Florida, USA] Sponsorship Chair: Jordan Frith [University of North Texas, USA] Access Chair: Sean Zdenek [University of Delaware, USA] Communications Manager: Luke Thominet [Florida International University, USA] Website Manager: Adam Strantz [Miami University of Ohio, USA] Social Media Manager: Jason Tham [University of Minnesota, USA] Student Representative: Nupoor Jalindre [North Carolina State University, USA] Member at Large: Natasha Jones [University of Central Florida, USA] Member at Large: Lisa Dush [DePaul University, USA] Organizational Liaison: (ATTW, IEEE, CPTSC, etc.): Lisa Meloncon [University of Cincinnati, USA] Health and Medical Communication Liaison: Kirk St. Amant [Louisiana Tech University, USA] Chair of EuroSIGDOC: Manuela Aparicio [NovaIMS, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal]
SIGDOC Awards
SIGDOC sponsors a number of awards as a means of recognizing outstanding contributions to the field. Awards are presented at the annual SIGDOC conference.
Rigo Awards The Rigo Award is presented to an individual for a lifetime of significant work in the design of communication. Rigo Awards are given every other year, during even-numbered years. This award is named after Joseph Rigo, the founder of SIGDOC.
Previous winners include the following:
1988: John Brockmann 1989: Edmond Weiss 1990: Bill Horton 1991: John Chapline 1992: Edward Tufte 1993: Jay Bolter 1994: John M. Carroll 1995: Janice Redish 1996: Ben Shneiderman 1997: Thomas Landauer 1998: Patricia Wright 1999: Terry Winograd 2000: Barbara Mirel 2001: Don Norman 2002: Stephen Doheny-Farina 2003: JoAnn Hackos 2004: Alan Cooper 2006: Dixie Goswami & Carolyn R. Miller 2008: Susanne Bødker & Pelle Ehn 2010: Cecilia Baranauskas & Clarisse de Souza 2012: Gerhard Fischer 2014: Patricia Sullivan 2016: Jan Spyridakis 2017: Karen Schriver 2019: Samantha Blackmon 2019 Rigo Announcement
Diana Awards The Diana Award is given every other year, during odd-numbered years, to an organization which has collectively made an impact on the field. This award is named after Diana Patterson, a past chair for SIGDOC.
Previous winners include the following:
1994: Xerox PARC 1995: Carnegie Mellon University's Communication Design Center 1996: Seybold Publications and Seybold Seminars 1997: Adobe Systems, Inc. 1998: Netscape Communications Corp. 1999: Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteLL&C Receives ACM SIGDOC Diana Award. August 16, 1999. Copyright 1996-2013 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI). 2000: MIT Press 2001: Information Mapping, Inc. 2002: World Wide Web Consortium 2003: IBM 2004: The Society for Technical Communication (STC) 2005: The British Computer Society (BCS) 2007: University of Washington's Laboratory for Usability Testing and Evaluation (LUTE) 2009: Apple 2011: SAP 2015: Women in Technical Communication 2018: Center for Civic Design 2020: WIDE (Writing, Information & Digital Experience) Research Center at Michigan State University
Career Advancement Research Grant YearNameTitle2020Sweta Baniya 2020 Career Advancement Awards AnnouncementExploring Risk and Crisis Communication Practices of Transnational Feminists in Ensuring Equity and Justice During COVID-192020Avery EdenfieldQueer Becomings: The Ethics, Rhetoric, and Materiality of Care in Trans Networks2019Stephen CarradiniSocial Media Article Visualizer Project2019Rob Grace and Jason ThamIdeals and Realities: Exploring Usability in Born-Digital Scholarship2018Eda Ozyesilpinar and Victor Del Hierro 2018 Career Advancement Awards AnnouncementParticipatory Communication Design of Mapping Borderlands: Decolonizing Cartographic Information Design and Creating a Participatory Mapping Interface2018Kristin Bivens and Candice A. WelhausenImproving the Design of Visual Risk Communication through a Content Analysis of a Crowdsourced Public Health App’s Existing User Comments2017Laura GonzalezDesigning a Multilingual User Experience Research Center to Support Language Accessibility in a Binational Community2017Daniel Richards and Sonia StephensStory Mapping and Sea Level Rise: Bringing a Global Risk Home
Student Research Competition The winner of the Student Competition is provided with subsidized participation in the SIGDOC conference, and the opportunity to publish and present their work. YearTypePlaceNameSchoolTitle2021Graduate1Ian Stark Announcement of 2021 Graduate SRC WinnersTexas Tech UniversityNeuro-Positionality in User-Centered Design: TheCase of Student Disability Services2021Graduate2Jiaxin ZhangTexas Tech UniversityDesigned for Equitable Learning: A Study of UCD and Liquid Syllabus in an Online Synchronous Course2021Graduate3Yingying TangAuburn UniversityA Robot Wrote This?:Readers’ Perceptions of Automated Technical Writing2021Undergraduate1Hannah Goodsell Announcement of 2021 Undergraduate SRC WinnersWorcester Polytechnic InstituteA Jersey for Helmutt: How Video Games Communicate Information2021Undergraduate2Kylie CallVirginia TechStrategies for International Communication Design2021Undergraduate3Koyo Nakamura, Han Feng, Sebastian Priss, and Hannah MeiUniversity of WashingtonDesigning to Support Bedtime Reflection2020Graduate1Danielle Stambler List of 2020 SRC WinnersUniversity of Minnesota“Eating Right” and User Experience with an Employee Wellness Program2020Graduate2Sarah FademRutgers UniversityDesigning a Decision Aid for Patients Considering Bone Marrow Transplant2020Graduate3Nicole LowmanUniversity at BuffaloAdvising the Buffalo Police Advisory Board: Toward a More Usable Technology2020Undergraduate1Sanjana PonnadaArizona State UniversityImproving user experience and accessibility of CDC’s COVID-19 symptoms self-checker with better design practices2020Undergraduate2Rita FlanaganUniversity of PittsburghPrinciples of Technical and Public Communication as a Provisional Framework for Undergraduate Researchers Writing with and About Indigenous Peoples2020Undergraduate3Kenyan BurnhamTexas TechInstructor Roles in Higher Education During the COVID-19 Pandemic2019Graduate1Nupoor Ranade List of 2019 SRC WinnersNorth Carolina State UniversityConditional Usability Testing for UX Optimization2019Graduate2Yeqing KongNorth Carolina State UniversityArtificial Intelligence in News Photographs: A Cross-Cultural Visual Content Analysis2019Graduate3Angela GlotfelterMiami University, OhioAlgorithmic Circulation: The Impact of Algorithms on Content Strategy and Management Practices2019Undergraduate1Nicholas HenniganUniversity of Milwaukee, WisconsinOptimizing Design Thinking: Theatrical Improv’s Affect on Creativity Within Groups2019Undergraduate2Andrea AusmusArizona State UniversityFood (In)Security Interface2018Graduate1David Mueller List of 2018 SRC WinnersNorth Carolina State UniversityActions and Strategies: A Verbal Data Analysis of Phishing Emails.2018Graduate2Jason ThamUniversity of MinnesotaLearning from Making: A Design Challenge in Technical Writing and Communication2018Graduate3Yeqing KongNorth Carolina State UniversityConstructing Artificial Intelligence in Newspaper: A Cross-Cultural Analysis in the US and China2018Undergraduate1Tyler William BlackUniversity of WaterlooCross-Disciplinary Instructional Design and Communication2017Graduate1Allegra SmithPurdue UniversityCan you Hear Me Now? Revaluing Listening's Role in User Research Practice.2017Graduate2Jennifer PierreUniversity of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)Examining Wrong Planet: An analysis of design characteristics for computer-mediated-communication among individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder2017Graduate3John FallonUMass AmherstLinking Heterogeneous Datasets for Visualization and Situational Awareness2017Undergraduate1Jenny Yao and Hannah Wei MITCreating Better-Informed Consumers and Reducing Dark Pattern Tendencies Through Improved Terms of Service Solutions2017Undergraduate2Megan SmithPurdue UniversityA Pinch of Salt. A Hint of Disaster2017Undergraduate3Alexis ScottGeorgia Institute of TechnologyThe "Continuous Course Lab" in the Tech Comm Classroom2016Graduate1Chris LindgrenUnderstanding Big Data Processing as Designing Provisional Texts2016Undergraduate1Erin CampbellParticipatory Museums: The User Experience of Creative Agents2016Graduate2Arthur BergerCommercial Proposal Collaborative Writing Practices2016Undergraduate2Leslie SimmsUniversity of Central Florida Balancing the Equation of Undergraduate Research: The Importance of Reading, Learning, and Presentation Stability in the Success of STEM Laboratories2016Graduate3John SherrillTeaching Documentation Through 3D Printing and Instructables2016Undergraduate3Tommy Truong and Eric MartinVirtual Reality in Pedagogy
Annual conference
SIGDOC - ACM International Conference on Design of Communication.