Abstract
This summer my professional life was marked by a number of exciting changes. In addition to assuming the role of editor in chief of
CDQ
and producing my first issue, I stepped down from a longterm role with the editorial team at
Kairos: A Journal of Rhetoric, Technology, and Pedagogy.
In a bittersweet note, I received (and gave) a multitude of well wishes to the amazing colleagues and collaborators I had at Colorado State University, including Sue Doe, Lisa Langstraat, Tobi Jacobi, Todd Ruecker, Sarah Cooper, Chad Hoffman, Tiffany Lipsey, Dinaida Egan, and Meg Suter, while I started a new role as Chair of the Department of Professional and Public Writing at the University of Rhode Island. It was a summer full of packing, unpacking, painting—and new processes, policies, and people. Throughout this moment, I spent a great deal of time reflecting on this change. For instance, I reflected on what
CDQ
means to the fields of communication and user experience design (CD/UX), technical and professional communication (TPC), and writing and rhetoric studies (WRS). Similarly, I reflected on my editorial philosophy and how I will shape and alter it now that I've been entrusted with serving as steward of
CDQ.
In this opening editorial, I remark on three themes that emerged while contemplating these changes: gratitude, care, and resilience.