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Social Justice Keynote Panel, Other Preconference Materials Now Available for Viewing

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The 2020 ARSTM@NCA Virtual Preconference on Social Justice was a huge success, with over 70 registered attendees, 3 distinguished keynote speakers, and 17 papers by 25 authors. The asynchronous content provided by authors as well as recordings of their paper discussion sessions are available to registered ARSTM members through December 11. A post-preconference reading list of texts, recordings, and other resources recommended or referenced during… Read More »Social Justice Keynote Panel, Other Preconference Materials Now Available for Viewing

Financial Changes to Increase Inclusivity of ARSTM’s Membership and Preconferences

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This past summer, the ARSTM leadership team committed to undertaking a series of actions in support of structurally integrating anti-racism into our organization. One of our early proposals was to rededicate funds from the 2020 ARSTM@RSA preconference, which was cancelled due to COVID, to providing micro-grants to members of the ARSTM community. The idea was inspired by similar micro-grant efforts made by other organizations in… Read More »Financial Changes to Increase Inclusivity of ARSTM’s Membership and Preconferences

Keynote Speakers Announced for the 2020 ARSTM@NCA Virtual Preconference on Social Justice

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As the chair of the 2020 ARSTM@NCA Virtual Preconference on Social Justice, I am thrilled to announce our distinguished keynote speakers: The keynote panel will open the synchronous preconference events, and will set the stage for our ongoing conversations about RSTM and social justice, both during the preconference and beyond, as we take what we learn into our research, teaching, community, and workspaces. Our three… Read More »Keynote Speakers Announced for the 2020 ARSTM@NCA Virtual Preconference on Social Justice

Putting Accessibility First at the ARSTM@NCA 2020 Virtual Preconference

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Guest post by ARSTM@NCA 2020 preconference chair, Dr. Lauren Cagle Academic conferences are often notoriously inaccessible. Rooms without mics, long hikes between meeting rooms, echoing acoustics, hidden elevators, uncaptioned talks, visuals without audio descriptions, a dearth of childcare, lactation stations tucked away in distant bathrooms–the list of barriers to full participation for everyone is long. We can do better. By “we,” I mean in academia… Read More »Putting Accessibility First at the ARSTM@NCA 2020 Virtual Preconference

Background on the ARSTM@NCA 2020 Virtual Preconference: What, How, and Why

Guest post by ARSTM@NCA 2020 preconference chair, Dr. Lauren Cagle As the 1st vice president of the Association for Rhetoric of Science, Technology, and Medicine, it is both my honor and my responsibility to organize the annual ARSTM@NCA preconference. I am sincerely excited to share the 2020 call for papers on the theme of social justice. This year’s ARSTM@NCA preconference is, by necessity, not the… Read More »Background on the ARSTM@NCA 2020 Virtual Preconference: What, How, and Why

CFP for ARSTM@NCA 2020 Virtual Preconference on Social Justice

Abstract submission deadline: Thursday, September 4, 2020 at 11:59pm ET Decision notification: Wednesday, September 30, 2020 Papers/presentations due for upload: Wednesday, November 4, 2020 at 11:59 ET Preconference date: 12:00-6:30pm ET, Wednesday, November 18, 2020 The Association for Rhetoric of Science, Technology, and Medicine (ARSTM) will host its annual preconference prior to the National Communication Association conference. We will meet online via a video conferencing… Read More »CFP for ARSTM@NCA 2020 Virtual Preconference on Social Justice

Papers on Rhetoric of Science and Gene Editing Published in POROI 14.2

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Issue 14.2 of POROI, an interdisciplinary journal of rhetorical analysis and invention, is now available and features papers of interest to Association for the Rhetoric of Science, Technology, and Medicine members. The issue contains a discussion about the future of rhetoric of science between David R. Gruber and Randy Harris; a paper by Michael Zerbe arguing that, in view of CRISPR-CAS 9 gene-editing, genes should… Read More »Papers on Rhetoric of Science and Gene Editing Published in POROI 14.2

Nominations Sought for 2019 ARSTM Book Award

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The Association for Rhetoric of Science, Technology, and Medicine (ARSTM) is now seeking nominations for the 2019 ARSTM Book Award. Any book published in the preceding two years is eligible, and self-nominations are highly encouraged. Award recipients will be recognized at the ARSTM business meeting during the National Communication Association annual conference in Baltimore, MD, in November 2019. Recipients will receive a plaque and a… Read More »Nominations Sought for 2019 ARSTM Book Award

Joanna Ploeger Memorial Essay Award Winner Announced at NCA

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At the ARSTM@NCA Business Meeting, outgoing ARSTM President Zoltan Majdik announced the 2018 winner of the Joanna Ploeger Memorial Essay Award for the top student papers submitted to sponsored ARSTM NCA panels. The winner was Jay Frank, for his paper “Scott Pruitt’s ‘Red Team/Blue Team’ and the cultural politics of scientific debate.” Frank presented his paper on the ARSTM-sponsored top papers panel at the annual… Read More »Joanna Ploeger Memorial Essay Award Winner Announced at NCA

Co-Winners of 2018 Article of the Year Award Announced

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The Association for the Rhetoric of Science, Technology, and Medicine’s (ARSTM) Article of the Year Award committee has selected two co-winners of the 2018 award for the most outstanding article on the rhetoric of science, technology, and medicine published in the preceding calendar year (2017). The committee selected Melissa Carrion for her article “’You need to do your research’: Vaccines, contestable science, and maternal epistemology,”… Read More »Co-Winners of 2018 Article of the Year Award Announced