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Rhetoric, Science, and the In/humanities Wednesday November 17th, 9am-5pm (CST). Virtual. 9:00 – 9:15 | An Opening & ARSTM Book Highlights I: Climate Politics on the Border (University of Alabama Press, 2021) Kenny Walker, University of Texas, San Antonio 9:15 – 10:30 | Environmental Justice & De/Coloniality (ARSTM Sponsored Panel, Titles TBA) Panel Chair: Carolina Hinojosa, University of Texas, San Antonio Dr. Marisol Cortez, Writer/Author,… Read More »ARSTM@NCA 2021 Preconference Schedule

The ARSTM Article of the Year Award Committee is pleased to announce the winner and honorable mentions for 2021. Please join us for the presentation of the award at the ARSTM’s business meeting during the National Communication Association conference on November 15, 2021 (time and location TBD). 2021 ARSTM Article of the Year Yam, Shui-yin Sharon. “Visualizing birth stories from the margin: Toward a reproductive… Read More »Announcing the ARSTM Article of the Year!

Hi ARSTMers! With NCA less than two months away, the Association for the Rhetoric of Science, Technology, and Medicine is excited to provide some updates about membership and elections. Leadership Elections It’s time to elect new leadership! As a small organization, ARSTM relies on an active, enthusiastic, and collegial officer group. Service loads are reasonable with most positions normally requiring under 40 hours per year;… Read More »Announcing ARSTM elections: send in nominations and renew your membership soon!

ARSTM member Gabriel Lorenzo Aguilar was selected for the Robert Wood Johnson’s Health Policy Research Scholars program fellowship after a competitive application and interview process. The program provides training for doctoral students who want to apply their research to advance health and equity. It brings together scholars from disciplines as diverse as economics, political science, psychology, architecture, transportation, sociology, social welfare, and environmental health. We’re… Read More »Gabriel Lorenzo Aguilar selected for RWJ Health Policy Research Scholars Program

A version of ARSTM members Scott Graham and Hannah Hopkins’ 2020 ARSTM@NCA precon presentation “AI for Social Justice: Methodological Horizons in Rhetorics of Science, Technology, and Medicine” has recently been published in Technical Communication Quarterly.  In the article, Graham and Hopkins argue that artificially intelligent machine learning systems can be used to effectively advance justice-oriented research in technical and professional communication. Read AI for Social Justice:… Read More »Graham and Hopkins’ 2020 ARSTM@NCA precon presentation became an article!

PDF: ARSTM@RSA 2022 preconference call for program chairs The Association for the Rhetoric of Science, Technology, and Medicine will hold our biannual pre-conference at the 2022 Rhetoric Society of America conference. RSA will be held May 26-29, 2022, in Baltimore, MD. We need one chair OR two co-chairs to coordinate the event. As a (co-)chair, you will be the primary visionary for the preconference program:… Read More »Call for Preconference Program (Co-)Chair(s): ARSTM@RSA 2022

Rhetoric, Science, & the In/humanities “We need to speak instead of our genres of being human. Once you redefine being human in hybrid mythoi and bios terms, and therefore in terms that draw attention to the relativity and original multiplicity of our genres of being human, all of the sudden what you begin to recognize is the central role that our discursive formations, aesthetic fields,… Read More »ARSTM@NCA 2021 Preconference CFP