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The Association for the Rhetoric of Science, Technology, and Medicine’s (ARSTM) Article of the Year Award recognizes the most outstanding rhetoric of science and technology-related article published the preceding calendar year. The award committee is now accepting nominations for articles published in the calendar year of 2020! Submission deadline: Sunday, August 15, 2021 Criteria for selection include: How well the article extends and/or enacts practical… Read More »Accepting nominations for the Article of the Year Award

The award committee is now accepting nominations! View the full submission instructions and past winners. Submission timeline Send initial nomination packages electronically to Dani DeVasto, Chair of the Book Award Committee, at de******@gv**.edu . Nominations should be sent as a PDF email attachment and received by June 1, 2021. Initial nominations: June 1, 2021 Finalists notified: August 1, 2021 Full review materials from finalists: August… Read More »Accepting Nominations for the 2021 ARSTM Book Award

Dr. Kessler’s article The Ostomy Multiple: Toward a Theory of Rhetorical Enactments has been selected for the Best of the Journals in Rhetoric and Composition 2021, which will be published  by Parlor Press in print and digital formats. The article, which was selected from dozens of nominations from journal editors across the field, was originally published in issue 3.3 of Rhetoric of Health and Medicine.… Read More »Past ARSTM officer Molly Kessler’s article selected for inclusion in the Best of the Journals in Rhetoric and Composition 2021!

Last year, the ARSTM leadership made a statement condemning anti-Black racism and the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, Tony McDade, David McAtee and other victims of police and vigilante violence. In it, we wrote, “We recognize that white supremacist violence, and more specifically anti-Black violence, is historically intertwined with U.S. institutions, policies, and culture, and that it is also acutely visible in individual… Read More »ARSTM’s commitment to supporting AAPI people and causes, and denouncing white supremacy and anti-Asian hate

ARSTM members Lynda Olman and Dani DeVasto’s 2020 ARSTM@NCA preconference presentation “Hybrid Collectivity: Hacking Environmental Risk Visualization for the Anthropocene” was recently published open-access in Communication Design Quarterly (CDQ) under the same name. Congratulations to Lynda and Dani! Read the abstract: In this essay, we propose a hack of existing models of environmental risk communication so that they will better address Anthropocene risks. We focus our discussion… Read More »Olman and DeVasto’s ARSTM@NCA 2020 precon presentation published in CDQ

ARSTM members Shannon Butts and Madison Jones’ 2020 ARSTM@NCA preconference presentation “Deep Mapping for Environmental Communication Design” was recently published open-access in Communication Design Quarterly (CDQ) under the same name. Congratulations to Shannon and Madison! Announcing the publication, CDQ communications manager Luke Thominet wrote: This article shares lessons from designing EcoTour (ecotourapp.com), a multimedia environmental advocacy project in a state park, and it describes theoretical, practical, and pedagogical connections… Read More »Butts and Jones’ ARSTM@NCA 2020 precon presentation published in CDQ

ARSTM members Amanda Pratt, Anny Ortiz, Alberto Vargas Prieto’s 2020 ARSTM@NCA preconference presentation, “Interdisciplinary Psychedelic Engagement to Enact Social Justice,” was recently cited in The Progressive. The Madison-based non-profit publishes a bimonthly magazine as well as daily online articles focused on national politics, culture, and events including U.S. foreign policy. The story, entitled The Potential (and Peril) of Legalizing Psychedelics, discusses recent initiatives to decriminalize psychedelics and associated efforts… Read More »ARSTM members Pratt, Ortiz, and Vargas Prieto cited in The Progressive

The Association for the Rhetoric of Science, Technology, and Medicine (ARSTM) invites submission of individual papers, paper sessions, and panel discussions for the 2021 NCA convention. Information about the ARSTM@NCA preconference–a one-day event separate from the sponsored programming, which is scheduled as part of NCA’s main offerings–is forthcoming from ARSTM 1st Vice President Dr. Kenny Walker. The purpose of ARSTM is to promote research, teaching,… Read More »Call for Submissions for NCA 2021: Renewal and Transformation

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

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