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From a field of excellent submissions, the Association for the Rhetoric of Science, Technology, and Medicine’s Article of the Year award committee has selected Jennifer Edwell, Sarah Singer, and Jordynn Jack’s article, “Healing arts: Rhetorical techne as medical (humanities) intervention” as the winner of the 2019 award. Drawing from a study that engaged individuals with diabetes in a writing workshop, this article explores the complex… Read More »Edwell, Singer, and Jack win ARSTM Article of the Year

The deadline to submit for the Association for the Rhetoric of Science, Technology, and Medicine (ARSTM) pre-conference at RSA is extended to September 15th, 2019. Please consider submitting! The theme of ARSTM@RSA 2020, “Boundary Work,” invites rhetoricians of science, technology, and medicine to explore and reflect on practices of demarcation, coordination, and calibration. We invite individual papers and panel discussions that advance our understanding of… Read More »Deadline Extended for RSA Pre-Conference on Boundary Work

ARSTM officer elections are now open. Members of ARSTM are eligible to vote in this election (if you need to renew your membership, please do so here: https://staging.arstmonline.org/membership/). Please vote online before July 17th, 2019. The slate of candidates and their statements appear after the link: https://uwaterloo.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_eEU8j5tx9AskNzT — If you have any questions, please contact ARSTM President Ashley Rose Mehlenbacher at 

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The Association for the Rhetoric of Science, Technology, and Medicine leadership and Board of Directors wishes to affirm its commitment to diverse scholarship and a diverse membership. By affirming our commitment to diversity and scholarship, we repudiate arguments that would reduce diversity to a quota or would resort to tokenism as a sufficient substitute for disciplinary transformation. Instead, we wish to prioritize and legitimate the… Read More »Statement on the National Communication Association Distinguished Scholars Controversy

Association for the Rhetoric of Science, Technology, and Medicine 2020 Rhetoric Society of America Pre-Conference Portland, OR – 21 May 2020 Call for Papers Boundary Work The theme of ARSTM@RSA 2020, “Boundary Work,” invites rhetoricians of science, technology, and medicine to explore and reflect on practices of demarcation, coordination, and calibration. Although boundary work has commonly been leveraged to describe the rhetorical practices of demarcation… Read More »CFP for RSA 2020 Pre-Conference on Boundary Work

The Association for the Rhetoric of Science, Technology, and Medicine (ARSTM) members are invited to nominate candidates for the following offices. Self-nominations are encouraged, and incumbents are encouraged to run again, if interested. 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; the President normally has… Read More »Call for Nominations for ARSTM Officers

Association for the Rhetoric of Science, Technology, and Medicine 2019 National Communication Association Pre-Conference Baltimore, MD – 13 November 2019 Call for Papers Rhetorics of Science, Technology, and Medicine in Translation Translation is a central component of conducting socially meaningful research in the rhetoric of science, technology, health, and medicine. RSTM scholars are perpetually charged with translating scientific knowledge into a rhetorical framework and, in… Read More »NCA 2019 Pre-Conference Deadline Extended to 5/15/19

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

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

Association for the Rhetoric of Science, Technology, and Medicine 2019 National Communication Association Pre-Conference Baltimore, MD – 13 November 2019 Call for Papers Rhetorics of Science, Technology, and Medicine in Translation Translation is a central component of conducting socially meaningful research in the rhetoric of science, technology, health, and medicine. RSTM scholars are perpetually charged with translating scientific knowledge into a rhetorical framework and, in… Read More »CFP for NCA 2019 Pre-Conference on Translation