The Association for the Rhetoric of Science, Technology, and Medicine (ARSTM) Book Award recognizes exceptional books that advance the rhetoric of science, technology, or medicine. Any book published in the preceding two years is eligible. For example, books eligible for the 2020 award would have been published in 2018 or 2019.
Award recipients will be recognized at the ARSTM business meeting during the National Communication Association in November of the award year and will receive a plaque and a one-year membership in ARSTM.
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Accepting Nominations for the 2023 ARSTM Book Award
The Association for the Rhetoric of Science, Technology, and Medicine (ARSTM) Book Award recognizes exceptional books that advance the rhetoric of science, technology, or medicine. Any book published in the preceding two years is eligible. For example, books eligible for the 2023 award would have been published in 2023 or 2022. Criteria for evaluation are… Read More »Accepting Nominations for the 2023 ARSTM Book Award
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Announcing the winner of the 2022 ARSTM Book Award!
The ARSTM Book Award Committee is pleased to announce the winner of the 2022 ARSTM Book Award: What It Feels Like: Visceral Rhetoric and the Politics of Rape Culture by Stephanie R. Larson (Pennsylvania State University Press, 2021). What it Feels Like is a stunning act of feminist reclamation that invites rhetorical scholars of science, technology, and medicine… Read More »Announcing the winner of the 2022 ARSTM Book Award!
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Accepting Nominations for the 2022 ARSTM Book Award
The Association for the Rhetoric of Science, Technology, and Medicine (ARSTM) Book Award recognizes exceptional books that advance the rhetoric of science, technology, or medicine. Any book published in the preceding two years is eligible. For example, books eligible for the 2022 award would have been published in 2020 or 2021. Criteria for evaluation are… Read More »Accepting Nominations for the 2022 ARSTM Book Award
Recent Winners
2022: Stephanie R. Larson
What It Feels Like: Visceral Rhetoric and the Politics of Rape Culture
Pennsylvania State University Press, 2021
2021: Allison L. Rowland
Zoetropes and the Politics of Humanhood
The Ohio State University Press, 2020
Honorable mention:
- Nathan R. Johnson, Architects of Memory: Information and Rhetoric in a Networked Archival Age (University of Alabama Press, 2020)
- Heidi Yoston Lawrence, Vaccine Rhetorics (The Ohio State University Press, 2020).
2020: John Lynch
The Origin of Bioethics: Remembering When Medicine Went Wrong
Michigan State University Press, 2019
Honorable mention:
- Emma Bloomfield, Communication Strategies for Engaging Climate Skeptics (Routledge, 2020)
- Morgan G. Ames, The Charisma Machine (MIT Press, 2019)
2019: Christa Teston
Bodies in Flux: Scientific Methods for Negotiating Medical Uncertainty
University of Chicago Press, 2017
Honorable mention:
- Amy Koerber, From Hysteria to Hormones: A Rhetorical History (Pennsylvania State University Press, 2018)
- Ian E. J. Hill, Advocating Weapons, War, and Terrorism: Technological and Rhetorical Paradox (Pennsylvania State University Press, 2018)