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Graham and Hopkins’ 2020 ARSTM@NCA precon presentation became an article!

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… Read More »Graham and Hopkins’ 2020 ARSTM@NCA precon presentation became an article!

Call for Preconference Program (Co-)Chair(s): ARSTM@RSA 2022

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… Read More »Call for Preconference Program (Co-)Chair(s): ARSTM@RSA 2022

Accepting nominations for the Article of the Year Award

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,… Read More »Accepting nominations for the Article of the Year Award

Accepting Nominations for the 2021 ARSTM Book 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 devastod@gvsu.edu. Nominations should be sent as a PDF email attachment and received by June 1, 2021. Initial nominations:… Read More »Accepting Nominations for the 2021 ARSTM Book Award

Past ARSTM officer Molly Kessler’s article selected for inclusion in the Best of the Journals in Rhetoric and Composition 2021!

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… Read More »Past ARSTM officer Molly Kessler’s article selected for inclusion in the Best of the Journals in Rhetoric and Composition 2021!

ARSTM’s commitment to supporting AAPI people and causes, and denouncing white supremacy and anti-Asian hate

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… Read More »ARSTM’s commitment to supporting AAPI people and causes, and denouncing white supremacy and anti-Asian hate

Olman and DeVasto’s ARSTM@NCA 2020 precon presentation published in CDQ

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… Read More »Olman and DeVasto’s ARSTM@NCA 2020 precon presentation published in CDQ

Butts and Jones’ 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… Read More »Butts and Jones’ ARSTM@NCA 2020 precon presentation published in CDQ