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Two more (very important) reminders: 1. Join the ARSTM listserv (www.arstmonline.org/listserv/) for regular updates from us! 👍 2. Don’t forget to become an official ARSTM member! Click here for more information: www.arstmonline.org/membership/. 👋 #ARSTM 7/7

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Contact information for the author(s), including affiliation, position, and email address, is required, as is a copy of the nominated article or chapter. Email materials to smarekmuller@gmail.com, and use the subject header "Nomination: ARSTM Article of the Year Award." 📨 6/7

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... 1. Enact practical and/or theoretical knowledge related to the field, 2. Generate cross-disciplinary and/or public engagement, 3. Be used in teaching, 4. Involve inclusive language, examples, and citational practices, and 5. Include quality writing and thinking. 5/7

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Article of the Year Info 🏅 ARSTM also seeks nominations for the most outstanding ARSTM-related article or book chapter published in 2025. Authors are encouraged to self-nominate. Criteria include the article/chapter’s ability to… 4/7

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The Association for the Rhetoric of Science, Technology, and Medicine invites nominations for this year’s book award. The ARSTM Book Award celebrates outstanding books that advance the understanding o...

Books published during the past two calendar years (2024 - 2025) are eligible, and self-nominations are welcome! Complete criteria and submission dates can be found here: telegra.ph/2026-ARSTM-B.... Next up, Article of the Year information 📜 3/7

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Book Award Info 🏅 Books are evaluated based upon their contributions to the rhetoric of science, technology, and medicine, potential to foster connections and engagement with the public, usefulness in teaching, presentation, and overall quality. 2/7

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It’s that time of year, Everyone! Time to submit your nominations for the ARSTM Book Award AND Article of the Year Award! 🎉 First up, the Book Award 📚 1/7

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When to Submit: By August 15th. Where: POROI's submission system: pubs.lib.uiowa.edu/poroi/submis.... How: Include a note with your submission, stating that it is for the special issue on impact. Have any questions? Send them to Benjamin Firgens: b.a.firgens@msmary.edu. 👍 #ARSTM 4/4

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3. How we can conceptualize equitable impacts, in terms of how research is conducted, supported, and who it benefits Academic essays (2000+ words), multimedia projects, video and/or audio essays, interactive digital works, and other experimental forms are all encouraged! 3/4

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Possible topics might include, but are not limited to, questions and ideas such as: 1. How rhetoricians conceptualize impact despite scientific and medical misinformation, 2. What rhetorical histories contribute to conversations about the impact of the sciences, and… 2/4

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ARSTM @rhetstm.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Does any of your work address “impact”? 🤔 If so, get ready to submit it to an upcoming special issue of POROI! The special issue provides a place to extend conversations from ARSTM’s 2026 RSA preconference. 1/4

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This event will bring together leading scholars of rhetorical stylistics, construction grammar, and computational linguistics, all of whom are working at the intersection of figurative patterns and grammatical constructions in the context of neurocognitive exemplar models and machine learning. 2/3

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ARSTM @rhetstm.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

⁉️ Guess what, ARSTM friends? ⁉️ The University of Waterloo is hosting a fantastic event that we are psyched for! Beginning on Thursday, May 28, Rhetoricon Symposium: Figures & Constructions, Constructions & Figures is being held at @uwaterloo.ca. 1/3

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... engineering, and medicine/health. If that sounds like a book you have in mind, please send it our way! Last year’s Book Café was a great success. Let's celebrate even more of your awesome scholarship this year! 🎉 #ARSTMNCA #ARSTM 4/4

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… please email a link to the book’s publisher page before March 21 to lisa.keranen@ucdenver.edu and jmalkowski@csuchico.edu for consideration in the proposal for this year’s Café. 📨 The Café celebrates new, scholarly monographs related to science, tech, the environment... 3/4

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If: 1. You published a book related to ARSTM since last year’s NCA, OR 2. You wrote a book that will be published this year that should be included, OR 3. You didn’t even write a book yourself but know of one (or more!) that fits the bill… 2/4

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ARSTM @rhetstm.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Attention, book authors and book lovers everywhere! 📚📖📔 Want your book, or a book you’re a fan of, to be a part of the fourth Annual Book Café at the upcoming NCA convention? If so, now’s your chance! 😊 1/4

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They are seeking works examining rhetoric’s responsiveness to alterity, vulnerability, and difference, and hope you will submit your panels and/or papers for consideration. Info about how, when, and where to submit can be found here: wpa-announcements.tracigardner.com/2026/02/26/c.... #ARSTM 2/2

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CFP: UW-Madison Spring 2026 RSA Student Chapter Symposium

University of Wisconsin-Madison 2026 Spring Symposium Title: (Dis)Ruption: Rhetoric of Response and Ability Sponsored by ARTSM How do (dis)ruptions—social, bodily, political, technological—reconfig…

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ARSTM @rhetstm.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Attention, all students (both undergraduate and graduate)! 📣👋⭐ In collaboration with ARSTM, the University of Wisconsin-Madison is hosting an online symposium titled (Dis)Ruption: Rhetoric of Response and Ability - and we want YOU to submit your materials! 1/2

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Follow us across our socials, too! Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/rhet... Facebook: www.facebook.com/RhetSTM Twitter/X: x.com/RhetSTM #ARSTM #ARSTMNCA 3/3

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We look forward to seeing and connecting with new and returning ARSTM scholars at NCA as well as the preconference, and are excited to welcome new folks into our ARSTM community! 👋👍 For those who want to stay in the know, sign up for our listserv: artsservices.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/list.... 2/3

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Have you heard??? 👂👂👂 ARSTM’s call for submissions to both the NCA conference AND preconference at NCA are now online! 🙌 🥳 🎉 Follow this link (www.arstmonline.org/meetings/nca/) for more information about both calls, including how, when, where, and what to submit. 1/3

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Want more details? Click here (www.arstmonline.org/meetings/nca/) and scroll down ⬇️ for more information. #ARSTM #ARSTMNCA 3/3

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Please submit your proposals online by July 31. And, if you have any questions, leave them below or email the preconference coordinator Dr. Gabriel Cutrufello at gcutrufe@ycp.edu. 2/3

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D Greenwalt @dgeezy.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

More exciting NCA updates, Everyone! **drumroll please** 🥁 🥁🥁 The preconference call for ARSTM@NCA is now live! This year’s theme is “Circulation and Trust,” and asks how rhetoricians of science, tech, and medicine address questions of trust within and beyond our discipline. 1/3

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Happy to finally see this special issue out in the world! @rhetstm.bsky.social members produce quality and innovative scholarship pubs.lib.uiowa.edu/poroi/issue/...

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Kavi … @geryon.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

It’s been a delight & an education working with @randyallenharris.bsky.social on this paper in @rhetstm.bsky.social POROI on LLMs ability to synthesize rhetorical figures & linguistic constructions. Worth saying nothing I poast should be construed to reflect the views of my employer or supervisor!

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ARSTM @rhetstm.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

We will post additional details soon, but if you have any questions, leave them for us to respond to below! #ARSTM #ARSTMNCA 3/3

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ARSTM @rhetstm.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

We invite submissions that respond to the convention theme — Move/ments in Communication — as well as the rhetoric of science, technology, and medicine more generally. Please visit our website (www.arstmonline.org/meetings/nca/) for more detailed information. 2/3

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ARSTM @rhetstm.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

It’s that time of year again, everyone! ARSTM is now inviting submission of papers, paper sessions, and panel discussions for the upcoming 2026 NCA convention in New Orleans. Laissez les bons temps rouler! 🎉 🎊 🥳 1/3

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ARSTM @rhetstm.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Many thanks to all those who joined us for the third annual ARSTM Book Cafe! 📚 What a success! 🎉 Here are some of our photos from the event. Please feel free to tag yourselves, add your photos in the replies, and be sure to join us next year! #ARSTM #ARSTMNCA

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ARSTM @rhetstm.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

📣 Come one, come all, to ARSTM's Annual Book Cafe, to check out many recent (and wonderful!) ARSTM-related books. Swing by Willow Lake 03 Saturday from 4 to 5:15. Chat with authors, get books signed, and win prizes! Many thanks to Lisa Keränen & Jennifer Malkowski for organizing. #ARSTM #NCA2025

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Only THREE MORE DAYS, folks! Apply to join #ARSTM leadership... ... OR ELSE 🎃👻🐈‍⬛ #SpookySeason

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And, as always, you can stay up to date on the latest and greatest from ARSTM by: 1. signing up for our listserv (artsservices.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/list...), and 2. becoming a member (www.arstmonline.org/membership/). See you in May! 👋👍 #ARSTM 6/6

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Still have questions about the pre-conference? Send them our way! 📨 Email arstmrsa2026@gmail.com. 5/6

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While submissions may cover any ARSTM topic, priority is given to those related to the IMPACT theme. To submit, email anonymized materials to arstmrsa2026@gmail.com by 11/15/25. Use “ARSTM Preconference Submission” as the subject & include your contact information in the body of the email. 4/6

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Following RSA’s conference theme of Rhetorical In/Dignities, we invite submissions exploring how scholars can expand understandings of impact to address in/dignities existing in the academy and in society. 3/6

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Want to know more about the theme? 🤔 Rhetoricians of science, technology, and medicine provide valuable insights that enrich our understandings of impact, including how impact intersects with concepts like kairos, megethos, telos, and more. 2/6

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⏰ It’s time to submit to the #ARSTM pre-conference at the next RSA (@rhetsoc.bsky.social) meeting! 😀 Theme: IMPACT Abstracts Due: 11/15/25 Decisions: 1/3/26 Conference Date: 5/20/26 Please see our website for more detailed information on the conference: www.arstmonline.org/meetings/rsa/. 1/6

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To apply, please submit a brief statement (300 words or less) explaining: 1. your interest in any open position, and 2. any relevant experience to Michelle Gibbons (Michelle.Gibbons@unh.edu) by October 20th, 2025. We look forward to welcoming you to the team 😀 #ARSTM 5/5

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3. 2nd Web Administrator: This position helps maintain ARSTM’s website. This includes assisting with technical updates, collaborating, and sharing important information with members. This is a two-year commitment, eventually transitioning to the 1st Web Administrator role. 4/5

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2. 2nd Treasurer This positions helps manage our finances, including managing accounts, maintaining our tax status, keeping records, and generating reports of financial activity. This is a two-year commitment, eventually transitioning to the 1st Treasurer role. 3/5

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What do these positions involve? 1. 2nd Vice-President: This role is part of a succession structure, eventually moving into the VP and President roles. They assist with program planning, monitor our organization email, and help our VP and President more generally. 2/5

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