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As announced at the 2023 RHM Symposium, the process of formalizing a Rhetoric of Health and Medicine (RHM) Society is currently underway. A basic Society framework was created in 2019 as part of the RHM Symposium’s evolution into a standalone nonprofit entity that also encompasses […]

A few announcements from the Medical Rhetoric Standing Group (MRSG) about events at CCCC next week: Medical Rhetoric Standing Group Meeting The CCCC MRSG will meet Thursday, February 16 from 6:30-7:30 pm in Salon A-2. After the meeting, interested attendees will walk to Weather Mark Tavern. If […]

Please see this call for nominations from the CCCC Medical Rhetoric Standing Group’s  Associate Chair, Lucía Durá: We enthusiastically invite you to nominate yourself or someone else to run for two open officer positions in the Medical Rhetoric Standing Group (MRSG): Associate Chair and At-Large Member. Aside from […]

Call for RHM Symposium Co-Chair EXTENDED Submission deadline: February 1st, 2022! The current chair and advisory committee for the Rhetoric of Health & Medicine (RHM) Symposium invite applications (letter of interest and CV) for a new co-chair! We are beginning a new process of staggering […]

The Rhetoric of Health and Medicine would like to extend a heartfelt welcome to our new assistant editors: Molly Margaret Kessler, Fernando Sánchez, Bryna Siegel Finer, & Erin Trauth. We are excited for this next chapter in RHM’s story, and we look forward to the […]

by: Michelle Sonnenberg As you plan your courses, keep the new issue of Rhetoric of Health and Medicine 3(4) in mind. This issue has a special section on ethics. The essays from this special section continue RHM’s commitment to an ongoing examination of ethics which […]

Cathryn Molloy, James Madison University Erin Trauth, High Point University Description RHM Assisant Editor Podcast Interview with Dr. David Gruber and Dr. Jason Kalin on their article,”Gut Rhetorics: Towards Experiments in Living with Microbiota” Recommended Citation Molloy, Cathryn and Trauth, Erin (2018) “Assistant Editors’ Interview with Dr. […]

CFP:Rhetoric of Health and Medicine 2020 Special Issue “Interrogating the Past and Shaping the Future of Mental Health Rhetoric Research” ** Download CFP (*.pdf) In the inaugural issue of the Rhetoric of Health & Medicine (RHM)J. Fred Reynolds (2018) offered a “A Short History of […]

note: this is a guest blog by Rachael Lussos, who shares with us a summary of the VCRHM. It’s wonderful to be able to share RHM activities and events. RHM is a vibrant community and events like VCRHM help raise our profile and are experiences […]