22 July 2016 by Lisa Meloncon In what follows I briefly describe the process that we took in reviewing proposals for the proposed volume The Rhetoric of Health and Medicine As/Is: Theories and Concepts for an Emerging Field. Since the editors (Scott Graham, Jenell Johnson, […]
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#Medrhet & the Job Market
As we’re moving through the summer, the social media crew (Maria Novotny, Lori Beth De Hertogh, and Rachel Bloom-Polar) have been posting some intriguing topics on twitter and the Flux Facebook group. We’re working toward having some additional content appear here to intersect with those […]
Voting is open CCCCs Med Rhet Standing Group Elections
Per our by-laws we’re set to elect an Associate Chair and Member-at-Large this year. Those of you who identify as a scholar of the rhetoric of health and medicine and are also members of the CCCCs are eligible to vote. (We’re on the honor system […]
Submit!! Rhetoric of Health and Medicine As/Is
Deadline extended due to lots of questions and requests for extensions. New due date for proposals is June 15, 2016 Please consider submitting to the following. We are especially interested in a wide variety of voices and innovative proposals. This is your chance to help […]
CCCC 2017 Standing Group Proposals
It’s time to submit proposals for CCCC 2017 Medical Rhetoric Standing Group Panel. See the CFP below!! —— The field of the rhetoric of health and medicine (RHM) has come a long way since Judy Segal described it as a “subfield” (2005, p. 312). With […]
Professors, Let’s Go (and Get Credit for Going) Public
4 April 16 by Erin Trauth Before entering academia, I worked as a full-time journalist, writing features and news for a daily paper. Now, though my career focus has changed since choosing the path of an academic, my interest in journalistic work has not waned. […]
Strategies for Public Work
by: Lisa Meloncon As some in the community are about to get together at the ATTW Conference and the CCCC conference, the Medical Rhetoric Standing Group will convene for its first meeting since the move from a special interest group to a standing group. Thus, […]
Public-ness and the CDC
13 March 2016 by Lisa Meloncon One of my goals for 2016 was to blog more. While I’ve made progress on that front in a other places, I haven’t managed to work this blog into the regular rotation, but I’m desperately trying to find a […]
You are not alone.
posted by Lisa Meloncon As some of you know, I’m part of the steering committee of Women in Technical Communication, which is a group dedicated to doing mentoring better. (And hey, we just won an award.) We’ve found in our research that existing models of […]
Define medical rhetoric?!?
posted by Lisa Meloncon Over on twitter, the discussion got started on defining medical rhetoric. I liked this idea a lot because I know that under the big tent of rhetoric we approach research from different perspectives. Heifferon and Brown (2008) argued in their book […]
