Blog

23 April 2020  by Lisa Melonçon Over at the journal, Rhetoric of Health and Medicine, we continue to work hard in moving manuscripts through review, and we’ve also been working through proposals for RHM’s fourth (!)  special issue on the rhetoric of chronicity. As I’ve […]

cross-posted with permission from the author by: Kirk St.Amant Download a PDF of this information The COVID-19 pandemic is prompting communication professionals to examine ways they might help their communities. As the pandemic unfolds, the question becomes: How can communication professionals meaningfully intervene in this […]

Rhetoric of Health and Medicine (RHM) Special Issue:  Rhetoric of Chronicity Guest Editors Lora Arduser and Jeff Bennett According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC, 2019), 6 in 10 adults in the United States has a chronic disease and 4 in 10 have two […]

For folks going to ATTW and CCCCs March 24-28 in Milwaukee, WI, following are some RHM events. (If you have a question or event to add, contact Lisa.) RHM Happy Hour Thursday, March 26 from 4-30ish-6:00 Rock Bottom restaurant and Brewery about .3 miles from […]

Download a PDF of the call: Food as Medicine. (*.pdf) Proposal due: October 15, 2019 to rhm.journal.editors@gmail.com Sociologist Deborah Lupton wrote that “food has become profoundly medicalised in its association with health, illness and disease” (2000, p. 205). Historically, diet has, indeed, always been part of […]

Call for “Ethical Exposure” Essays: Ethical Quandaries and Conundrums in RHM Research Practice Raquel Baldwinson’s (2018) commentary in vol. 1, no. 3-4 of the Rhetoric of Health & Medicineraised important questions for scholars in our field about how we conceptualize, articulate, and advocate for our […]

Planning a symposium or conference can be a lot of fun. But, there’s also the downside, and that is, having to tell people no. Having done a few events, I try to make sure that I am being as kind as possible even with “no” […]

RHM is now accepting traditional book reviews. These book reviews will be assigned to an issue and published as an open access supplement to the journal at https://stars.library.ucf.edu/rhm/ Should you want to a review a book, please use the following guidelines. If you have any […]

RSA 2020 The RSA 2020 call has come out. RHM scholars have typically had a strong showing. If you want assistance in forming panels or please join us for Third Thursday on 3-21-19 or find us on Facebook in the Flux group. CCCC 2020 While […]

It’s that time of the year when RHM scholars convene at the CCCC’s conference. We always have activities planned so we would love to welcome new friends and to catch up with old friends. Meet the Editors You can meet the editors of Rhetoric of […]