Announcement: The Edwina L. Sanders Award for Outstanding Work on the Rhetoric of Health Inequities RHM scholars are committed to justice in the ever-widening spheres of health and medicine, a pervasiveness of ethics that John A. Lynch (2020) suggests is inseparable from the work we do. […]
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Interview with Raymond David Rosas: Issue 6.1
Interview with Raymond D. Rosas, author of “From Junkies to Victims: The Racial Projects of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986 and the U.S. Opioid Epidemic.” Rosas’ article was recently published in issue 6.1 Rhetoric of Health and Medicine. In this interview, assistant editor Amy […]
Graphic RHM: An Interview with Drs. Gouge and Scott
The Rhetoric of Health and Medicine journal is now welcoming submissions for a new digital, open access column dedicated to the intersection of Graphic Medicine and the Rhetoric of Health and Medicine (RHM)! In advance of the first column, I chatted with column editors, Dr. Catherine […]
RHM Third Thursdays Are Back
Third Thursdays are informal gatherings where you can come together with other people in the RHM community, held on the third Thursday of every month. This semester’s dates are September 15, October 20, November 17, and December 15, 2022. We often have a topic, but […]
Announcement and Call for Submissions for “Graphic RHM”
Announcement and Call for Submissions for “Graphic RHM” a new digital column for the journal Rhetoric of Health and Medicine We invite your submissions for a new digital, open access journal column dedicated to the intersection of Graphic Medicine and the Rhetoric of Health […]
An Interview with Dr. Jacob Justice: Issue 5.4
An Interview with Dr. Jacob Justice, author of “Corporeal Anxiety: Representations of Disability in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Tips from Former Smokers Messages.” Dr. Justice’s article was recently published in issue 5.4 of Rhetoric of Health and Medicine. In this interview, assistant […]
Interview with Dr. Elizabeth Hintz (Issue 5.3)
Dr. Hintz’s article, “Childfree Sterilization: A Normative Rhetorical Theory Analysis of Paradoxical Dilemmas Encountered by Childfree Patients and Providers,” will be published in an upcoming issue of RHM. In this interview, assistant editor, Amy Reed, asked Dr. Hintz about the origins of this scholarship, its […]
Graphic Medicine and RHM Survey
Graphic Medicine + RHM Survey—Invitation to Participate We have created a short survey (should not take more than 10 min to complete) to gather your perspectives about the potential use of comics within the Rhetoric of Health and Medicine (RHM) field, broadly construed. Note that […]
Join Us for RHM Third Thursdays
Third Thursdays are informal gatherings where you can come together with other people in the RHM community, held on the third Thursday of every month. This semester’s dates are February 17, March 17, and April 21, 2022. We often have a topic, but mostly, Third […]
CFP: Special Issue of Rhetoric of Health and Medicine, “In Living Color: Amplifying Racial Justice Work in RHM”
Rhetoric of Health & Medicine Special Issue CFP In Living Color: Amplifying Racial Justice Work in RHM Earlier this year, the CDC declared racism a “serious threat to public health.” Likewise, cities and […]