[ATTW-L] Inaugural ARSTM Book Award

[Roundtree, Aimee K]

Dear Friends and Colleagues:

The Association for the Rhetoric of Science, Technology, and Medicine (ARSTM) is seeking nominations for our new Book Award. Eligible books are those published in the previous two years. Nominations are due by June 1 of each year. Please find a full call below and at http://www.arstmonline.org/awards/arstm-book-award/.

We look forward to your nominations!

Sincerely,

Aimee Kendall Roundtree, Ph.D.
Chair, ARSTM Book Award Committee
Professor & Director, Master of Arts in Technical Communication Program, Department of English
Associate Dean, College of Liberal Arts
Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication
Texas State University
601 University Drive
San Marcos, TX 78666
512-245-2317
akr at txstate.edu<mailto:akr at txstate.edu>

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2019 ARSTM Book Award


The Association for the Rhetoric of Science, Technology, and Medicine (ARSTM) Book Award recognizes exceptional books that advance the rhetoric of science, technology, or medicine. Any book published in the preceding two years is eligible. For example, books eligible for the 2019 award would have been published in 2017 or 2018).

Criteria for evaluation are as follows:

1. How well the book extends or enacts practical and theoretical knowledge related to the rhetoric of science, technology, and medicine;

2. Its potential for cross-disciplinary fertilization and/or public engagement;

3. Its potential for teaching future generations of rhetoric of science, technology, and medicine scholars;
4. The accuracy, clarity, and organization of the book’s presentation;

5. The overall quality of writing and thinking.


Nominations should be sent by someone well acquainted with the nominee’s work; self-nominations are encouraged.

Judging follows a two-stage review process.

The initial nomination package must include an electronic copy of (1) a cover letter recommending the book for the award (limited to two pages and providing a detailed rationale for the nomination), (2) a table of contents for the book, and (3) the introduction and a single representative chapter from the book.

Following a preliminary selection process, finalists will be notified.  Full copies of manuscripts that advance to the final round will be requested for delivery to each committee member by July 15.
Recipients will be recognized at the ARSTM business meeting during the National Communication Association in November of the award year and will receive a plaque and a one-year membership in ARSTM.

While each book is eligible for two years after its publication date, it must be specifically re-nominated the second year of eligibility in order to be reconsidered. Re-nomination requires resubmitting the nomination package as the members of the awards committee change year-to-year. If you were a finalist in the previous year, full copies of the book will only be required for any new committee members, not the entire committee.

Note: Lead authors who have won previously cannot be nominated again within 5 years.

Send nomination packages electronically to Aimee Kendall Roundtree, Chair of the Book Award Committee, at akr at txstate.edu<mailto:akr at txstate.edu>. Nominations should be sent as a PDF e-mail attachment and received by June 1, 2019.

Book Award Committee

The Committee is appointed every year by the ARSTM President; it will include at least one previous winner and two other members of ARSTM selected to ensure representation of the major fields of interest: science, technology, and medicine. The President will appoint committee members with experience writing, publishing, reviewing, and judging books in the field of rhetorical studies of science, technology, and medicine. One member of each year’s committee will be appointed to serve a two-year term—one year as a member and another as chair.  If the winner has cause not to participate, the President will appoint an alternative person to serve a one-year term.

Members for 2019
Aimee Kendall Roundtree (Chair), Professor, Texas State University
Danielle DeVasto, Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Robin E. Jensen, Professor, University ofa Utah
John Lyne, Professor, University of Pittsburgh
Ashley Rose Mehlenbacher, Assistant Professor, University of Waterloo
Carolyn Miller, Emeritus Professor, North Carolina State University



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