<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><i>*(Please excuse the cross-listing)</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Dear Friends and Colleagues—</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The Association for the Rhetoric of Science, Technology, and
Medicine (ARSTM) is seeking nominations for our Article of the Year award from
the last year (2018). Nominations are due by April 15^th, 2019, and
you will find a full call below. Please </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">see
<a href="http://www.arstmonline.org/awards/arstm-article-of-the-year-award/" style="color:blue">this
page</a> for a list of previous awardees. 
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">We look forward to your nominations!</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Dr. Melissa </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Carrion,
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Chair,
ARSTM Article of the Year</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">2019 ARSTM Article of the Year</span></b></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The Association for the Rhetoric of Science, Technology, and
Medicine's (ARSTM) Article of the Year Award recognizes the most outstanding
article on the rhetoric of science, technology, and medicine published the
preceding calendar year.<br>
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Criteria for selection are as follows:<br>
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1. How well the article extends and/or enacts practical and theoretical
knowledge related to the rhetoric of science, technology, and medicine<br>
2. The article’s potential for cross-disciplinary fertilization and/or public engagement</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><br>
</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">3. The article’s potential for teaching future generations
of rhetoric of science, technology, and medicine scholars<br>
4. The overall quality of writing and thinking.<br>
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Nominations should be sent by someone well acquainted with the nominee’s work.
Self-nominations are encouraged. The nomination must include 1) a cover letter
recommending the article for the award (limited to two pages and providing a
detailed rationale for the nomination) and 2) the article being nominated. Note:
Lead authors who have won previously cannot be nominated again within 5 years.<br>
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Send nominations electronically to Melissa Carrion, Chair of the selection
committee, at </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="mailto:mcarrion@georgiasouthern.edu">mcarrion@georgiasouthern.edu</a></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">.
Nominations for the 2019 award, which honors work published during 2018, should
be sent as a PDF e-mail attachment and received by April 15th, 2019. Recipients
will be recognized at the ARSTM business meeting at the National Communication
Association in Baltimore, MD in November 2019, and will receive a one-year
membership to ARSTM.</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Awards
Committee:</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Melissa L.
Carrion (Chair), Assistant Professor, Georgia Southern University</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Kenneth
Walker, Assistant Professor, The University of Texas at San Antonio</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Davi Thornton, </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Assistant
Professor, North Carolina A&T State University</span></p><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000" size="1" face="georgia, serif">Melissa L. Carrion, Ph.D.</font></div><div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000" size="1" face="georgia, serif">Assistant Professor of Professional and Technical Communication</font></div><div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000" size="1" face="georgia, serif"><br></font><div><font color="#000000" size="1" face="georgia, serif">Department of Writing and Linguistics<br></font></div><div><font color="#000000" size="1" face="georgia, serif">Georgia Southern University</font></div><div><font color="#000000" size="1" face="georgia, serif"><font><span style="line-height:16.12px">1332 Southern Drive</span><span style="line-height:17px;white-space:pre-wrap"> | </span></font><font><span style="line-height:17px;white-space:pre-wrap">P.O. Box 8026</span></font></font></div><div><font color="#000000" size="1" face="georgia, serif">Statesboro, GA 30458</font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>