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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Dear Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">We are excited to share with you the ARSTM@RSA Preconference 2022 call for proposals copied below and attached. Please feel free to share with other colleagues. If you have any questions,
please contact Diane Martinez and Drew Virtue at <a href="mailto:arstm.rsa2022@gmail.com">
arstm.rsa2022@gmail.com</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Diane Martinez and Drew Virtue<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">ARSTM@RSA: Global Health: Rhetorical Transformations in a Time of Crisis<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">May 25, 2022, Baltimore Marriott Waterfront, Baltimore, Maryland<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The COVID-19 pandemic pulled back the curtain on a host of global health crises and issues that need solutions which will prioritize and promote health, wellness, and equity. According to
Benatar and Brock (2021), “improving and promoting global health continues to be one of the largest and most important challenges facing humanity in the twenty-first century” (p. 1). Thus, for this year’s ARSTM preconference to RSA, we invite you to consider
how the rhetoric of science, technology, and medicine relate to, intersect, and influence global health.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH), an organization established in 2008 and comprised of 170 academic institutions and organizations worldwide that are committed to
addressing global health issues (CUGH, “About/Mission-Vision,” 2021), define global health as:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">[A]n area for study, research, and practice that places a priority on improving health and achieving equity in health for all people worldwide. Global health emphasizes
transnational health issues, determinants, and solutions; involves many disciplines within and beyond the health sciences and promotes interdisciplinary collaboration; and is a synthesis of population-based prevention with individual-level clinical care. (Merson,
Black, & Mills, 2020, p. xxii)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Using this definition as a foundation, it opens conversations that move beyond a strict biological definition of health and invites collaboration and discussion about relationships, how
global health is a matrix of issues that intersect and affect one another. For instance, health is embedded within various systems, including communities (Ding, 2014; Gonzales, 2018; Singhal & Dura, 2017), economies (Dingo & Scott, 2012), technologies (Graham
& Ghotra, 2021; Walwema, 2020), and academic and professional disciplines. Additionally, global health is related to law, geopolitics, the environment, medicine, and so much more. And when discussing global health, numerous injustices come to light, many uncovered
by the recent COVID-19 pandemic, such as racial injustice and inequities in education, healthcare, and the workforce. It is, however, a time for transformation, a time for solutions. Thus, for the 2022 ARSTM preconference, we invite papers that explore scientific,
technological, and medical associations regarding causes, solutions, and the importance of solving global health issues. Possible avenues for this discussion might be found by addressing one of the following questions:
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">What are other definitions of global health, and what ideologies are embedded in those definitions? Likewise, how should global health be defined considering its complexity?
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">In what ways are national laws, policies, and other conversations regarding health negligent in considering race, culture, gender, and socioeconomic status? What does justice
and inclusion look like in terms of global health? <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">What social and humane issues are neglected in national and international laws and policies? What can be done to rectify these current injustices?
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">What are some reasons for poor health? How might those issues be improved or irradicated?
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">How might cross-cultural and transnational collaborations address issues of and improve global health situations in multiple countries?
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">What has been the focus of transnational interactions regarding global health? How inclusive or exclusionary are transnational conversations?
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">What kinds of interdisciplinary work are needed to improve global health?<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">What roles do technology and digital literacy play in global health disparities and solutions?<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">How do issues of access to science, technology, and medicine interconnect to global health?<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">How do environmental factors intersect with global health situations?
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">What political, philosophical, or ideological factors influence health laws and policies?<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<h3><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><i>How do I submit a proposal to give a paper/presentation at the ARSTM@RSA 2022 preconference?</i><o:p></o:p></span></h3>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">In an individual abstract of 300 words or fewer (not including a bibliography), detail how your paper and/or presentation will
further our understanding of global health in relation to rhetoric of science, technology, and medicine as a research site and/or as a professional space. Panels consisting of three to four presentations may be 300 words or fewer per presenter (not including
a bibliography) as well as a 200-word panel abstract. Panel members should be from multiple institutions.
<b>Abstracts are due by January 21, 2022</b>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Send your abstract as an attachment without any identifying information to Diane Martinez and Drew Virtue at
</span><a href="mailto:arstm.rsa2022@gmail.com"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">arstm.rsa2022@gmail.com</span></a><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">. Please use “ARSTM Preconference Submission” as your email subject, and provide
your preferred contact information and the contact information for any co-authors in the email body. Any questions about this CFP and the ARSTM@RSA 2022 preconference may be addressed to Diane Martinez and Drew Virtue at
</span><a href="mailto:arstm.rsa2022@gmail.com"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">arstm.rsa2022@gmail.com</span></a><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">For more details about the preconference, please be sure to
</span><a href="https://www.arstmonline.org/listserv/"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">subscribe to the ARSTM listserv</span></a><u><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:blue">
</span></u><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">or visit our Facebook or Twitter pages (@RhetSTM),</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> where we’ll share announcements and other details about the preconference over
the coming months.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Dates <o:p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Abstracts due</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">: January 21, 2022<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Notification</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">
<b>of acceptance</b>: February 18, 2022<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Date of preconference</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">: May 25, 2022<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">References<br>
Benatar, S. and Brock, G. (2021). <i>Global Health: Ethical Challenges</i>. Cambridge University Press.
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Consortium of Universities for Global Health. (2021). “Mission and Vision.” Retrieved from https://www.cugh.org/about/mission-vision/<br>
Ding, H. (2014). <i>Rhetoric of a global epidemic: Transcultural communication about SARS</i>. Southing Illinois University Press.
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Dingo, R. and Scott, J.B. (2012). <i>The megarhetorics of global development</i>. University of Pittsburgh Press.
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Gonzales, L. (2018). <i>Sites of translation: What multilinguals can teach us about digital writing and rhetoric</i>. University of Michigan Press.
<a href="https://doi.org/10.3998/mpub.9952377">https://doi.org/10.3998/mpub.9952377</a><br>
Graham, S. S. and Ghotra, T. (2021). Metric selection and promotional language in health artificial intelligence.
<a href="https://doi.org/10/1101/2021.09.27.21264169">https://doi.org/10/1101/2021.09.27.21264169</a><br>
Merson, M.H., Black, R.E., and Mills, A.J. (2020). <i>Global Health: Diseases, Programs, Systems, and Policies</i>. Jones and Bartlett Learning.
<br>
Walwema, J. (2020). The WHO health alert: Communicating a global pandemic with WhatsApp.
<i>Journal of Business and Technical Communication, 35</i>(1), 35-40. https://doi.org/10.1177/1050651920958507<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Drew Virtue<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Associate Professor<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">English Department<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Western Carolina University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">828-227-3936 <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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