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<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Dear Colleagues, </p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The <i style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">RHM</i> Co-Editors Kim Hensley Owens and Cathryn
Molloy, along with Associate Editor Bryna Siegel Finer, are thrilled to
announce the publication of the inaugural<b style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> “Graphic RHM” column</b>,
co-edited by Catherine Gouge and Blake Scott, as part of issue 6.4! </p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">In their introduction, Catherine and Blake consider how this
column functions as “a new ‘dwelling place’ for RHM work in comic form,
especially work that takes the field into new multimodal, transdisciplinary,
and inclusive directions.”</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Check out the comics and artist statements in <a href="http://medicalrhetoric.com/graphicRHM/home/archive/column-1/" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Column
One</b></a>, featuring work by Erin Fitzgerald, Kelly Dozier, KC Councilor,
Maja Milkowska-Shibata, Erin Kathleen Bahl, and Catherine and Blake.</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">For more about Graphic RHM, including how to submit, go to
the column’s <a href="http://medicalrhetoric.com/graphicRHM/" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">home page</a>.
Please send any questions or suggestions about the column to Catherine and
Blake at <a href="mailto:GraphicRHM@gmail.com" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">GraphicRHM@gmail.com</a>.<span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">  </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Please note that the </span><a href="http://medicalrhetoric.com/" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">medicalrhetoric.com</span></a><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> website will be
undergoing some needed upgrades in the coming weeks, so make sure to check back
if you are not able to view something on the site right away.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Happy reading!</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Best,</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Brittany</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Brittany Smart</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">, Ph.D., she/her</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Assistant Editor, </span><a href="https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fjournals.upress.ufl.edu%2Frhm&data=05%7C01%7Cbrittany.smart%40louisville.edu%7C8370b8a628f4456350c208db6b9b7b3b%7Cdd246e4a54344e158ae391ad9797b209%7C0%7C0%7C638222087751193990%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=C5nfi46w5HMe8dAfn8A%2BR%2Bat7WjvE5hbSRJOijr6UB8%3D&reserved=0" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><i style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:rgb(5,99,193)">Rhetoric of Health
and Medicine</span></i></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Indiana University School of
Medicine</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a href="mailto:brsmart@iu.edu" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">brsmart@iu.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"> </span></p>





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