Five Years Out: The Rhetoric of Science and Technology Looks to its Past and Future

Session Submission Type: Panel Discussion

Abstract

The Rhetoric of Science and Technology (ROST) has developed into a thriving sub-field of rhetorical scholarship. ROST encompasses close textual and argumentation scholarship as well as research on the intersection of rhetorical issues with cultural and socio-technical problems, artifacts, and sites. Scholars have written on biology, chemistry, engineering, medicine, nanotechnology, physics, environmentalism, genetics, psychology, mathematics, and other important topics. The Association for the Rhetoric of Science and Technology (ARST) has had a long association with NCA, and as NCA approaches its 100th anniversary, we welcome the opportunity to look at the past and future of ROST scholarship in this panel discussion. Many noted scholars will provide short position statements, and then we will welcome comment and discussion.

Sub Unit

• Association for Rhetoric of Science and Technology

Cosponsor

• Five Years Out Programs

Chair

• Gregory Wilson, Iowa State University

Presenters

• Carolyn Miller, North Carolina State University

• William Keith, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

• Lisa Keranen, University of Colorado, Boulder

• Carl Herndl, Iowa State University

• Leah Ceccarelli, University of Washington

• John Lyne, Univ of Pittsburgh

• Randy Allen Harris, University of Waterloo

• Erin Wais-Hennen, Lindsey Wilson College

Session Organizer

• Gregory Wilson, Iowa State University