Our Radioactive Neighbors Collaborative Imagination, Community Futures, and Nuclear Siting Practices How might living next door to nuclear waste shape a community’s future? The United States and other countries around the world are seeking long-term solutions for the spent fuel produced by nuclear power plants. In the process, neighboring communities are being asked to consider Continue Reading »
Rhetorical Ecologies Editors: Sidney I. Dobrin and Madison Jones Format: EPUB+ZIP Publication Date: September 2024 Rhetorical Ecologies invites you on a transformative journey through the history of writing and rhetoric studies’ adoption of ecology, situating this history in rich discussions about: Rather than attempting to outline a complete map of rhetorical ecologies as a unified concept, this book and its contributors Continue Reading »
Inventing Ecosystems The Rhetoric of Science in an Ecological Age Madison P. Jones Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Media and Environmental Communication (PSMEC) About this book This open access book examines the origins of the “ecosystem” concept through the perspective of the rhetoric of science and technology. Studying the pioneering work of ecosystems ecologists Eugene and Howard T. Odum, Continue Reading »
DECODINGS Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts Newsletter January 2026, Vol. 31, No.1 *SLSA 2026 RATIO ETHICA: University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil *SLSA Membership: Join/Renew *Elections and Appointments: 2nd VP, Member-at-large, graduate liaisons *New Book Series: Proximities: Experiments in Nearness *Call for Volunteer Ombudspersons*Policies:Respectful Behavior and Freedom of Speech*Social Media & Website Redesign *AnthropoScene Book Continue Reading »
Greetings! If you would like to get more involved in SLSA, we encourage you to nominate yourself (self-nominations are the norm) for one of three leadership opportunities, depending on where you are in your academic journey: 1) SLSA is seeking a new Second Vice-President whose term would begin at the SLSA conference in fall 2026. The Second Continue Reading »
The Fifth Plague Cattle, Contagion, and the Medical Posthumanities By Lucinda Cole This book examines murrain, or mass mortalities of cattle, in ways that bridge the gap between animal studies and the health humanities. Beginning with early modern European disease ecologies but informed by contemporary epidemiological and ecological concerns, The Fifth Plague offers a new historical approach to literary Continue Reading »
Climate Imagination Dispatches from Hopeful Futures Edited by Joey Eschrich and Ed Finn A clarion call for visions of vibrant, hopeful climate futures, bringing together global voices to share stories of resilient communities based in real science. When we think of climate, the stories we tell about the future are often catastrophic: megastorms, crop failures, and heat waves Continue Reading »
Animal Illness and the Literary Imagination: A Cultural History of Animal Disease Management Raymond Malewitz, Oregon State University Published: December 2025 This book shows how major literary works from the eighteenthcentury to the present not only reflect but also shape the thoughts and anxieties of people struggling to navigate crises brought about by animal diseases Continue Reading »
Texas A&M University: College of Performance, Visualization, & Fine Arts: College of Performance, Visualization, & Fine Arts (Department) Location: College Station, TX Open Date: Oct 30, 2025 The College of Performance, Visualization & Fine Arts (PVFA) at Texas A&M University invites applications for a full-time, nine-month, tenure-track appointment at the rank of Assistant Professor in Performance & Visual Studies, beginning in Fall 2026. The Visual, Continue Reading »
Department Chair – Michigan Technological University The Department of Humanities at Michigan Technological University seeks an experienced scholar and leader with a commitment to interdisciplinarity to serve as department chair at the rank of full professor or associate professor nearing promotion to full in line with Michigan Tech. The Chair will lead our collaborative, multidisciplinary department in implementing a Continue Reading »
