Madison Jones
@ecorhetor.bsky.social
Associate Professor, Writing/Natural Resources Science at URI; DWELL Lab Director, Senior Fellow at the Coastal Institute, and SciWrite Coordinator. Part time poet. Opinions those of my influencers. https://madisonpjones.com/
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How to Participate
PFAS Kitchen is a free AR experience can be accessed on a mobile device (Android or iOS) through Adobe Aero. STEEP is seeking users and feedback for our original augmented reality experience, PFAS Kitchen: web.uri.edu/steep/pfas-k...
PFAS Kitchen is a free AR experience can be accessed on a mobile device (Android or iOS) through Adobe Aero. STEEP is seeking users and feedback for our original augmented reality experience, PFAS Kitchen: web.uri.edu/steep/pfas-k...
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October 29, 2025 at 2:08 PM
How to Participate
PFAS Kitchen is a free AR experience can be accessed on a mobile device (Android or iOS) through Adobe Aero. STEEP is seeking users and feedback for our original augmented reality experience, PFAS Kitchen: web.uri.edu/steep/pfas-k...
PFAS Kitchen is a free AR experience can be accessed on a mobile device (Android or iOS) through Adobe Aero. STEEP is seeking users and feedback for our original augmented reality experience, PFAS Kitchen: web.uri.edu/steep/pfas-k...
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Please help share a resource DWELL Lab developed and our request for participation in a brief survey. The app will only be available to download until 11/6, so please help spread the word: web.uri.edu/steep/pfas-k...
October 29, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Please help share a resource DWELL Lab developed and our request for participation in a brief survey. The app will only be available to download until 11/6, so please help spread the word: web.uri.edu/steep/pfas-k...
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We've extended the deadline for submission to the 2026 ASLE Spotlight series on the #envhum to October 6! Read details and get your application in (it only take a few minutes) at www.asle.org/stay-informe...
October 2, 2025 at 5:07 PM
We've extended the deadline for submission to the 2026 ASLE Spotlight series on the #envhum to October 6! Read details and get your application in (it only take a few minutes) at www.asle.org/stay-informe...
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If you're a Rhode Island writer with a passion for science and the outdoors, this event is for you! The URI Department of Public and Professional Writing and @dwell-lab.bsky.social are hosting a local Write Out Oct. 16 & 17, 8 AM-5 PM, at North Woods! #uri #writeout
web.uri.edu/dwell/write-...
web.uri.edu/dwell/write-...
September 30, 2025 at 1:35 PM
If you're a Rhode Island writer with a passion for science and the outdoors, this event is for you! The URI Department of Public and Professional Writing and @dwell-lab.bsky.social are hosting a local Write Out Oct. 16 & 17, 8 AM-5 PM, at North Woods! #uri #writeout
web.uri.edu/dwell/write-...
web.uri.edu/dwell/write-...
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Here and Gone: PFAS Kitchen is available until 11/16/2025
PFAS Kitchen is a free augmented reality application developed by the DWELL that can be accessed on a mobile device (Android or iOS) through Adobe Aero. You can learn about the project and access the experience here: doi.org/10.23860/pfas
PFAS Kitchen is a free augmented reality application developed by the DWELL that can be accessed on a mobile device (Android or iOS) through Adobe Aero. You can learn about the project and access the experience here: doi.org/10.23860/pfas
PFAS Kitchen
As part of a collaboration between DWELL and STEEP, this project developed an interactive augmented reality experience designed to educate the general public about PFAS. Using Adobe Aero, viewers are ...
doi.org
September 17, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Here and Gone: PFAS Kitchen is available until 11/16/2025
PFAS Kitchen is a free augmented reality application developed by the DWELL that can be accessed on a mobile device (Android or iOS) through Adobe Aero. You can learn about the project and access the experience here: doi.org/10.23860/pfas
PFAS Kitchen is a free augmented reality application developed by the DWELL that can be accessed on a mobile device (Android or iOS) through Adobe Aero. You can learn about the project and access the experience here: doi.org/10.23860/pfas
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Our Assistant Director Erin Edmonds was published alongside the URI @dwell-lab.bsky.social team! The North Woods Project is a blend of AR, GIS mapping, web technologies, and field‑based methods showcasing the area as a vibrant site for learning and SciComm!
kairos.technorhetoric.net/30.1/topoi/j...
kairos.technorhetoric.net/30.1/topoi/j...
Kairos 30.1: Jones et al., North Woods Project: Mobilizing Digital Field Methods and Art-Based Research for Science Communication and Environmental Advocacy
This webtext juxtaposes six exercises in place-based writing, locative, media, and creative methods during the BioBlitz held at one of University of Rhode Island’s natural reserves. Joe Ahart and Madi...
kairos.technorhetoric.net
September 12, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Our Assistant Director Erin Edmonds was published alongside the URI @dwell-lab.bsky.social team! The North Woods Project is a blend of AR, GIS mapping, web technologies, and field‑based methods showcasing the area as a vibrant site for learning and SciComm!
kairos.technorhetoric.net/30.1/topoi/j...
kairos.technorhetoric.net/30.1/topoi/j...
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Join us for an introductory workshop on digital humanities tools! Visit drsmb.co/idh to register today! This workshop is open to all.
August 29, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Join us for an introductory workshop on digital humanities tools! Visit drsmb.co/idh to register today! This workshop is open to all.
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Carolyn Miller in the recent RSQ: "I will just question whether it’s helpful to think of rhetoric as having “methodologies.” Does this language engage in a kind of science-envy? Isn’t rhetoric, as a discipline, rather a set of questions, a habit of mind, an interpretive vocabulary?"
Rhetoric of Science: Reflections on the History and Future of the Field: A Dialogue with Carolyn R. Miller, Celeste M. Condit, and Lisa Keränen: Rhetoric Society Quarterly: Vol 55 , No 3 - Get Access
www.tandfonline.com
August 17, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Carolyn Miller in the recent RSQ: "I will just question whether it’s helpful to think of rhetoric as having “methodologies.” Does this language engage in a kind of science-envy? Isn’t rhetoric, as a discipline, rather a set of questions, a habit of mind, an interpretive vocabulary?"
We have a webtext in the incredible new issue of Kairos, "North Woods Project: Mobilizing Digital Field Methods and Art-Based Research for Science Communication and Environmental Advocacy." NOTE: the experience may take a moment to load. kairos.technorhetoric.net/30.1/topoi/j...
Kairos 30.1: Jones et al., North Woods Project: Mobilizing Digital Field Methods and Art-Based Research for Science Communication and Environmental Advocacy
This webtext juxtaposes six exercises in place-based writing, locative, media, and creative methods during the BioBlitz held at one of University of Rhode Island’s natural reserves. Joe Ahart and Madi...
kairos.technorhetoric.net
August 15, 2025 at 12:56 PM
We have a webtext in the incredible new issue of Kairos, "North Woods Project: Mobilizing Digital Field Methods and Art-Based Research for Science Communication and Environmental Advocacy." NOTE: the experience may take a moment to load. kairos.technorhetoric.net/30.1/topoi/j...
Thrilled to learn that my article, “Sylvan Rhetoric in the Planes of Plato’s Phaedrus“ has been awarded the Schachterle Essay Prize from the Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Sylvan Rhetoric in the Planes of Plato’s Phaedrus
Over the past few decades, Plato’s Phaedrus has become an important text for scholars interested in tracing new materialist approaches to the history of rhetoric and writing. Drawing on rhetoric an...
www.tandfonline.com
August 15, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Thrilled to learn that my article, “Sylvan Rhetoric in the Planes of Plato’s Phaedrus“ has been awarded the Schachterle Essay Prize from the Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Don't forget - only TWO DAYS left to submit to the preconference at NCA!
#ARSTM #NCA2025 #ARSTMPRECON2025
#ARSTM #NCA2025 #ARSTMPRECON2025
Preconference update, Everyone!
The last day to submit to the ARSTM preconference is now **July 1** - still plenty of time left to get your materials in!
The theme is Plastics/Plasticity, but ARSTM also welcomes any submission related to the rhetoric of science, technology, and medicine.
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The last day to submit to the ARSTM preconference is now **July 1** - still plenty of time left to get your materials in!
The theme is Plastics/Plasticity, but ARSTM also welcomes any submission related to the rhetoric of science, technology, and medicine.
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Drum roll please…
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Our 2025 preconference call is now live!
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Our 2025 preconference call is now live!
June 29, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Don't forget - only TWO DAYS left to submit to the preconference at NCA!
#ARSTM #NCA2025 #ARSTMPRECON2025
#ARSTM #NCA2025 #ARSTMPRECON2025
Me (Homer Simpson voice): Woohoo!
June 27, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Me (Homer Simpson voice): Woohoo!
It looks like we have a cover for Inventing Ecosystems! I can't wait to share this book with the world. link.springer.com/book/9783031...
The cover photo is an archival image of Eugene Odum conducting a radioecology field experiment.
The cover photo is an archival image of Eugene Odum conducting a radioecology field experiment.
June 20, 2025 at 2:14 PM
It looks like we have a cover for Inventing Ecosystems! I can't wait to share this book with the world. link.springer.com/book/9783031...
The cover photo is an archival image of Eugene Odum conducting a radioecology field experiment.
The cover photo is an archival image of Eugene Odum conducting a radioecology field experiment.
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🏆 Nominations for ARSTM’s Article of the Year Award (for works published during the 2024 calendar year) are now open! 🏆
Each year, we recognize the most outstanding rhetoric of science, technology, or medicine-related article or book chapter published during the preceding calendar year.
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Each year, we recognize the most outstanding rhetoric of science, technology, or medicine-related article or book chapter published during the preceding calendar year.
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June 17, 2025 at 2:56 PM
🏆 Nominations for ARSTM’s Article of the Year Award (for works published during the 2024 calendar year) are now open! 🏆
Each year, we recognize the most outstanding rhetoric of science, technology, or medicine-related article or book chapter published during the preceding calendar year.
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Each year, we recognize the most outstanding rhetoric of science, technology, or medicine-related article or book chapter published during the preceding calendar year.
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My new book, Inventing Ecosystems, now has a page on the publishers website! We're still a little ways away from publication, but it is exciting to see it online! The cover should be out soon.
link.springer.com/book/9783031...
link.springer.com/book/9783031...
Inventing Ecosystems
This open access book examines the origins of the ecosystem concept through the perspective of the rhetoric of science and technology.
link.springer.com
June 17, 2025 at 2:41 PM
My new book, Inventing Ecosystems, now has a page on the publishers website! We're still a little ways away from publication, but it is exciting to see it online! The cover should be out soon.
link.springer.com/book/9783031...
link.springer.com/book/9783031...
I have a new poem in storySouth today. This poem is written in memory of my cousin Bill. The whole wonderful issue is available at: storysouth.com
May 12, 2025 at 4:09 PM
I have a new poem in storySouth today. This poem is written in memory of my cousin Bill. The whole wonderful issue is available at: storysouth.com
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Please distribute widely. POROI is publishing a special issue with 19.1:
pubs.lib.uiowa.edu/poroi/issue/...
In addition, a related CFP set to publish next year and setting the agenda for the future is available here: tinyurl.com/POROI-25
pubs.lib.uiowa.edu/poroi/issue/...
In addition, a related CFP set to publish next year and setting the agenda for the future is available here: tinyurl.com/POROI-25
March 21, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Please distribute widely. POROI is publishing a special issue with 19.1:
pubs.lib.uiowa.edu/poroi/issue/...
In addition, a related CFP set to publish next year and setting the agenda for the future is available here: tinyurl.com/POROI-25
pubs.lib.uiowa.edu/poroi/issue/...
In addition, a related CFP set to publish next year and setting the agenda for the future is available here: tinyurl.com/POROI-25
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Big thanks to URI's @dwell-lab.bsky.social for funding my science communication research! 🌎 🌊
This grant will support the development of a StoryMap that combines interactive sea level rise viewers (ISLRVs) with resources to enhance climate reporting. How’s that for a mouthful?
⤵️ buff.ly/3kxc5RU
This grant will support the development of a StoryMap that combines interactive sea level rise viewers (ISLRVs) with resources to enhance climate reporting. How’s that for a mouthful?
⤵️ buff.ly/3kxc5RU
DWELL Congratulates Student SciComm Award Winners!
DWELL Congratulates Student Science Communication Award Winnersby Fran Webber Three outstanding URI students are the deserving recipients of this year’s Digital Writing Environments, Location, and Loc...
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April 22, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Big thanks to URI's @dwell-lab.bsky.social for funding my science communication research! 🌎 🌊
This grant will support the development of a StoryMap that combines interactive sea level rise viewers (ISLRVs) with resources to enhance climate reporting. How’s that for a mouthful?
⤵️ buff.ly/3kxc5RU
This grant will support the development of a StoryMap that combines interactive sea level rise viewers (ISLRVs) with resources to enhance climate reporting. How’s that for a mouthful?
⤵️ buff.ly/3kxc5RU
I'm thrilled to share that I have been recommended for tenure and promotion to Associate Professor at URI. I am so grateful to the many mentors, colleagues, friends, family, and collaborators, and especially to my wife Jane, for supporting me through the many years of hard work that brought me here.
April 23, 2025 at 5:26 PM
I'm thrilled to share that I have been recommended for tenure and promotion to Associate Professor at URI. I am so grateful to the many mentors, colleagues, friends, family, and collaborators, and especially to my wife Jane, for supporting me through the many years of hard work that brought me here.
I am so thrilled to share that DWELL’s PFAS Kitchen project has won Grand Prize from the AAEES Environmental Communication Award! web.uri.edu/artsci/news/...
URI Research Cohort Receives Grand Prize at an American Academy of Environmental Engineers and Scientists Communications Award
The award was announced at the ceremony in Washington, D.C, on April 10th, 2025.
web.uri.edu
April 11, 2025 at 2:58 PM
I am so thrilled to share that DWELL’s PFAS Kitchen project has won Grand Prize from the AAEES Environmental Communication Award! web.uri.edu/artsci/news/...
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Last month to use promo #NCA24 for $20 book! My book is for anyone who's wondered what the %#& has social media done to (our/your/their) opinions + how we can reclaim their nuance + pro-social possibilities.
I'm not at #4C25, but this might resonate.
#TeamRhetoric
www.uapress.ua.edu/978081736141...
I'm not at #4C25, but this might resonate.
#TeamRhetoric
www.uapress.ua.edu/978081736141...
Entitled Opinions
A landmark rhetorical theory of the formation and functioning of opinions in social media contextsEntitled Opinions: Doxa After Digitality offers a rhetorica...
www.uapress.ua.edu
April 10, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Last month to use promo #NCA24 for $20 book! My book is for anyone who's wondered what the %#& has social media done to (our/your/their) opinions + how we can reclaim their nuance + pro-social possibilities.
I'm not at #4C25, but this might resonate.
#TeamRhetoric
www.uapress.ua.edu/978081736141...
I'm not at #4C25, but this might resonate.
#TeamRhetoric
www.uapress.ua.edu/978081736141...
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DOGE had begun rescinding previously awarded NEH grants, according to @humanitiesall.bsky.social, threatening critical work by scholars, museums, and libraries.
April 3, 2025 at 6:19 PM
DOGE had begun rescinding previously awarded NEH grants, according to @humanitiesall.bsky.social, threatening critical work by scholars, museums, and libraries.
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Drum roll please…
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Our 2025 preconference call is now live!
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Our 2025 preconference call is now live!
March 9, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Drum roll please…
🥁 🥁 🥁
Our 2025 preconference call is now live!
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Our 2025 preconference call is now live!
Thrilled to share that my essay, "Writing Ecotones: Creative-Critical Inquiry in the Middle Voice," appears in the latest issue of Writers: Craft and Context (link below with CW). This was one of the hardest essays I have ever written, but the process brought out something of which I'm really proud.
Writing Ecotones: Creative-Critical Inquiry in the Middle Voice
| Writers: Craft & Context
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February 28, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Thrilled to share that my essay, "Writing Ecotones: Creative-Critical Inquiry in the Middle Voice," appears in the latest issue of Writers: Craft and Context (link below with CW). This was one of the hardest essays I have ever written, but the process brought out something of which I'm really proud.
