Kairos: A Journal of Rhetoric, Technology, and Pedagogy is pleased to announce the publication of our Fall 2025 special issue, Science Communication and Writing Studies in a Multimodal World, featuring exciting new webtexts for you to explore and enjoy: https://kairos.technorhetoric.net/
Issue 30.1 includes:
An introduction to the special issue written by Karen Lunsford, Kara Mae Brown, Rebecca Chenoweth, Kenny Smith, and Amanda Stansell, which provides an excellent overview of the issue.
This issue features five excellent Topoi pieces:
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“Hello, Black World: Du Bois, Data, and a Visual Reflection of the Black Past and Present” by Amy Yeboah Quarkume, Arjun Phull, Anuj Gupta, Duo Bao, Jade Flint, Amelia Matheson, and Bryan Carter.
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“From Information to Action: Technical (Science) Communication and Digital Engagement” by Daniel Card and Danielle DeVasto
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“North Woods Project: Mobilizing Digital Field Methods and Art-Based Research for Science Communication and Environmental Advocacy” by Madison Jones, Ally Overbay, Joseph Ahart, AnnaFaith Jorgensen, Ashley Katusa, Erin Edmonds, and Travess Smalley
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“Bite-Sized Science: Student Interactions with Public Science Communication” by Caitlin Martin, Sandy Branham, Jenna Hejar, Jennifer Wojton, and Jessica Snitko
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“‘We Lied to You…And We’ll Do It Again’ — Communicating Science via YouTube” by Sarah Young, Simone Driessen, Jason Pridmore, and Teresa Davis
This special issue also showcases two Praxis pieces:
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“Exploring Sustainable Design: An Inquiry-Based Multimodal Approach to Youth Science Communication” by Stephen J. Quigley, Abigail Zimmerman, Raquel Buege, Destin Natele Cappello-Perez, and Ashanti Duncan
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“‘How Did You End Up Teaching This Course?’ Profiles in Science Communication Pedagogy” by Karen Lunsford, Kara Mae Brown, Rebecca Chenoweth, John Schrank, Kenneth Smith, Amanda Stansell, and Kali Yamboliev
We’re so excited to showcase all the amazing authors here! In addition, we are also bidding farewell to several folks on staff who have spent a long time with Kairos. We hope you’ll check out the full issue!
As a final note, you may find Kairos’ loading time taking longer than usual, or not connecting at all; this is due to AI bot scraping Kairos and taking up the bandwidth of our site. Check out this issue’s Logging On for more details.