Michael Madson

Monographs

1. Madson, M.J. (2026). The rise and fall of original OxyContin: A rhetorical study of blame, scapegoating, and our unrelieved pain. ~320 pages. Oxford University Press [in press]

Edited Books

2. Madson, M.J. (Ed.). (2023). Composing health literacies: Perspectives and resources for undergraduate writing instruction. Routledge. 12 chapters. Link

* Reviewed in Programmatic Perspectives and Technical Communication. Reviews forthcoming in Technical Communication Quarterly and Rhetoric of Health and Medicine. 

1. Madson, M.J. (Ed.). (2022). Teaching writing in the health professions: Perspectives, problems, and practices. Routledge.16 chapters. Link
* Reviewed in Programmatic Perspectives, Technical Communication, and Rhetoric of Health and Medicine

Academic Journal Articles

13. Madson, M.J., Srivastava, U., & Gade, Y. (2025). "Recommendations from Arizona budtenders to mystery callers regarding morning sickness," Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic & Neonatal Nursing, 54(3), 282-287. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jogn.2025.02.001 

12. Madson, M.J., Gade, Y., & Srivastava, U. (2025). "Who's there? Mystery calling for UX research," Journal of User Experience, 20(2), 52-64. Available at: https://uxpajournal.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2025/02/JUX_Madson_Feb-2025.pdf 

11. Madson, M.J. (2024). "The packaging and labeling of cannabis edibles: Opportunities for professional communication scholars," IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication, 67(4), 403-421. https://doi.org/10.1109/TPC.2024.3452288 

10. Madson, M.J. (2024). “Cannabis risk communication: A scoping review with a research agenda,” Technical Communication Quarterly, 33(2), 140-181. https://doi.org/10.108/10572252.2023.2229871

9. Madson, M.J., & Madson, A. (2023). “Data mining FDA docket 2019-N-1482 (the 'cannabis docket'): Content, sentiment, and meta-data,” AMWA Journal, 38(4), 42-47. https://amwajournal.org/index.php/amwa/article/view/278 

8. Madson, M.J. (2023). “What they were thinking: Communal rationality, strategic action fields, and the launch plan for OxyContin,” Technical Communication, 70(2), 8-26. https://doi.org/10.55177/tc749689

7. Madson, M.J. (2023). “You shall not pass? The design of age gates in an emerging cannabis market,” Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, 53(3), 240-276. https://doi.org/10.1177/00472816221104497

6. Madson, M.J. (2021). “Making sense of design thinking: A primer for medical teachers,” Medical Teacher, 43(10), 1115-1121. https://doi.org/10.1080/0142159X.2021.1874327

5. Madson, M., & Goodwin, K. (2021). “Color coding the ‘labyrinth’: How staff perceived a two-part intervention to improve wayfinding in an adult Emergency Department,” HERD: Health Environments Research & Design, 14(4), 429-441. https://doi.org/10.1177/1937586721994593. 

4. Madson, M. (2018). “Five-canon feedback: Triaging errors in writing with classical rhetoric,” Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing, 49(2), 57-59. https://doi.org/10.3928/00220124-20180116-04

3. Madson, M. (2017). “Showing and telling! Screencasts for enhanced feedback on student writing,” Nurse Educator, 42(5), 222-223.https://doi.org/10.1097/NNE.0000000000000385

2. Pyatigorskaya, N., Madson, M. & Di Marco, L. (2017). “Women’s career choices in radiology in France,” Diagnostic and Interventional Imaging, 98(11), 775-783. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diii.2017.06.017

1. Madson, M. (2014). “Digital ethnography for intercultural professional communication: Some best practice principles,” Rhetoric, Professional Communication, and Globalization, 5(1), 67-89. Available at: https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/rpcg/vol5/iss1/4

Edited Book Chapters (selected)

4. Madson, M.J. (2023). “Health literacies in and through undergraduate writing instruction” (pp. 1-13). In Composing health literacies. Routledge

3. Madson, M.J., Brown, E. A., Borgert, E., VanDerwerker, C., & Gellar, L. (2023). “Health literacies across the curriculum: The Bachelor of Healthcare Studies program at MUSC.” In Composing health literacies (pp. 159-177). Routledge. 

2. Madson, M.J. (2022). “Writing in the health professions: An emergent interdiscipline for teachers.” In Teaching writing in the health professions (pp. 1-9). Routledge.

1. Madson, M.J. (2022). “The ‘prognosis’ of writing in the health professions.” In Teaching writing in the health professions (pp. 192-199). Routledge.