Document Type

Article

Publication Title

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Publisher

Wiley

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Publication Date

2-2016

Publisher location

Hoboken, NJ, USA

First Page

46

Last Page

52

Issue Number

1

Volume Number

14

Abstract/ Summary

Increasingly, scientists and funding agencies such as the US National Science Foundation are recognizing the need for better science communication and more effective broader impacts activities. Compelled to make research more relevant to public stakeholders and policy makers, researchers look for ways to gain the necessary skillset to move their science from the field and laboratory into public forums. We suggest that the ancient discipline of rhetoric provides a useful – and underutilized – path forward. Building from the fundamental connections between ecology and rhetoric and drawing from practical examples at the intersection of these two fields, we demonstrate how rhetoric can inform training in science communication for better academic writing and broader impacts, and can promote interdisciplinary and cross-institutional collaborations that support sustainability science. Integrating rhetoric and ecology helps to address complex and pressing sustainability problems through improved understanding, cooperation, and science and policy actions.

Citation/Publisher Attribution

Druschke, C.G., & McGreavy, B. (2016). Why rhetoric matters for ecology. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 14(1), 46–52, doi:10.1002/16-0113.1

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© 2016 The Ecological Society of America

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DOI: 10.1002/16-0113.1

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