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Rhetorical Properties of Scientific Uncertainties: Public Engagement in the Carson Scholars Program

Author: Kenny C Walker (University of Arizona)

Abstract

Contemporary concerns about public engagement in science communication collaboratives are a pressing area of praxis in rhetoric of science, technology, and medicine. This short paper describes the rhetorical engagements in a science and environmental communication program at the University of Arizona called the Carson Scholars Program. I argue an applied research program on the rhetorical properties of scientific uncertainties is one angle of inquiry where rhetoricians can make valuable contributions in these outreach efforts.

Keywords: rhetoric of science, uncertainties, transdisciplinary, collaboration, outreach, Carson Scholars Program

How to Cite: Walker, K. C. (2014) “Rhetorical Properties of Scientific Uncertainties: Public Engagement in the Carson Scholars Program”, Poroi. 10(1). doi: https://doi.org/10.13008/2151-2957.1178