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Ashley Rose Mehlenbacher

Professor and Canada Research Chair in Science, Health, and Technology Communication at the University of Waterloo

Ashley Rose Mehlenbacher is a Professor and Canada Research Chair in Science, Health, and Technology Communication at the University of Waterloo. Professor Mehlenbacher is a rhetorical scholar who investigates the rhetoric of science, technology, and medicine (RSTM). Professor Mehlenbacher is the author of On Expertise: Cultivating Character, Goodwill, and Practical Wisdom (Penn State University Press, 2022), Science Communication Online: Engaging Experts and Publics on the Internet (The Ohio State University Press, 2019). She is also co-author, with Christopher Thaiss, of Writing Science In the Twenty-First Century, Second Edition (Broadview Press, 2025), and co-editor, with Carolyn R. Miller, of Emerging Genres in New Media Environments (Palgrave, 2017).

Ashley Rose Mehlenbacher

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