Professor Ashley Rose Mehlenbacher (Ph.D., NC State, 2014) is a Canada Research Chair in Science, Health, and Technology Communication at the University of Waterloo. She is also the inaugural Co-Director, with Donna Strickland, for the Trust in Research Undertaken in Science and Technology (TRuST) network. Professor Mehlenbacher’s research investigates how genres of scientific and science communications emerge and evolve, how aspects of expertise and ethos interact and relate to trust in scientific and technical domains, and the ethical aspects of specialist/non-specialist relationality in the communication of complex information. 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), and co-editor, with Carolyn R. Miller, of Emerging Genres in New Media Environments (Palgrave, 2017).
Experience
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2020–presentAssociate professor, University of Waterloo
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2021–presentCanada Research Chair, University of Waterloo
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2015–2020Assistant Professor, University of Waterloo
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2014–2015Assistant Professor, Purdue University
Education
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2014North Carolina State University, Ph.D./Communication, Rhetoric, and Digital Media
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2010University of Waterloo, M.A./Rhetoric and Communication Design
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2008University of Waterloo, B.A.(Hons)./English Language and Literature
Publications
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2022On Expertise,
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2019Science Communication Online,
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