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  • Public Proof : Science Communication, Weak Theory, and the Nonrational

    Creator:
    Snyder, Wesley M.
    Abstract:
    A 2014 Pew Research poll revealed large gaps between public opinion and scientific opinion over environmental and biomedical issues (Funk and Rainie). Similarly, a number of recent popular books have described a growing public mistrust in scientific expertise (Mooney; Storr; Specter). Why is it, then, that so much of the...
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    Masters Thesis
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    the “rhetoric of science” work done in the 1980’s and 1990’s by Bruno Latour, Alan Gross, Lawrence

  • Religion in the writing classroom : toward a pedagogy of possibility

    Creator:
    May, Laura D.
    Abstract:
    In this thesis, I examine composition scholarship on the intersections of religious faith and writing pedagogy over the past twenty years, tracing the origins of compositionists' discomfort with religion and focusing on pedagogical approaches for working with religiously-committed students. In particular, I emphasize the way in which these approaches are...
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    Masters Thesis