Teaching and Mentoring Writers in the Sciences - An Evidence-Based Approach

About the author

Bethann Garramon Merkle is professor of practice at the University of Wyoming, where she teaches and studies science communication and scientific writing. She is a transdisciplinary researcher who melds art, writing, and social science research to understand and enhance how we train scientists. She was formerly a science journalist and editor, has contributed to many collaborative book projects, and blogs at School of Good Trouble.Stephen B. Heard is Honorary Research Professor at the University of New Brunswick. He is an evolutionary ecologist and the author of The Scientist's Guide to Writing and Charles Darwin's Barnacle and David Bowie's Spider. He blogs at Scientist Sees Squirrel. He has spent many years teaching scientific writing; he still finds it hard, but not nearly as hard as he once did.

Product details

• Authors: Bethann Garramon Merkle, Heard Stephen B., Bethann Garramon Heard Merkle, Merkle Bethann Garramon, Stephen B Heard
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 09.12.2025
• EAN: 9780226843889
• ISBN: 978-0-226-84388-9
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing
• Subjects: Guides > Law, job, finance > Training, job, career; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology; Science: general issues, SCIENCE / Reference, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Study & Teaching, Reference works, Writing & editing guides, Language teaching and learning, Writing and editing guides, Language teaching & learning (other than ELT), LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Writing / Academic & Scholarly