Research Interests
Publishing
Forthcoming in Rhetoric Before and Beyond “Post-Truth,” “Mitigating Disaster Policy in a Post-Truth Climate: A Case for Rhetorical Lying”
Stout, W., et al. “UNBOUND for Coastal Issues. NASA Earth Science Division. www.Earthdata.nasa.gov, 2023.
Bronson, M. “Assessing the California Fire Hazard Severity Zones map: a critical look at the efficacy of CAL FIRE prevention mapping systems.” SIGDOC Conference Proceedings 2022.
Hizer, M., Persin, M., Bronson, M.“Storytelling as Anti-Ableist Activism: Using Disabled Graduate Student Narratives to Reexamine Accessibility in Higher Education.'' Spark: A 4C4Equality Journal. 2022
Sano-Franchini, J., et al. “From Dr. Bronner’s to #BlackTechComm: Slack, UX, and Social Justicein Online Technical Communication Pedagogy.” Technical Communication Quarterly, 2021.
Conference Presentations
Upcoming: “How can invitational rhetoric be introduced to crisis communication as a lens for diplomacy in the anthropocene?” International Rhetoric Workshop, University of Dubrovnik, Croatia June 2024
“DIY Air Purifiers and the Digital Community Connection Between Covid-19 and Wildfires” Committee on Computers in Composition and Communication, 2024
“ Queer Counterpublics, Enclaves, and Coalitions in Wildfire Disasters” Rhetoric Society of America, 2023
“Queer Comms: Ethics in Queer(ed) Research Methods, Working With Wildfire Evacuees” Special Interest Group for Design of Communication, 2023
Invited talk: “California Wildfire Policy and Science Denialism” Center for Public Administration and Policy, Virginia Tech 2023
“Mitigating Disaster Policy in a Post-Truth Climate: A Case for Rhetorical Lying” Conference on College Composition and Communication, 2023
“Collaborative Strategies for Networks for Collective Action Disasters” Association of Teachers of Technical Communication 2022
Second place poster: “Assessing the California Fire Hazard Severity Zones” Virginia Tech Hazard Research Day, Earthquake Engineering Research Institute. 2022
