Challenges dominant paradigms in public engagement through both a comprehensive competing theory of engagement and specific case studies of public engagement with science

Presents a foundational theory of engagement and the practical methodology for implementing that theory

Appeals to public engagement scholars, researchers, and students, especially those working in public engagement with science and technology, science communication, public understanding of science, and rhetoric of science and technology

Adam S. Lerner, Research Fellow of Communication and Rhetoric of Science, Department of English, University of South Carolina, USA

Pat J. Gehrke, Associate Professor and Director of Speech Communication & Rhetoric, Department of English, University of South Carolina, USA