Assistant Professor, Department of English Language and Literature
Email: arkelly@uwaterloo.ca
Mehlenbacher’s research examines how science communication is changing with new—especially networked—technologies and also with different communities becoming involved in scientific research and policy-making. The objective of this research is to understand how different systems interact to include or exclude different stakeholder voices, and then to apply this work by providing alternatives for more inclusive approaches to scientific research and policy-making. Her research is especially concerned with public participation in scientific research (citizen science), expertise and ethos in grassroots scientific research, expertise and expert networks, and biohacking and hacker participation in scientific research. Broadly, her research engages science communication, science studies, and rhetoric of science and technology.
Webpage: ashleyrosekelly.com
Science and Technology in Society Teaching Group 