[PCST] Encyclopedia project - authors needed

[Susanna.Priest at unlv.edu]

Dear PCST members -

As some of you already know, I am currently in the last phase of 
constructing an Encyclopedia of Science and Technology Communication for 
Sage Publications. This is a huge project with over 300 entries about our 
field, ranging from current science-related controversies and "hot topics" 
in the news to entries about important organizations, biographies of 
well-known science communicators, new approaches to science communication 
work, science and society issues, and the application of media and public 
opinion theory to science. The entries are being written to be broadly 
accessible: a key audience is undergraduate college students interested in 
our area, but the collection should also be of interest to students at 
other levels, scholars doing research in the field, and working science 
communicators.

While over 80% of the material has been assigned (and most of those 
entries have already been completed), I am still looking for authors for 
some of the remaining entries, so I am issuing this call for further 
participation to all PCST members and interested others. Opening this link 
in your web browser should take you to a Word document that lists the 
entries that still need authors:

http://faculty.unlv.edu/spriest/documents/encyclopedia.doc

This list is constantly changing so please email me at 
susanna.priest at unlv.edu with your interests and I'll check the current 
status. Suggestions for additional entries are also still very much 
welcome. A CV, short bio, or link to a bio page would also be useful in 
matching potential authors to what still needs to be written. For most 
entries, authors are expected to have some related expertise; however, 
many of the remaining entries are biographies or organizational 
descriptions that could be entirely appropriate for more junior authors, 
including postgraduate students. 

I am sorry to say there is no budget to pay authors for this work; 
however, a modest allowance in the form of free Sage books is available to 
contributors. 

Susanna Priest


Susanna Priest, Ph.D.
Professor, Hank Greenspun School of Journalism & Media Studies
Editor, Science Communication
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Box 455007
4505 S Maryland Pkwy
Las Vegas, NV  89154-5007
702 895 5146
susanna.priest at unlv.edu