Lauren Cagle
University of Kentucky
Associate Professor, Department of Writing, Rhetoric, and Digital Studies
Director, Tracy Farmer Institute for Sustainability and the Environment
Dr. Lauren Cagle is an Associate Professor of Writing, Rhetoric, and Digital Studies and direct the Tracy Farmer Institute for Sustainability and the Environment at the University of Kentucky. She collaborates with scientific and environmental organizations to put engaged rhetoric to work in the world.
Her research focuses on overlaps among digital rhetorics, research ethics, and scientific, environmental, and technical communication, frequently in collaboration with local and regional environmental and technical practitioners such as the Kentucky Division for Air Quality, the Kentucky Geological Survey, the UK Recycling Program, and The Arboretum, State Botanical Garden of Kentucky. Her teaching includes courses on scientific, environmental, and technical communication, and she is an affiliate faculty with the University of Kentucky Environmental and Sustainability Studies and Appalachian Studies programs.
She is the co-founder and Director of the Kentucky Climate Consortium, a multi-institutional network of climate teachers and researchers in Kentucky higher education. She is also a member of the Kentucky Humanities Speakers Bureau.
Research Areas
climate change communication, community engagement, rhetoric of science
Collaborative Interests
grant collaborations, research collaborations, guest lectures, public lectures, department seminars, student advising, graduate committees, publications
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