https://www.bethshirleyphd.com/home daily 1.0 2026-07-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b7adad5002de3d348f3536/1622651714998-1BLE3X7Q8WYMMVLDI5ZJ/PegBethBree.jpg Home - My research goals: I seek to learn from local and traditional knowledges as they can be paired with scientific knowledge toward improved communication between rural and scientific stakeholders. My research should, above all, benefit my research participants and conclude with actionable information for technical communication scholars, teachers, and practitioners toward the improvement of their communities. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b7adad5002de3d348f3536/1622652288388-PCDYXHK1F03W4CJY22VT/wholeGroup.jpg Home - My teaching approach In teaching Socratically, my goal is to empower students to become independent critical thinkers, and resourceful and ethical leaders in their chosen fields. I present projects and classroom activities that layer and apply communication skills in a low-stakes, scaffolded manner toward a final project that is useful to the individual student. https://www.bethshirleyphd.com/research daily 0.75 2026-03-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b7adad5002de3d348f3536/9cf3a154-60d2-4930-bd57-12f42bfbfbb5/bethMosque.jpg Research Laundry day in front of the village mosque https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b7adad5002de3d348f3536/0bbfe824-4164-49f8-87cb-33b4b1dc6dd9/Montana+Agritourism+Fellows+Program+Logo+color.png Research Agritourism is not only a way for producers to diversify their revenue streams toward economic sustainability and resillience; it is also a way to improve communications between producers and consumers and help producers advocate for their way of life. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b7adad5002de3d348f3536/543651fe-8ce5-4cf6-ad62-660dc5980adf/CP20241016_Digital+Rhetorics+class__MSU2462.jpg Research The pickled beets group learns and teaches at the same time. https://www.bethshirleyphd.com/teaching daily 0.75 2022-01-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b7adad5002de3d348f3536/1643402294890-4W1GN7DJOETWQXZ8H9ZK/unsplash-image-SYTO3xs06fU.jpg Teaching https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b7adad5002de3d348f3536/1643402358386-0IL62IHFKTPVP9A6L0K3/unsplash-image-p9vBVq_-nXY.jpg Teaching https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b7adad5002de3d348f3536/1643402951011-WDWPSBW0IMBZE62VEL33/unsplash-image-GVheioPZdpk.jpg Teaching https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b7adad5002de3d348f3536/1643402464933-VCYBX79L1FGKPQBLEWDW/unsplash-image-aaFU96eYASk.jpg Teaching https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b7adad5002de3d348f3536/1643402810054-P800SG9EGASTIVKYM6PO/unsplash-image-YFzTCPExYss.jpg Teaching https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b7adad5002de3d348f3536/1643402891035-ORR1TJMZRX1K31Y4LLX8/unsplash-image-sfL_QOnmy00.jpg Teaching https://www.bethshirleyphd.com/about-me daily 0.75 2022-01-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b7adad5002de3d348f3536/1635447864744-XZTSBQENHI646ZS1NWUL/Cabin+Creek+dogs.jpeg About Me Tembo (yellow lab), me (human), and Sundance (black lab) at an undisclosed location in the Montana wilderness, summer 2020. https://www.bethshirleyphd.com/store daily 0.75