https://www.bethshirleyphd.com/home daily 1.0 2026-03-07 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/v1/60b7adad5002de3d348f3536/1635446227824-LBG0ENPP6CVZSCBKMIY9/bethMosque.jpg Research Laundry day in front of the village mosque https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b7adad5002de3d348f3536/1635446548992-7B910J727NH5G4QPR4XV/ohio2.jpeg Research Ohio’s watershed may have an impact on farmer perceptions regarding human effects on the climate https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b7adad5002de3d348f3536/1635446803853-TSB1DRHV6AZIAHLOTCEB/unsplash-image-smgTvepind4.jpg Research The student-teachers our program serves are multi-faceted multi-taskers 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.