Recent academic work:
Hychka, K. C., & Druschke, C. G. Adaptive Management of Urban Ecosystem Restoration: Learning from Restoration Managers in Rhode Island, U.S.A. Society and Natural Resources. doi.org/10.1080/08941920.2017.1315653
Druschke, C. G. (2017). The Radical Insufficiency and Wily Possibilities of RSTEM. POROI: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Rhetorical Inquiry and Invention, 12(2): 6.
McGreavy, B., Druschke, C. G., Sprain, L., Thompson, J. L., Lindenfeld, L. (2017). Praxis-based Environmental Communication Training: Innovative Activities for Problem Solving. T. Milstein, M. Pileggi, and E. Morgan (eds.). Environmental Communication Pedagogy & Practice. New York: Routledge.
McGreavy, B., Druschke, C. G., Sprain, L., Thompson, J. L., Lindenfeld, L. (2016). Environmental Communication Pedagogy for Sustainability: Developing Core Capacities in Collaboration and Engagement. Applied Environmental Education and Communication.
Hychka, K. C., & Druschke, C. G. (2016). Barriers, Opportunities, and Strategies for Urban Ecosystem Restoration: Lessons Learned from Restoration Managers in Rhode Island, U.S.A. EPA-600-R-16-177. United States Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C.
Ackerman, J. A., Druschke, C. G., McGreavy, B., Sprain, L. (2016). The Skunkwork of Ecological Engagement. Reflections: A Journal of Public Rhetoric, Civic Writing, and Service Learning, 16(1), 75-95.
Mallampalli, V. R.*, Mavrommati, G., Thompson, J., Duveneck, M., Meyer, S., Ligmann-Zielinska, A., Druschke, C. G., Hychka, K., Kenney, M. A., Kok, K., Borsuk, M. (2016). Methods for Translating Narrative Scenarios into Quantitative Assessments of Land Use Change. Environmental Modelling & Software, 82, 7-20.
Druschke, C. G., Meyerson, L. A., & Hychka, K. C. (2016). From Restoration to Adaptation: The Changing Discourse of Invasive Species Management in Coastal New England Under Global Environmental Change. Biological Invasions, 18: 2739.
Druschke, C.G. and B. McGreavy. (2016). "Why rhetoric matters for ecology." Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. DOI 10.1002/16-0113.1.
Varble, S., S. Secchi, and C.G. Druschke. (2015). “An Examination of Growing Trends in Land Tenure and Conservation Practice Adoption: Results from a Farmer Survey in Iowa.” Environmental Management. DOI 10.1007/s00267-015-0619-5.
Druschke, C. G., M. M. Bolinder, N. Pittendrigh, and C. Rai. (2015). “Designing the Future: Assessing Long-Term Impact of Service-Learning on Graduate Instructors.” Reflections: A Journal of Public Rhetoric, Civic Writing, and Service Learning 14.2.
Druschke, C. G., and K. C. Hychka. (2015). "Manager perspectives on communication and public engagement in ecological restoration project success." Ecology and Society 20(1): 58. http://dx.doi.org/10.5751/ES-07451-200158.
Recent public work:
Rapid Benfit Indicators (RBI) Approach: Process for Assessing Social Benefits of Ecological Restoration, US Environmental Protection Agency.
National Park Service Hurricane Sandy Response (maps, resource briefs, profiles, photo stories). United States Department of the Interior.
Rapid Benfit Indicators (RBI) Approach: Process for Assessing Social Benefits of Ecological Restoration, US Environmental Protection Agency.
National Park Service Hurricane Sandy Response (maps, resource briefs, profiles, photo stories). United States Department of the Interior.
Projects
National Science Foundation
National Park Service
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Rhode Island NSF-EPSCoR Summer Undergraduate Research Fellows
University of Rhode Island
- NRT-IGE: Science Writing and Rhetorical Training: A New Model for Developing Graduate Science Writers. 2015-2018. Training graduate students and faculty to improve their communication skills across genres and audiences.
- RII Track-2 FEC: Strengthening the scientific basis for decision-making about dams: Multi-scale, coupled-systems research on ecological, social, and economic trade-offs. 2015-2019. This new tri-state collaboration will address a range of future approaches to dams, including maintaining existing hydropower dams, expanding hydropower capacity, and removing aging dams to restore fisheries or reduce safety risks. By examining economic, environmental, and social trade-offs, the project will help individuals and communities make better decisions about dams.
National Park Service
- Science Communication Outreach for the Northeast Coastal and Barrier Network. 2016-2018. Creating engagement materials for a variety of public and policy audiences about NPS science.
- Post Hurricane Sandy - Science Communication Outreach about Coastal Storms. 2015-2016. Using a social ecological systems approach to understand and then communicate about resilience research in the coastal parks.
- Acquisition, Coordination, Compilation, Data Management and Change Analysis of LiDAR and Other Geospatial Data Collected Pre- and Post-Hurricane Sandy. 2014-2016. Conducting original communication research at Northeast Coastal and Barrier Network Parks. Creating communication materials related to the impact of Hurricane Sandy on Fire Island National Seashore, Assateague Island National Seashore, and Gateway National Recreation Area.
- Inventory of Amphibians and Reptiles at Colonial National Historical Park and Continued Monitoring of Eastern Box Turtles at Fire Island National Seashore and Sagamore Hill National Historic Site. 2014-2016. Creating communication materials to highlight inventory and monitoring efforts at Northeast Coastal and Barrier Network Parks.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- Identifying Barriers to and Opportunities for Restoration Adoption in an Urbanizing Watershed in Providence, RI. 2013-2016. Conducted qualitative interviews with restoration managers throughout the state about project prioritization and public engagement. Creating a management tool for prioritizing wetland restoration projects based on ecological and social benefits.
Rhode Island NSF-EPSCoR Summer Undergraduate Research Fellows
- Public perceptions of dam removal and migratory fish passage in an era of climate change. 2016. Working on textual and discourse analyses of news media, environmental impact statements, and semi-structured interviews; focusing on major arguments that public stakeholders offer related to dam removal, and how impacts of dam removal on downstream estuaries may shift due to climate change.
- Science Communication Outreach about Coastal Storm Impacts in National Parks. 2015. Creating digital and print science communication materials for coastal National Parks.
- Coastal Restoration Case Studies from the Ocean State. 2015. Building a series of case studies that highlights restoration successes throughout the state for inclusion in policy documents.
- Communicating about Climate Change in Commercial Fishing. 2012. Conducting qualitative interviews with marine scientists, fishermen, and community activists about the impact of climate change on commercial fishing and public support of fish passage.
University of Rhode Island
- Public Participation and Policy: Commercial Fishing in a Changing Climate. 2014. Conducted qualitative interviews with commercial fishermen, government representatives, and community members active in debates about fisheries policy and management, with an emphasis on river herring and migratory fish passage.