Publications

I write for diverse, interdisciplinary, and public audiences, including within academia (rhetoric and communication studies, environmental communication, resilience studies, and sustainability science) and in community-based contexts. See my CV for a complete list of publications and presentations.

Books

A Reading Group, including Chris Ingraham, John Ackerman, Jennifer LeMesurier, Bridie McGreavy, Candice Rai, and Nathan Stormer. (In press). Rhetorical climatology, Michigan State University Press.

McGreavy, B., Wells, J., McHendry, G., & Senda-Cook, S. (Eds.) (2018). Tracing rhetoric and material life: Ecological approaches.  London, UK: Palgrave Macmillan.

Recent Articles

Senda-Cook, S., Endres, D., Sowards, S., McGreavy, B. (2023). The complexities of time in environmental rhetoric. Frontiers in Communication. 8(23). https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcomm.2023.1176887/full

Clay, M., Smith-Mayo, J., McGreavy, B. (2022). Embodied participation: (Re)situating bodies in collaborative research. Communication Design Quarterly. 10(4), 27-39. https://dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1145/3531210.3531213

Roy, S., McGreavy, B., Quiring, T., Druschke, C.G. (2022). Damming news: Geospatial media discourse analysis of dams. Environmental Management. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00267-022-01715-7

Jakositz, S., Ghasemi, R., McGreavy, B., Wang, H., Greenwood, S., Mo, W. (2022). Tap water lead monitoring through citizen science: The influence of socioeconomics and participation on environmental literacy, behavior, and communication. Journal of Environmental Engineering. 148(10). https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)EE.1943-7870.0002055

McGreavy, B., Haynal, K., Smith-Mayo, J., Reilly-Moman, J., Kinnison, M.T., Ranco, D., Leslie, H. (2022). How does strategic communication shape transdisciplinary collaboration? A focus on definitions, audience, expertise, and ethical praxis. Frontiers in Communication. doi: 10.3389/fcomm.2022.831727

Soucy, A., Rahimzadeh-Bajgram, P., De Urioste-Stone, S., Weiskittel, A., McGreavy, B., Duveneck, M. (2021). Comprehensive and spatially explicit regional vulnerability assessment of the forest industry to climate change. Journal of Forestry. https://doi.org/10.1093/jofore/fvab057

Hillyer, G.H., Liu, W., McGreavy, B., Melvin, G., Brady, D. (2021). Using a stakeholder-engaged approach to understand bacterial transport on soft-shell clam flats. Estuaries and Coasts. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-021-00997-0

McGreavy, B., Ranco, D., Daigle, J., Greenlaw, S., Altvater, N., Quiring, T., Michelle, N., Paul, J., Binette, M., Benson, B., Sutton, T., Hart, D. (2021). Science in Indigenous homelands: Addressing power and justice in sustainability science from/with/in the Penobscot River. Sustainability Science. 16, 937-947. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11625-021-00904-3

Flye, M., Sponarksi, C., Zydlewski, J., McGreavy, B. (2021). Understanding collaborative governance from a communication network perspective: A case study of the Atlantic Salmon Recovery Framework. Environmental Science and Policy. 115, 79-90. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2020.10.001

Jansujwicz, J., Calhoun, A., Bieluch, K., McGreavy, B., Silka, L., Sponarski, C. (2020). Localism “re-imagined”: Building a more robust localist paradigm for overcoming emerging conservation challenges. Environmental Management. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00267-020-01392-4

Soucy, A., De Urioste-Stone, S., Rahimzadeh-Bajgram, P., Weiskittel, A., McGreavy, B. (2020). Understanding characteristics of forest professionals and small woodlot owners for communicating climate change adaptation. Trees, Forests, and People. 2, 100036. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tfp.2020.100036.

Soucy, A., De Urioste-Stone, S., Rahimzadeh-Bajgram, P., Weiskittel, A., McGreavy, B. (2020). Forestry Professionals’ Perceptions of Climate Change Impacts on the Forest Industry in Maine, USA.  Journal of Sustainable Forestry. 40:7, 695-720. https://doi.org/10.1080/10549811.2020.1803919

McGreavy, B., Kelley, S., Ludden, J., Card, D., Cogbill-Seiders, E., Derk, I., Gordon, C., Haynal, K., Krzus-Shaw, K., Parks, M.M., Petts, A., Ross, D.G., Walker, K. (2020). “No(t) Camping”: Engaging Intersections of Housing, Transportation, and Environmental Justice through Critical Praxis. Review of Communication. 20(2), 119-127,: 10.1080/15358593.2020.1737191

Weir, M., Ashcraft, C., Leuchanka, N., McGreavy, B., Vogler, E., Guilfoos, T. (2020). Distributive and Integrative Language Effects on Bargaining. PLOS One. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0229501

McGreavy, B. (2020). “It’s just a cycle”: Resilience, poetics, and intimate disruptions. Invited article accepted to a special issue of POROI. 15(1), 1-23. doi: 10.13008/2151-2957.1302

Jakositz, S., Pillsbury, L., Greenwood, S., Fahnestock, M., McGreavy, B., Bryce, J., Mo, W. (2020). Protection through participation: Crowdsourced tap water quality monitoring for enhanced public health. 169, Water Research. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2019.115209

Quiring, T., McGreavy, B., Hathaway, C. (2020). Affective encounters with tidal livelihoods: Digital field rhetorics for justice and care. Environmental Communication. 14(3), 416-429, https://doi.org/10.1080/17524032.2019.1686408

Roy, S.G., de Sousa, S.P., McGreavy, B., Druschke, C.G., Hart, D., Gardner, K. (2019). Discovering the necessary skills, knowledge, and experiences for training the next generation of interdisciplinary, solutions-driven researchers. Sustainability Science. Published online: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11625-019-00707-7

Roy, S.G., Uchida, E., de Sousa, S. P., Blachly, B., Fox, E., Gardner, K., Gold, A., Jansujwicz, J., Klein, S., McGreavy, B., Mo, W., Smith, S.M.C., Vogler, E., Wilson, K., Zydlewski, J. & Hart, D. (2018). Damming decisions: A multi-scale approach to balance trade-offs among dam infrastructure, river restoration, and cost. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(47), 12069-12074.

McGreavy, B., Randall, S., Quiring, T., Hathaway, C., & Hillyer, G. (2018). Enhancing adaptive capacities in coastal communities through engaged communication research: Insights from a statewide study of shellfish co-management. Ocean and Coastal Management. 163(1), 240-253, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2018.06.016

Suldovsky, B., McGreavy, B., & Lindenfeld, L. (2018). Evaluating epistemic commitments and science communication practice in transdisciplinary research. Science Communication. 40(4), 499-523, https://doi.org/10.1177/1075547018786566

Bednarek, A., Wyborn, C., Cvitanovic, C., Meyer, R., Colvin, R., Addison, P., Close, S., Curran, K; Farooque, M., Goldman, E, Hart, D., Mannix, H., McGreavy, B., Parris, A.; Posner, S., Robinson, C.; Ryan, M., & Leith, P. (2018). Boundary-spanning at the science-policy interface: The practitioners’ perspectives. Sustainability Science. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11625-018-0550-9

Digital Media and Writing

Hart, D., McGreavy, B., Sutton, T., Hillyer, G., Ranco, D. (2022). Collaboration on the mudflats: How community-university partnerships can strengthen deliberative and democratic practices. Invited article to Issues in Science and Technology, policy forum of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.

The Mudflat, a collaborative website of the Maine Shellfish Learning Network, Role: co-developed with Dr. Anthony Sutton, Gabby Hillyer, B Lauer, Katie Moody, and Ishani Jayamaha

ClamCam, an engaged digital media project, co-created with Tyler Quiring, Carter Hathaway, and clammer partners.

Maine Clamming YouTube Channel, digital archive of shellfish-related and educational videos, Role: channel owner and manager.

Example Technical Reports 

Clay, M. & McGreavy, B. (2021). Farms and Rivers for the Future Project, Technical report prepared for the Meduxnekeag watershed partnership and the Water Resources Research Institute.

McGreavy, B., Page, C., Quiring, T., & Hathaway, C. (2017). Fishermen’s Forum Shellfish Focus Day evaluation and recommendations. Technical report provided to the Maine Shellfish Advisory Council and the Maine Department of Marine Resources.

Bieluch, K. & McGreavy, B. (2017).  Building collaborations to eliminate arsenic from drinking water. An evaluation of a school-community health agency collaboration project in Maine and New Hampshire. Technical report provided to the All About Arsenic Project and the United States Environmental Protection Agency.

Wyborn, C., Bednarek, A., Meyer, R., Parris, A., Leith, P., McGreavy, B., & Ryan, M. (2016). Practice at the boundaries: Report from a workshop of practitioners working at the interfaces science, policy and society for environmental outcomes. Luc Hoffmann Institute, Pew Charitable Trusts, California Ocean Science Trust, and the Science and Resilience Institute at Jamaica Bay.