JAMES R. WEBER,^* CHARLOTTE SCHELL WORD<sup>**


*</sup>* James R. Weber (James.weber@pnl.gov) is a senior writer and editor at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, adjunct professor of communications studies and English at Washington State University, and research assistant professor in speech communications at Portland State University. His research work has focused on communicating science to the public, group dynamics, information flows, and environmental ethics.
^**Charlotte Schell Word (cword@pdx.edu) is assistant professor of speech communications at Portland State University. Her research focuses on risk, scientific and health communication, and attempts to communicate expertise across domains, such as among areas of technical or scientific expertise or between expert and nonexpert groups. The authors contributed equally to this article.