Jen Schneider
Biographic Data
| ID | 3708667 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jen Schneider |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jen |
| FAMILY NAME | Schneider |
| SIGNATURE | SCHNEIDER J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Boise State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9307-0320 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 24 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
STS boundary spanners
This study posits the existence of a technical bureaucratic expert we call the STS boundary spanner, who exhibits expertise at moving across socio-technical divides to implement participatory public engagement exercises within US federal agencies. This type of expert has specialized knowledge of organizational cultures, broader political controls, and PPE practices. Our characterization of STS boundary spanners is drawn from an empirical study do…
Lessons on (from, for, to) a Free Press
Democratic melodrama and authoritarian melodrama
This essay distinguishes democratic melodrama from authoritarian melodrama. We argue that the distinction between the two forms of melodrama is not merely located in the “eye of the beholder,” but can be found within the rhetorical form based on the way that the melodrama is figured. First, we argue that democratic melodrama is characterized by the use of a double gesture, which polarizes and offers the possibility of affirmation and reconnection…
Critical race theory, policy ambiguity and implementation
While the events leading up to the nation’s first ban of critical race theory, Idaho’s House Bill 377, was attention-grabbing given the controversy and salience of the issues, its implementation has been lacklustre as these issues have faded from the agenda. This article uses the multiple streams framework (MSF) to unravel these events and understand both why Idaho tackled the CRT (critical race theory) ‘problem’ and how problem framing around in…
Big Covid, Red State
This Community Case Study examines the challenges of communicating about the COVID-19 crisis in a politically conservative American state, Idaho. The study presents an analysis of one local expert’s communication strategies in the face of significant partisanship, threats of violence, and widespread refusal to comply with recommended public health behaviors. Findings suggest that consistent, cross-platform communication that emphasizes personaliz…
Convoluted Journeys”
University scientists are frequently challenged to embrace stakeholder engagement in a way that departs from traditional contract-oriented relationships; this is occurring within water management across the American West. However, few studies specifically address how university scientists engage nonprofit organizations as stakeholders in collaborative water management research. This manuscript reports on an examination of a key set of stakeholder…
A simplified approach to stakeholder engagement in natural resource management
Talley, J. L., J. Schneider, and E. Lindquist. 2016. A simplified approach to stakeholder engagement in natural resource management: the Five-Feature Framework. Ecology and Society 21(4):38. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-08830-210438
Industrial Apocalyptic
Rhetorical scholarship and cultural commentary have demonstrated that environmentalist voices are consistently associated with apocalyptic rhetoric. However, this association deflects attention from the apocalyptic rhetoric that comes from industry and countermovements to environmentalism. This essay seeks to remedy that oversight by proposing the concept of “industrial apocalyptic” as a significant rhetorical form in environmental controversy. B…
Science on American Television
Reviewed by: Science on American Television: A History by Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette Jen Schneider (bio) Science on American Television: A History. By Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2013. Pp. x+306. $45. Correction: This review originally misidentified the gender of the book's author. The online versions of the article have been updated. A number of books have been written about the depictions of scientists …
Lab Coats in Hollywood
Reviewed by: Lab Coats in Hollywood: Science, Scientists, and Cinema Jen Schneider (bio) Lab Coats in Hollywood: Science, Scientists, and Cinema. By David A. Kirby. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 2011. Pp. xii+266. $27.95. Scholarly books dealing with the role of science or scientists in Hollywood film have, historically, been hit-or-miss. Early studies merely cataloged long lists of science fiction films; others provided plot synopses or fawning f…
Tech-Noir
Reviewed by: Tech-Noir: A Theory of the Development of Popular Genres Jen Schneider (bio) Tech-Noir: A Theory of the Development of Popular Genres. By Emily E. Auger. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2011. Pp. 492. $95. The business of identifying film genres and sub-genres is a tricky one, typically involving either archival research and list-making or comparative analyses of a large number of films in an effort to demarcate a new genre or …
The Impact of “No Impact Man”
As “No Impact Man,” writer Colin Beavan conducted a one-year experiment to determine whether he and his family could reduce their environmental impact to zero while living and working in Manhattan. This article examines the No Impact Man (NIM) experiment both as “alternative hedonism,” a reconceptualization of the “good life” that avoids unduly damaging the natural world, and also as a kind of “eco-stunt,” an attempt to garner significant media c…
Engineering and the values of social justice
Engineering and social justice, as a topic, is gaining increasing attention from engineers and scholars of engineering studies alike. There is an annual “Engineering, Social Justice, and Peace” (ES
Making Space for the “Nuances of Truth
In 2008, the Society of Environmental Journalists listed nearly 50 science or science immersion workshops for environmental journalists. Yet relatively little is known about the content of these workshops and their impact on participants. This ethnographic study, conducted at a science immersion workshop for environmental journalists, aims to fill this void in our knowledge. Relying on participant observation and depth interviews, the study sugge…
Queer Wordplay
This article works to deepen historical and theoretical understandings of a 1955 morals panic in Boise, Idaho, typically referred to as the "boys of Boise" scandal. Using Goode and Ben-Yehuda's definition of the "morals panic" and analysis of newspaper reporting and trial transcripts from the scandal, I argue that certain forms of rhetoric heightened or fabricated perceived threats to children, masculinity, and the heterosexual family unit. The a…
Science Fiction and Science Policy
Industrial Apocalyptic
Rhetorical scholarship and cultural commentary have demonstrated that environmentalist voices are consistently associated with apocalyptic rhetoric. However, this association deflects attention from the apocalyptic rhetoric that comes from industry and countermovements to environmentalism. This essay seeks to remedy that oversight by proposing the concept of “industrial apocalyptic” as a significant rhetorical form in environmental controversy. B…
Queer Wordplay
This article works to deepen historical and theoretical understandings of a 1955 morals panic in Boise, Idaho, typically referred to as the "boys of Boise" scandal. Using Goode and Ben-Yehuda's definition of the "morals panic" and analysis of newspaper reporting and trial transcripts from the scandal, I argue that certain forms of rhetoric heightened or fabricated perceived threats to children, masculinity, and the heterosexual family unit. The a…
Critical race theory, policy ambiguity and implementation
While the events leading up to the nation’s first ban of critical race theory, Idaho’s House Bill 377, was attention-grabbing given the controversy and salience of the issues, its implementation has been lacklustre as these issues have faded from the agenda. This article uses the multiple streams framework (MSF) to unravel these events and understand both why Idaho tackled the CRT (critical race theory) ‘problem’ and how problem framing around in…
A simplified approach to stakeholder engagement in natural resource management
Talley, J. L., J. Schneider, and E. Lindquist. 2016. A simplified approach to stakeholder engagement in natural resource management: the Five-Feature Framework. Ecology and Society 21(4):38. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-08830-210438
Making Space for the “Nuances of Truth
In 2008, the Society of Environmental Journalists listed nearly 50 science or science immersion workshops for environmental journalists. Yet relatively little is known about the content of these workshops and their impact on participants. This ethnographic study, conducted at a science immersion workshop for environmental journalists, aims to fill this void in our knowledge. Relying on participant observation and depth interviews, the study sugge…
Engineering and the values of social justice
Engineering and social justice, as a topic, is gaining increasing attention from engineers and scholars of engineering studies alike. There is an annual “Engineering, Social Justice, and Peace” (ES
Science Fiction and Science Policy
Queer Wordplay
This article works to deepen historical and theoretical understandings of a 1955 morals panic in Boise, Idaho, typically referred to as the "boys of Boise" scandal. Using Goode and Ben-Yehuda's definition of the "morals panic" and analysis of newspaper reporting and trial transcripts from the scandal, I argue that certain forms of rhetoric heightened or fabricated perceived threats to children, masculinity, and the heterosexual family unit. The a…
Engineering and the values of social justice
Engineering and social justice, as a topic, is gaining increasing attention from engineers and scholars of engineering studies alike. There is an annual “Engineering, Social Justice, and Peace” (ES
Making Space for the “Nuances of Truth
In 2008, the Society of Environmental Journalists listed nearly 50 science or science immersion workshops for environmental journalists. Yet relatively little is known about the content of these workshops and their impact on participants. This ethnographic study, conducted at a science immersion workshop for environmental journalists, aims to fill this void in our knowledge. Relying on participant observation and depth interviews, the study sugge…
The Impact of “No Impact Man”
As “No Impact Man,” writer Colin Beavan conducted a one-year experiment to determine whether he and his family could reduce their environmental impact to zero while living and working in Manhattan. This article examines the No Impact Man (NIM) experiment both as “alternative hedonism,” a reconceptualization of the “good life” that avoids unduly damaging the natural world, and also as a kind of “eco-stunt,” an attempt to garner significant media c…
Lab Coats in Hollywood
Reviewed by: Lab Coats in Hollywood: Science, Scientists, and Cinema Jen Schneider (bio) Lab Coats in Hollywood: Science, Scientists, and Cinema. By David A. Kirby. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 2011. Pp. xii+266. $27.95. Scholarly books dealing with the role of science or scientists in Hollywood film have, historically, been hit-or-miss. Early studies merely cataloged long lists of science fiction films; others provided plot synopses or fawning f…
Tech-Noir
Reviewed by: Tech-Noir: A Theory of the Development of Popular Genres Jen Schneider (bio) Tech-Noir: A Theory of the Development of Popular Genres. By Emily E. Auger. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2011. Pp. 492. $95. The business of identifying film genres and sub-genres is a tricky one, typically involving either archival research and list-making or comparative analyses of a large number of films in an effort to demarcate a new genre or …
Science on American Television
Reviewed by: Science on American Television: A History by Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette Jen Schneider (bio) Science on American Television: A History. By Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2013. Pp. x+306. $45. Correction: This review originally misidentified the gender of the book's author. The online versions of the article have been updated. A number of books have been written about the depictions of scientists …
Industrial Apocalyptic
Rhetorical scholarship and cultural commentary have demonstrated that environmentalist voices are consistently associated with apocalyptic rhetoric. However, this association deflects attention from the apocalyptic rhetoric that comes from industry and countermovements to environmentalism. This essay seeks to remedy that oversight by proposing the concept of “industrial apocalyptic” as a significant rhetorical form in environmental controversy. B…
A simplified approach to stakeholder engagement in natural resource management
Talley, J. L., J. Schneider, and E. Lindquist. 2016. A simplified approach to stakeholder engagement in natural resource management: the Five-Feature Framework. Ecology and Society 21(4):38. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-08830-210438
Convoluted Journeys”
University scientists are frequently challenged to embrace stakeholder engagement in a way that departs from traditional contract-oriented relationships; this is occurring within water management across the American West. However, few studies specifically address how university scientists engage nonprofit organizations as stakeholders in collaborative water management research. This manuscript reports on an examination of a key set of stakeholder…
Big Covid, Red State
This Community Case Study examines the challenges of communicating about the COVID-19 crisis in a politically conservative American state, Idaho. The study presents an analysis of one local expert’s communication strategies in the face of significant partisanship, threats of violence, and widespread refusal to comply with recommended public health behaviors. Findings suggest that consistent, cross-platform communication that emphasizes personaliz…
Democratic melodrama and authoritarian melodrama
This essay distinguishes democratic melodrama from authoritarian melodrama. We argue that the distinction between the two forms of melodrama is not merely located in the “eye of the beholder,” but can be found within the rhetorical form based on the way that the melodrama is figured. First, we argue that democratic melodrama is characterized by the use of a double gesture, which polarizes and offers the possibility of affirmation and reconnection…
Critical race theory, policy ambiguity and implementation
While the events leading up to the nation’s first ban of critical race theory, Idaho’s House Bill 377, was attention-grabbing given the controversy and salience of the issues, its implementation has been lacklustre as these issues have faded from the agenda. This article uses the multiple streams framework (MSF) to unravel these events and understand both why Idaho tackled the CRT (critical race theory) ‘problem’ and how problem framing around in…
Lessons on (from, for, to) a Free Press
STS boundary spanners
This study posits the existence of a technical bureaucratic expert we call the STS boundary spanner, who exhibits expertise at moving across socio-technical divides to implement participatory public engagement exercises within US federal agencies. This type of expert has specialized knowledge of organizational cultures, broader political controls, and PPE practices. Our characterization of STS boundary spanners is drawn from an empirical study do…
Sociology (12 works) · Political science (10 works) · Computer Science (7 works) · Climate Change Communication and Perception (6 works) · Law (5 works) · Business (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Art (3 works) · Engineering (3 works) · Engineering ethics (3 works)