http://tc.eserver.org/authors/Killingsworth,_M._Jimmie_and_Jacqueline_S._Palmer A bibliography of works by Killingsworth, M. Jimmie and Jacqueline S. Palmer in the field of technical communication. en-us Copyright (c) 2005-08 by the EServer. All rights reserved. tclib-editorial@eserver.org (TC Library Editorial Board) webmaster@eserver.org (Geoffrey Sauer) http://tc.eserver.org/images/newlogo.gif http://tc.eserver.org/dir/Killingsworth,_M._Jimmie_and_Jacqueline_S._Palmer http://tc.eserver.org/14387.html http://tc.eserver.org/14387.html This paper introduces a two-part grouping of papers on “Ecological Literacy and Advocacy through Technical Communication.” Both technical communication and environmental rhetoric have historical roots in the professionalization of science and government in the late 1800s. The association of technical communication with “patrons” in industry has limited the roles of technical communicators to purveying ecological literacy within the relatively tight constraints of “risk communication.” But with the blurring of contemporary communication genres and the growth of ecological consciousness, technical communicators may follow science writers into roles more closely associated with environmental advocacy.