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“Environmental Discourses: The Intersection of Language and Social Interaction and Environmental Communication,” which was presented in Chicago at the National Communication Association's 2007 annual convention.
We want to offer a hearty thanks to our student editor, Diane Stilson of Montana State University–Billings, for her help on this project.
Susan thanks her former dean, Dan Zirker, for encouraging her to consider the Milltown situation as a worthy scholarly project. She is thankful that the Research and Creative Endeavors Grant Committee at Montana State University—Billings was willing to fund the fieldwork. She extends sincere thanks to her mentor and colleague, Walter Gulick, for his strong support, and she is especially thankful that her family and friends have been unwavering in their assurances.
Trudy wishes to thank Sandra Chrystal, director of the Center for Management Communication at the University of Southern California, for agreeing to fund a trip to Montana to complete this book; Donal Carbaugh for several conversations about this project; and Nina Eliasoph for helping her through a sticky methodological point. She is particularly grateful to her parents, her daughter June, and her husband Chris for supporting her during the work on this project and beyond.