Bethann Garramon Merkle is professor of practice at the University of Wyoming, where she teaches and studies science communication and scientific writing. She is a transdisciplinary researcher who melds art, writing, and social science research to understand and enhance how we train scientists. She was formerly a science journalist and editor, has contributed to many collaborative book projects, and blogs at School of Good Trouble. Stephen B. Heard is honorary research professor at the University of New Brunswick. He is an evolutionary ecologist and the author of The Scientist’s Guide to Writing and Charles Darwin’s Barnacle and David Bowie’s Spider. He blogs at Scientist Sees Squirrel. He has spent many years teaching scientific writing; he still finds it hard, but not nearly as hard as he once did.

• Introduction1. Getting on the Same Page: Understanding and Communicating with the Developing Writer2. What Learners Do with Writing—and How to Get Them There3. Efficient, Productive Writing Feedback4. Writing in the Classroom5. Writing Outside the Classroom6. Teaching and Mentoring Toward Independent Learning7. Sharing the Workload (and the Fun)8. Teaching and Mentoring the EAL Writer9. From Pencils to ChatGPT: Tools to Improve Writing, and Writers10. Writing in a Broader CurriculumAfterword: How Do You Know You’re Doing a Good Job? And How Do You Convince Others That You Are?AcknowledgmentsAppendix: Resources for Writing Teachers/MentorsNotesReferencesIndex

"An excellent resource for anyone who mentors scientific writers. It combines educational research with practical guidance in a way that is accessible, well organized, and immediately useful. By showing how scientists can give more focused and effective feedback without becoming specialists in education, Merkle and Heard make a convincing case that better writing instruction begins with better mentoring. The book fills an important gap in the literature on scientific communication and is likely to become a valuable resource for faculty members, supervisors, and instructors across the sciences."