Dana Ferris
- Associate Professor
Office Hours: M 9:30-10:30, W 12:00-1:00, F 9:00-10:00 & by appt.
Education:
- Ph.D., University of Southern California, 1991
- M.A., University of Southern California, 1988
- M.A., California State University, Sacramento, 1985
- B.A., University of California, Davis, 1982
Biography:
Dana Ferris (Ph.D. Applied Linguistics, USC, 1991) is Associate Professor and Associate Director
for Lower-Division Writing in the UWP. With assistance from Aliki Dragona, she oversees the UWP 1 course and teaches upper-division writing courses and graduate pedagogy courses. Her primary scholarly interest is in the writing of second/additional language speakers of English.
Dana returned to UC Davis, her undergraduate alma mater (B.A. English, 1982) in 2008 after 18 years as Professor of English at California State University, Sacramento, where she directed the graduate MA TESOL Program and the ESL writing program. Dana has been living in Davis with her family since 1991.
Dana has published a number of books, chapters, and journal articles. Her books include
Teaching ESL Composition (2005) and Teaching Readers of English (2009, both with John Hedgcock), Response
to Student Writing (2003), Treatment of Error in Second Language Student Writing (2002), and Teaching College Writing to Diverse Student Populations (2009). Her research has
focused extensively on response to student writing and on written corrective feedback in second
language writing.
Dana serves on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Second Language Writing, Language Teaching Reserch, New Zealand Studies in Applied Linguistics, and is the incoming Teaching Issues Editor of the TESOL Quarterly. She has also served on the Board of Directors of CATESOL (California Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages).
FBI Special Agent is Guest Speaker in Stephen Magagnini's Journalism Class
Writing on the Edge and Prized Writing 20th Year Publication Celebration