Professors
| Name / Title / Email | Office / Office Hours / Phone | Research Areas | |
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Andersen, Rebekka Associate Professor randersen@ucdavis.edu Associate Director, Writing in the Professions / Faculty Advisor, Professional Writing Minor |
365 Voorhies T 9:00-10:00 (in person), W 9:00-10:00 (via Zoom) & by appt. (in person or Zoom) (530) 754-6903 |
Technical communication, focusing on the content discipline and academia-industry partnerships; professional writing research, pedagogy, and internships; multimodal literacies; research-practice/theory-practice connections |
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Ching, Kory Lawson Associate Professor kching@ucdavis.edu Associate Director, Online Writing Instruction |
Voorhies 385 W 1:30-3:00; R 1:30-3:00; by Zoom appointment at https://calendly.com/koryching/meet |
writing technologies, digital literacies, composition pedagogy, teacher preparation, qualitative research methods, socio-cultural theories of literacy and learning |
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Ferris, Dana Professor drferris@ucdavis.edu |
357 Voorhies OR R 11 a.m.-1 p.m. & by appt (530) 754-2673 |
second language literacy, teacher preparation, responding to student writing |
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Marx, John jmarx@ucdavis.edu Interim Director of the University Writing Program |
752-0369 | |
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Melzer, Dan Professor dlmelzer@ucdavis.edu Associate Director, First-Year Composition / Personnel Committee |
377 Voorhies T 1:00-3:00, F 11:00-12:00 by appt. on Zoom and other days by appt. on Zoom 530-754-2690 |
writing across the curriculum, writing program administration, response and assessment |
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Serviss, Trish Associate Professor pcserviss@ucdavis.edu Associate Director, Entry-Level Writing |
358 Voorhies Sabbatical during Winter and Spring 2024 530.754.2674 |
developmental writing, academic source use, writing placement & assessment, feminist rhetorical practices, writing program design and administration, teacher preparation, longitudinal literacy development (1st Gen STEM majors), hybrid research methods. |
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Thaiss, Chris Emeritus Professor cjthaiss@ucdavis.edu |
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Vidal Chiesa, Laura lvidalch@ucdavis.edu |
Voorhies 371 T, 1:30-3:00 (Zoom), R 2:00 - 3:30 (Zoom) & by appt 5307528392 |
Writing Program Administration, Emotional Labor, Feminist Theory |
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Whithaus, Carl Professor cwwhithaus@ucdavis.edu Associate Director of the University Writing Program / Chair for the DE in Writing, Rhetoric, and Composition Studies / Associate Director, Writing in the Disciplines |
Voorhies 117 T 2:00-3:00, R 11:00-12:00 & by appt. (530) 752-0778 |
Writing Technologies; Digital Cultures; Writers and their Writing Processes; Science Writing, including Writing in Agriculture; Writing Assessment; Professional and Technical Writing; Multimodal Composition; Critical Pedagogy; the Pacific Rim (Writing and Globalization); Writing and RPGs; Rhetorics and Poetics; Histories of Books and Publishing |