Faculty
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Andersen, Rebekka Associate Professor randersen@ucdavis.edu Associate Director, Writing in the Professions / Faculty Advisor, Professional Writing Minor 365 Voorhies |
Technical communication, focusing on content management and academia-industry partnerships; professional writing research and pedagogy; 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 |
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 Zoom |
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 |
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Melzer, Dan Professor dlmelzer@ucdavis.edu Associate Director, First-Year Composition / Personnel Committee 377 Voorhies |
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 |
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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Vidal Chiesa, Laura lvidalch@ucdavis.edu 371 Voorhies |
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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 |
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 |
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Abramsky, Sasha Continuing Lecturer sabramsky@ucdavis.edu 350 Voorhies |
I specialize in political reporting and social justice journalism, with an emphasis on reporting on poverty, immigration, the criminal justice system. My book The American Way of Poverty was listed as one of the New York Times' 100 Notable Books of the Year, establishing me as a national expert on poverty and on ways of giving voice to those living in poverty. I also write extensively on both documented and undocumented immigration. I am a political correspondent and columnist for the Nation, and am now their west coast correspondent; I have a long track-reoord of writing both about national and also state politics. |
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Andersen, Ken Continuing Lecturer kenandersen@ucdavis.edu 112 Voorhies |
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Arosteguy, Katie Continuing Lecturer karosteguy@ucdavis.edu WAC Consultant 114 Voorhies |
writing in education; teacher preparation/education; k-12 literacy & tutor preparation; rhetorical approaches to writing in the disciplines; professional writing |
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Azevedo, Jillian Continuing Lecturer jazevedo@ucdavis.edu Editor, Prized Writing 369 Voorhies |
Early Modern History; Women’s History; Writing in History; Writing in Social Justice; Higher Education in Prison |
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Beal, Jane Lecturer jbeal@ucdavis.edu |
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Bender, Melissa Continuing Lecturer mmbender@ucdavis.edu 311 Voorhies |
Writing pedagogy with special interest in rhetorical approaches to disciplinary composition and source work; rhetoric of health and medicine; visual and material rhetoric; the rhetoric of public history; U.S. memoir and life writing. |
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Bright, Alison Continuing Lecturer asbright@ucdavis.edu WAC Consultant 309 Voorhies |
writing program administration; writing across the curriculum; writing centers; tutor preparation; teacher identity; the professional development of teacher/writers |
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Carpenter, Russ Lecturer carpenter@ucdavis.edu WAC Consultant |
Science communication, scientific posters, STEM teaching, writing center pedagogy, neuroscience, animal behavior, behavioral neuroscience, stress, learning and memory |
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Caslin, Kate Continuing Lecturer kmcaslin@ucdavis.edu 368 Voorhies |
Second Language Writing, Second Language Acquisition |
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Chisum, Pamela pcchisum@ucdavis.edu |
Indigenous and digital rhetoric, Composition, ELL |
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Collins, Daina Continuing Lecturer dlcollins@ucdavis.edu Personnel Committee Voorhies 362 |
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Crosby, Kelly Continuing Lecturer kacrosby@ucdavis.edu Zoom |
Second language writing, writing assessment, curriculum design, literacy pedagogy |
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Davis, Cindy Lecturer cindavis@ucdavis.edu Voorhies 367 |
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de Genova, Lindsey Lecturer ldegenova@ucdavis.edu Shields 87C-18 |
Community Building in FYC, Queer Theory, Feminist Rhetoric |
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Demchuk, Dana Lecturer bdemchuk@ucdavis.edu Assistant Director, English for Multilingual Students Voorhies 372 |
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Dragona, Aliki Continuing Lecturer apdragona@ucdavis.edu 375 Voorhies |
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Elias, Julian Continuing Lecturer jelias@ucdavis.edu |
academic literacy, multilingual writing, writing across the curriculum, second language acquisition |
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Evans, Katherine ktevans@ucdavis.edu Shields 87C |
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Faye, Sarah Continuing Lecturer sefaye@ucdavis.edu Voorhies 360 |
Contract grading and assessment, disability studies, the rhetoric of Health and Medicine, the history of Technical Communication, student-centered pedagogy. |
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Geier, Ted tegeier@ucdavis.edu |
Animals, Environment, Film, Literature, Interdisciplinary Humanities, Cultural History, Critical Theory & Philosophy, Business Culture & Consumerism, Legal Studies, Disney |
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Gonzalez-Gomez, Paulina Lecturer plgonzalezgomez@ucdavis.edu Shields Library 87C |
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Goodman-Bide, Amy Lecturer agoodmanbide@ucdavis.edu Shields 87C |
science writing, healthcare communication, writing across the curriculum, multilingual writing, language and social interaction |
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Gubala, Carolyn Lecturer cmgubala@ucdavis.edu Assistant Director of Online Writing Instruction Shields Library, Room 87C |
Technical communication, including editing and data visualizations; field-wide programmatic and pedagogical studies. |
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Hatzakos, Catherine Lecturer cahatzakos@ucdavis.edu Associate Director, English for Multilingual Students Voorhies 370/Zoom |
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Hemstrom, Cassie Continuing Lecturer chemstrom@ucdavis.edu Program Assessment Coordinator Voorhies 381 |
Community-based writing, rhetorical approaches to genre and audience, information literacy and writing pedagogy, identity theory and critical race theory. |
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Herrera, Maria Lecturer mcherreraas@ucdavis.edu |
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Herring, Scott Continuing Lecturer srherring@ucdavis.edu 356 Voorhies |
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Horton, Joseph Continuing Lecturer jbhorton@ucdavis.edu |
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I-Tremblay, Erika Lecturer eitremblay@ucdavis.edu First-Year Writing Placement Coordinator Voorhies 366 |
lifespan development of writing, second language writing, ethnography |
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Jin, Sophia Continuing Lecturer sojin@ucdavis.edu |
Language as a political act in refugee communities, Language imperialism, Multilingualism, Second Language Acquisition |
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Johnston, Brendan bmjohnston@ucdavis.edu Shields 87C-1 |
Writing Studies and Pedagogy; Science and Technology Studies; Materialism (historical and scientific); Decolonial Studies; Film and Media Studies; Modernism and Poetics; Transnational American Literature; Literature and the Environment; Diversity in Higher Education (curriculum and access). |
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Jones, Andy Continuing Lecturer aojones@ucdavis.edu 353 Voorhies |
Computers and composition, journalism, new and digital media, writing in education, creativity, writing motivation, independent publishing. |
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Klotz, Lisa Continuing Lecturer lklotz@ucdavis.edu |
Legal Reasoning and Writing; Early Modern English Law and Literature |
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Kurzer, Kendon Lecturer kckurzer@ucdavis.edu Associate Director, Writing Across the Curriculum--Undergraduate / Entry Level Writing Peer Educators (UWP 197T) Voorhies 350 |
Writing Across the Curriculum and multilingual writing, language/grammar support, multilingual writers in writing program administration contexts Select Research Publications: (2022). Accuracy gains from unfocused feedback: Dynamic Written Corrective Feedback as meaningful pedagogy. Journal of Language and Education. (2021). More than just grammar deficiencies: Moving faculty in the disciplines toward a difference-as-resource pedagogical paradigm. In E. Lee, N. Fahim, J. Johnson, and B. R. Schreiber (Eds.), Building a more linguistically just campus: Theory, pedagogy, and advocacy. (2018). Student perceptions of dynamic written corrective feedback in developmental multilingual writing classes. Journal of Response to Writing. (2018). Dynamic written corrective feedback in developmental ESL writing classes. TESOL Quarterly. Ferris, D. R., Evans, K., & Kurzer, K. (2017). Placement of multilingual writers: Is there a role for directed self-placement? Assessing Writing. |
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Lane, Janet Continuing Lecturer jrlane@ucdavis.edu 87(A) Shields |
Materials Development in Writing for Multilingual Students Responding to Writing of Multilingual Students Assessment and Training of International Teaching Assistants |
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Lester, Shannah Continuing Lecturer srlester@ucdavis.edu Voorhies 383 |
Multimodal Feedback and its Implications with Multilingual Writers; Second Language Curriculum Design, Professional Writing and Multimodal Composition; Culture, Writing, and Rhetorical Implications; Professional Writing and Multicultural Communication ; Rhetoric of Social Media; Teaching Writing Online, Hybrid and Asynchronous Modalities; Visual Rhetoric in Digital Writing Environments |
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Lore, Elisabeth Continuing Lecturer emlore@ucdavis.edu Voorhies 364 an |
French, Caribbean, Chicana/o, Multilingual Literature, and Mediating Literature, particularly in relation to immigration and identity construction. |
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MacArthur, Marit Lecturer mjmacarthur@ucdavis.edu Associate Director for Writing Across the Curriculum--Grad |
Digital voice studies, Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC), AI and writing, first-generation support, collaborative & interdisciplinary research and writing, open-source software development, performance studies, cultural analytics, 20th century poetry and the Anglo-American poetic tradition |
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Magagnini, Stephen Continuing Lecturer stmagagnini@ucdavis.edu Voorhies 367 |
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Magnin, Jeff Emeritus Lecturer jamagnin@ucdavis.edu |
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Masiel, David Continuing Lecturer drmasiel@ucdavis.edu 390 Voorhies |
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McCollom, Elaine Continuing Lecturer mccollom@ucdavis.edu Voorhies 368 |
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McDonnell, Sean Continuing Lecturer sjmcdonnell@ucdavis.edu 392 Voorhies |
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Meisenheimer, Donald Continuing Lecturer dkmeisenheimer@ucdavis.edu 359 Voorhies |
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Michaels, Ann Lecturer amichaels@ucdavis.edu |
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Miller, Greg Continuing Lecturer glmiller@ucdavis.edu Voorhies 363 |
Composition Studies, Interdisciplinary Writing, Creative Writing, Creative Non-Fiction, Journalism, Literary Reviews, Film Studies, Critical Theory, Literature |
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Milton, Heather Continuing Lecturer hnmilton@ucdavis.edu 379 Voorhies |
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Miniaci, Miles Continuing Lecturer mbminiaci@ucdavis.edu Shields Lower L |
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Mitchell, Rebecca Continuing Lecturer rlmitchell@ucdavis.edu |
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Moore, Alison Lecturer armoore@ucdavis.edu Shields 87C |
rhetoric and composition; antiracist writing pedagogies; intersectional feminist theory and practice; diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) & social justice; critical literacies; & writing across the curriculum |
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Morales, Sylvia Continuing Lecturer sylmorales@ucdavis.edu Voorhies 360 |
Composition and Rhetoric, Pedagogy, Technical & Professional Communication, Genre Analysis, Contract Grading, Learning Transfer |
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Morris, Angela Lecturer almorris@ucdavis.edu |
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Niu, Catherine Lecturer cniu@ucdavis.edu Shields Library 87C |
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Oliver, Matt Continuing Lecturer mjoliver@ucdavis.edu Voorhies 353 |
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Padda, Randeep Continuing Lecturer rkpadda@ucdavis.edu Zoom |
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Pearsall, Beth Lecturer nepearsall@ucdavis.edu Zoom |
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Pokharel, Ramesh Lecturer rkpokharel@ucdavis.edu SHLDS 87C-2 |
Rhetorical Situation, Second Language Writing, TESOL |
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Proctor, Mandy Lecturer mproctor@ucdavis.edu Assistant Director, Entry-Level Writing 376 Voorhies |
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Quinn, DJ Lecturer djquinn@ucdavis.edu 201 Voorhees |
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Rabie, Brigitte Lecturer brabie@ucdavis.edu Shields 87C |
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Ramirez, Fairuze Ahmed Lecturer farramirez@ucdavis.edu |
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Rinard, Brenda Continuing Lecturer bjrinard@ucdavis.edu Personnel Committee |
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Rodger, Katie Continuing Lecturer karodger@ucdavis.edu Internship Coordinator (UWP 92/192) 113 Voorhies |
Science communication; professional science writing; environmental science writing; science journalism |
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Ross, Andrea Lecturer amross@ucdavis.edu Personnel Committee Voorhies 361 |
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Schmidli, Danielle Continuing Lecturer dmschmidli@ucdavis.edu Voorhies 383 |
second language writing; peer and teacher feedback; international graduate writing, reading, and oral skills; curriculum development; building students' transferable skills; program administration; |
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Sententia, Wrye Continuing Lecturer sotoole@ucdavis.edu 373 Voorhies |
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Sewell, William Continuing Lecturer wjsewell@ucdavis.edu Associate Director, Advanced Composition / WOE Editor (UWP 280) Voorhies 369 |
Technical & professional communication. Rhetoric of Science. Classical, material, visual, and sensory rhetorics. Native-American & indigenous rhetorics. Computers and technology. Graphic design. UX & Usability. Online instruction. Instructional Design. Narrative. Creative Nonfiction. Prose style. |
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Sperber, Lisa Continuing Lecturer ldsperber@ucdavis.edu Personnel Committee 309 Voorhies |
Teaching and research interests include Writing in Health Sciences and Writing in Education, Writing Across the Curriculum, labor-based contract grading, learning transfer, graduate writing and writing with AI. |
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Stark, Agnes Continuing Lecturer agnstark@ucdavis.edu UDCE Coordinator Voorhies 115 |
Teaching Areas: Writing in the Health Professions; Advanced Composition; English for Multilingual Writers // Research Areas: Special topics in Social Justice & Health; Narrative Medicine; Special Topics in Mental Health; Environmental Justice & Equity; Ethics in Science; Linguistics for TESOL // Personal Writing Interests: Essayist; Poet; Writer of Short Stories. // Personal Reading Interests: Contemporary Latin American Literature by Women Writers // Bilingual English & Spanish |
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Strandjord, Erika Lecturer ecstrandjord@ucdavis.edu Voorhies 376 |
I research community-building rhetoric through the lenses of feminist, cultural, and craft rhetorics. |
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Wallis, Wally cjwallis@ucdavis.edu 285 Voorhies |
Gender and sexuality in early modern literature and culture |
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Walsh, Theresa Continuing Lecturer tnwalsh@ucdavis.edu Zoom |
Intersectional Feminism, Feminist Phenomenology, Queer Phenomenology, Embodiment, Affect, Sensory Rhetoric, Comedy Studies, Humor Studies, Rhetoric of Health and Medicine, Narrative Medicine, Rhetoric of Science, Ancient Rhetoric, Teaching Writing in Online, Hybrid, and Hyflex Modalities, Student Self Efficacy, Journaling, Cultural Humility, Safety, and Structural Competence in Healthcare Settings |
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Waltonen, Karma Continuing Lecturer kjwaltonen@ucdavis.edu 355 Voorhies |
Rhetoric and Composition, Margaret Atwood, Science Fiction/Fantasy, The Simpsons, Humor and Satire, Stand-Up, Narrative Medicine, Shakespeare, Drama, Popular Culture, Graphic Novels, 20th and 21st C Anglophone Literature Dr. Karma has specialized training in theatre, film, feminist theory, and anti-racist pedagogy, in addition to professional certification in online teaching. |
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Whitaker, Anne Lecturer amwhit@ucdavis.edu 372 Voorhies |
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Williams, Nathaniel Continuing Lecturer ntlwilliams@ucdavis.edu 363 Voorhies |
Science and Technical Communication, American Literature and Culture, Science Fiction, Genre and Rhetoric |