Faculty
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Andersen, Rebekka Associate Professor randersen@ucdavis.edu Associate Director, Writing in the Professions 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 Assistant 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 Assistant Director of the University Writing Program 357 Voorhies |
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 116 Voorhies |
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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, multiliteracies |
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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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Whithaus, Carl Professor cwwhithaus@ucdavis.edu Chair for the DE in Writing, Rhetoric, and Composition Studies / Associate Director, Writing in the Disciplines Voorhies 371 |
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 Associate Director, Area 3 Writing Project 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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Barr, Clara Lecturer cabarr@ucdavis.edu |
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Beal, Jane Lecturer jbeal@ucdavis.edu |
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Bender, Melissa Continuing Lecturer mmbender@ucdavis.edu WAC Consultant / Personnel Committee Zoom |
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 Associate Director, Area 3 Writing Project / Personnel Committee 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 |
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 Lecturer dlcollins@ucdavis.edu Voorhies 362 |
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Crosby, Kelly Continuing Lecturer kacrosby@ucdavis.edu Coordinator, Writing Ambassadors Program 354 Voorhies |
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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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 370 Voorhies |
academic literacy, multilingual writing, writing across the curriculum, second language acquisition |
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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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Foss, Emily Continuing Lecturer egfoss@ucdavis.edu 376 Voorhies |
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Glazner, Greg Continuing Lecturer gaglazner@ucdavis.edu Voorhees 283, but all office hours by Zoom |
Writing |
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Goodman-Bide, Amy Lecturer agoodmanbide@ucdavis.edu WAC Consultant Shields 87C |
science writing, healthcare communication, writing across the curriculum, multilingual writing, language and social interaction |
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Gossett, Kathie Lecturer kegossett@ucdavis.edu Associate Director, Writing Across the Curriculum--Graduate Voorhies 364 |
Graduate Writing, Digital Dissertations, User Experience Theory & Practice, Multimedia Writing/Composition, Medieval Rhetoric & Gothic Design |
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Gubala, Carolyn Lecturer cmgubala@ucdavis.edu 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 370 Voorhies/Zo |
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Heid, Tyler Lecturer taheid@ucdavis.edu Shields 87A |
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Hemstrom, Cassie Continuing Lecturer chemstrom@ucdavis.edu Coordinator, Professional Writing Internships 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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Henderson, Brad Continuing Lecturer bhenderson@ucdavis.edu WAC Consultant 366 Voorhies |
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Herring, Scott Continuing Lecturer srherring@ucdavis.edu 356 Voorhies |
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Horton, Joseph Continuing Lecturer jbhorton@ucdavis.edu Coordinator, Advanced Composition Exam |
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I-Tremblay, Erika Lecturer eitremblay@ucdavis.edu First-Year Writing Placement Coordinator Shields 87C (Office hours on Zoom) |
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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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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Kelley, Brit Lecturer bnkelley@ucdavis.edu Shields Library |
Literacy studies, writing studies, fan studies, ethnography/autoethnography, writing center studies, emotion theory |
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Klotz, Lisa Continuing Lecturer lklotz@ucdavis.edu 381 Voorhies |
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: (in print, 2022 expected publication). 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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Lanfersieck, Lindsey Lecturer lslanfersieck@ucdavis.edu Voorhies 307 |
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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 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 WAC Consultant |
science writing, grant & proposal writing, workplace writing, professional & career development, Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC), first-generation college student support, collaborative & interdisciplinary research and writing, performance studies, cultural analytics, sound and voice studies, 20th century poetry and the Anglo-American poetic tradition |
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Magagnini, Stephen Continuing Lecturer stmagagnini@ucdavis.edu Internships Coordinator—Journalism (UWP 92/192) Voorhies 367 |
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Masiel, David Continuing Lecturer drmasiel@ucdavis.edu 390 Voorhies |
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McCollom, Elaine Continuing Lecturer mccollom@ucdavis.edu Personnel Committee 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 Lecturer rlmitchell@ucdavis.edu 362 Voorhies |
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Moore, Alison Lecturer armoore@ucdavis.edu Shields 87C |
rhetoric and composition; antiracist writing pedagogies; diversity, equity, and inclusion; gender, race, and identity studies; critical literacies |
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Morales, Sylvia Lecturer sylmorales@ucdavis.edu Voorhies 360 |
Composition and Rhetoric, Pedagogy, Technical & Professional Communication, Genre Analysis, Contract Grading, Learning Transfer |
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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 87 |
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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Rinard, Brenda Continuing Lecturer bjrinard@ucdavis.edu Remote |
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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 Assistant Director, First-Year Composition Voorhies 361 |
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Schmidli, Danielle Continuing Lecturer dmschmidli@ucdavis.edu Personnel Committee 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. Instuctional Design. Narrative. Prose style. |
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Simon, Rachel Lecturer rasimon@ucdavis.edu 313 Voorhies |
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Sperber, Lisa Continuing Lecturer ldsperber@ucdavis.edu 309 Voorhies |
Teaching and research interests include Writing Across the Curriculum, labor-based contract grading (a form of assessment that emphasizes equity), learning transfer, and graduate writing. |
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Stark, Agnes Continuing Lecturer agnstark@ucdavis.edu 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 Shields 87C |
I research community-building rhetoric through the lenses of feminist, cultural, and craft rhetorics. |
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Treon, Caron Lecturer cartreon@ucdavis.edu |
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Walsh, Theresa Continuing Lecturer tnwalsh@ucdavis.edu Assistant Director, Online Writing Instruction 354 Voorhies/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, Empathy in Healthcare and 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 |
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Geier, Ted tegeier@ucdavis.edu |
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Johnston, Brendan bmjohnston@ucdavis.edu |
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Morris, Angela Lecturer almorris@ucdavis.edu |