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I am Professor Emeritus of Writing Studies at the University of California, Davis. This homepage includes
- my bio
- selected courses I’ve taught over my career, first at George Mason University and, from 2006, at UC Davis
- research projects in which I’ve been engaged
- and info about my consulting.
You may reach me at cjthaiss@ucdavis.edu.
My most recent books:
Writing Science in the Twenty-First Century (Broadview Press, 2019), based on my years of teaching writing to STEM majors at UC Davis, as well as on my many years of study of writing in disciplines and across the curriculum (WAC/WID). A second, updated edition of this book and its companion website are in preparation for 2026.
The fourth edition of A Short History of Writing Instruction: From Ancient Greece to the Modern United States (Routledge, 2020), which I co-edited with the late James J. Murphy. This is the fully updated 30th Anniversary edition of this classic text.
