Chris Anson Email & Phone Number

CHRIS M. ANSON is Distinguished University Professor, Professor of English, and Director of the Campus Writing and Speaking Program at North Carolina State University, where he teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in language, composition, and literacy and works with faculty in nine colleges to reform undergraduate education in the areas of writing and speaking. Before moving to NCSU in 1999, he spent fifteen years at the University of Minnesota, where he directed the Program in Composition from 1988-96 and was Professor of English and Morse-Alumni Distinguished Teaching Professor. He received his Ph.D. and second M.A. in English with a specialization in composition studies from Indiana University, and his B.A. and first M.A. in English from Syracuse University.Chris has received numerous awards, including the State of Minnesota Higher Education Teaching Excellence Award and the Morse-Alumni Award for Outstanding Contributions to Undergraduate Education. He has received or participated as a co-principal investigator in over $1 million in grants.An avid writer, Chris has published 15 books and over 100 journal articles and book chapters and is on the editorial or reader's boards of ten journals. He has given over 500 conference papers, keynote addresses, and invited lectures and faculty workshops across the U.S. and in 27 foreign countries.Chris is currently the Chair of the Conference on College Composition and Communication. He served as President of the Council of Writing Program Administrators from 2002-2005 and spent seven additional years on the WPA Executive Board. He has also served on numerous CCCC and NCTE Committees. He chaired the NCTE Assembly for Research in 1992-3 and was program co-chair of the NCTE Global Conference on Language and Literacy (2000, Utrecht, Netherlands) and the Sixth Conference of the National Testing Network in Writing (1987). His full c.v. is located at www.ansonica.netSpecialties: Writing across the curriculum; composition research and research on literacy development; writing program administration; faculty development; digital literacies.

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  Indiana University Bloomington

  English Lang., Spec. In Rhetoric And Composition