Dan Melzer
Professor and Director of First-Year Composition
​University Writing Program
University of California, Davis
dlmelzer@ucdavis.edu
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Teaching Praxis

     Teaching Philosophy

     Diversity Statement

     UC Davis First-Year Composition Teacher's Guide

Example Syllabi

     UWP1Y: Introduction to Academic Literacies

     UWP390: Theory and Practice of Composition Instruction

     ENGL195/410A: Writing Center Theory and Practice

​     ENGL220C: Teaching Digital Literacies

​     ENGL220D: Researching Teaching Writing

Example Assignments 

     Academic Research Article Portfolio

     Portfolio Reflection

     Teaching Composition Portfolio

Example Student Compositions

     Addressing Health Communication in Nutrition

​     Communicating in the Veterinary Profession

     Writers' Procrastination

Recent Course Evaluations
     
     UWP1Y: Introduction to Academic Literacies/Hybrid (Winter 2022)
    
     UWP1Y: Introduction to Academic Literacies/Online (Winter 2021)

     UWP1Y: Introduction to Academic Literacies/Hybrid (Winter 2020)

     UWP101: Advanced Composition (Spring 2018)

     UWP390: Theory and Practice of Composition Instruction (Spring 2021)


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