Charles Bazerman
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Charles Bazerman (born 1945) is an American educator and scholar. He was born and raised in New York. He has contributed significantly to the establishment of writing as a research field, as evidenced by the collection of essays written by international scholars in Writing as A Human Activity: Implications and Applications of the Work of Charles Bazerman.[1] Best known for his work on genre studies and the rhetoric of science, he is a Professor of Education at the University of California, Santa Barbara, where he also served as Chair of the Program in Education for eight years.[2] He served as Chair of the Conference on College Composition and Communication, delivering the 2009 CCCC Chair's Address, "The Wonders of Writing," in San Francisco, California.[3][4]
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Charles Bazerman | |
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Born | (1945-06-30) June 30, 1945 (age 78) New York, United States |
Alma mater | B.A. Cornell University, Ph.D. Brandeis University |
Spouse | Shirley Geok-lin Lim |
Awards | 2018 James R. Squire Award from the National Council of Teachers of English; 2020 Conference on College Composition and Communication Exemplar Award. |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Genre studies, rhetoric of science, development of writing abilities |
Institutions | University of California, Santa Barbara |
Doctoral advisor | J.V. Cunningham |
He is the author of over 18 books, including Shaping Written Knowledge, Constructing Experiences, The Languages of Edison’s Light, A Theory of Literate Action, and a Rhetoric of Literate Action. He also edited over 20 volumes, including Textual Dynamics of the Profession, Writing Selves/Writing Societies, What Writing Does and How it Does It, as well as the Handbook of Research on Writing and the two series Rhetoric, Knowledge and Society and Reference Guides to Rhetoric and Composition. He also wrote textbooks supporting the integration of reading and writing that have appeared in over 30 editions and versions including The informed writer: Using sources in the disciplines, The Informed Reader, and the English Skills Handbook.