Ph.D., University of California, Davis, 1990
M.Phil., Oxford University, 1981
B.A., Pomona College, 1979
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Ph.D., University of California, Davis, 1990 |
I'm in my fourteenth year as a Lecturer in the English Department, my appointment shared with the Writing in the Disciplines Program, or its previous (and more robust) incarnation, the Campus Writing Center, and for over five years I've served as part of the Workshop Program team. I teach a mixture of specialized advanced-composition courses, mostly Legal Writing and Technical Writing, but fill literature / language course openings as well—at least, I did until the Department changed its policy to give as many lit jobs as possible to post-docs and Fellows. Besides teaching the History of English Language class as well as chunks of the Shakespeare and British Lit surveys, in 2000 I had the pleasure of doing a special-topic version of AMS 151, American Landscapes and Places, focusing on Yosemite--a place I spent many weeks a year growing up. I also teach workshops for graduate students and dissertation writers, as well as help faculty integrate writing into their courses more effectively.
In every comp class I try to provide a rigorous approach to non-academic writing tasks, such as letters, reports, and memoranda. In all my teaching I try to integrate technological tools in the service of learning, though I try to strike a balance on the side of effectiveness and simplicity rather than flash or gratuitous "technopedagogy."
In my other life: I live in Berkeley, where I sing in the Pacific Mozart Ensemble, a semiprofessional chorus, and play Baroque recorder music with my wife, Amelie, a piano teacher. She and I are the proud parents of Alexander for whom we give daily thanks. I also enjoy running, ski mountaineering, road biking, and mountain biking. More details and links to course materials at my webpage, http://stenzel.ucdavis.edu.