Consulting
Chris Thaiss has given more than 100 invited talks,
presentations, and workshops locally, regionally, nationally, and internationally
in the past ten years.
Workshop Topics
Workshops are tailored to the
needs of the client. For schools and colleges, they typically focus on topics
pertinent to teaching and learning, including, among others,
- design of composition programs, cross-curricular writing programs (WAC), or writing in disciplines (WID) programs
- classroom and institutional
assessment of writing
- design of assignments for
writing
- "writing to learn" strategies
- using writing to improve
reading
- responding to and evaluating
student writing
- writing strategies for large
classes
- history and theory of writing
across the curriculum
- promoting critical thinking
through writing.
Format
All workshops are "hands-on," regardless of the time frame,
with participants practicing and discussing the ideas and techniques presented.
One aim of even the briefest session is that every participant come away
from the workshop with one or more immediately-applicable techniques or ideas.
Contact
Information
cjthaiss@ucdavis.edu
(530) 754-9197