[Englecturers] Fwd: [Staff] Announcement of John Briggs Appointment

[Tina Feldmann]

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>TO:   UCR Campus Community
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>FR:    Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Wartella
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>RE:    Appointment of Interim Director of the University Writing Program
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>I am pleased to announce that as of August 7th 2007, Professor John 
>Briggs has been appointed the Interim Director of the University 
>Writing Program within the Office of Undergraduate Education. 
>Importantly for this position, John is a scholar in the fields of 
>rhetoric, composition, and composition pedagogy. In addition to many 
>articles, he has published two books on the history of rhetoric and 
>eloquence: Francis Bacon and the Rhetoric of Nature (Harvard 
>University Press) and Lincoln's Speeches Reconsidered (Johns Hopkins 
>University Press). He has taught a range of courses in composition 
>and composition pedagogy--and this past summer at <?xml:namespace 
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>/>Boston University he directed a National Endowment for the 
>Humanities seminar, "Masters of Prose." John is also the winner of 
>the 1995-1996 Faculty Teaching Award.
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>John also comes to this position with a wealth of administrative 
>experience at the campus, community, and national levels. He has 
>chaired the UC Council of Writing Programs. He was one of the 
>founders of the UC Systemwide Entry-Level Writing Requirement (ELWR) 
>placement exam system; moreover, he directed UCR's ELWR program 
>since 1980. John has also worked to improve primary and secondary 
>education as the Director of the Inland Area Writing Project, a 
>teacher-training organization that has won several million dollars 
>in grant support to help teachers become better writing instructors. 
>In addition, he established a program that has given instruction and 
>practice UC placement exams to more than 40,000 high-school juniors 
>in UCR's feeder schools. Finally, John recently served as an advisor 
>to the College Board for the new SAT verbal exam. Clearly, John has 
>impressive academic and service records on which he can draw to 
>implement this new office.
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>The University Writing Program will develop and administer many 
>campus initiatives, including a comprehensive pedagogy and training 
>program for graduate students and lecturers who teach writing; 
>advising on computer-assisted instruction in the classroom; and 
>developing and overseeing a writing center that provides trained 
>one-on-one tutoring, small writing workshops, and other support 
>services for students across campus. Please join me in 
>congratulating John and wishing him well in his new role.
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Tina Feldmann
Graduate Student Advisor
Department of English
University of California, Riverside
Riverside, CA  92521-0323
office: (951) 827-1454
FAX:   (951) 827-3967
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