Charles Bazerman
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Charles Bazerman is an American educator and scholar. He was born and raised in New York. He is one of the world's leading experts on writing and has contributed significantly to the establishment of writing as a research field. 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.
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, CA.
He is the author of over 18 books, and over 20 edited collections including: Traditions of Writing Research, Genre in a Changing World, Textual Dynamics of the Profession, Writing Selves/Writing Societies, What Writing Does and How it Does It, and the Handbook of Research on Writing.
(B.A. 1967), and earned a Ph.D. in English and American Literature at Brandeis University
in 1971. He has taught at Baruch College
, City University of New York from 1972 to 1990, becoming a full professor in 1985. He was Professor of Literature, Communication and Culture at the Georgia Institute of Technology
from 1990-1994. In 1994 he joined the English Faculty at the University of California, Santa Barbara
(UCSB), and in 1997 he became a Professor of Education in the Gevirtz Graduate School of Education
at the University of California, Santa Barbara where he also served as Chair of the Program in Education from 2000-2006. He has also taught at Cornell University, the National University of Singapore
, Univesidade Federale de Pernambuco, and PS93K elementary school in Brooklyn. His work has been translated into Portuguese, Italian, French, Spanish, and Chinese.
Genre studies
Genre studies are a structuralist approach to literary theory, film theory, and other cultural theories. The study of a genre in this way examines the structural elements that combine in the telling of a story and finds patterns in collections of stories...
and the rhetoric of science
Rhetoric of science
Rhetoric of science is a body of scholarly literature exploring the notion that the practice of science is a rhetorical activity. It emerged from a number of disciplines during the late twentieth century, including the disciplines of sociology, history, and philosophy of science, but it is...
, he is a Professor of Education at the University of California, Santa Barbara
University of California, Santa Barbara
The University of California, Santa Barbara, commonly known as UCSB or UC Santa Barbara, is a public research university and one of the 10 general campuses of the University of California system. The main campus is located on a site in Goleta, California, from Santa Barbara and northwest of Los...
, where he also served as Chair of the Program in Education for eight years.
He served as Chair of the Conference on College Composition and Communication
Conference on College Composition and Communication
The Conference on College Composition and Communication is a national professional association of college and university writing instructors in the USA. Formed in 1949 as an organization within the National Council of Teachers of English, CCCC currently has about 7000 members...
, delivering the 2009 CCCC Chair's Address
CCCC Chair's Address
The CCCC Chair’s Address is a speech delivered at the conference’s opening general session that speaks to perceived concerns in the field. The CCCC, formed in 1949, has always had a Chair, the first being John C...
, "The Wonders of Writing," in San Francisco, CA.
He is the author of over 18 books, and over 20 edited collections including: Traditions of Writing Research, Genre in a Changing World, Textual Dynamics of the Profession, Writing Selves/Writing Societies, What Writing Does and How it Does It, and the Handbook of Research on Writing.
Academic career
Bazerman did his undergraduate work at Cornell UniversityCornell University
Cornell University is an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York, United States. It is a private land-grant university, receiving annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions...
(B.A. 1967), and earned a Ph.D. in English and American Literature at Brandeis University
Brandeis University
Brandeis University is an American private research university with a liberal arts focus. It is located in the southwestern corner of Waltham, Massachusetts, nine miles west of Boston. The University has an enrollment of approximately 3,200 undergraduate and 2,100 graduate students. In 2011, it...
in 1971. He has taught at Baruch College
Baruch College
Bernard M. Baruch College, more commonly known as Baruch College, is a constituent college of the City University of New York, located in the Flatiron district of Manhattan, New York City. With an acceptance rate of just 23%, Baruch is among the most competitive and diverse colleges in the nation...
, City University of New York from 1972 to 1990, becoming a full professor in 1985. He was Professor of Literature, Communication and Culture at the Georgia Institute of Technology
Georgia Institute of Technology
The Georgia Institute of Technology is a public research university in Atlanta, Georgia, in the United States...
from 1990-1994. In 1994 he joined the English Faculty at the University of California, Santa Barbara
University of California, Santa Barbara
The University of California, Santa Barbara, commonly known as UCSB or UC Santa Barbara, is a public research university and one of the 10 general campuses of the University of California system. The main campus is located on a site in Goleta, California, from Santa Barbara and northwest of Los...
(UCSB), and in 1997 he became a Professor of Education in the Gevirtz Graduate School of Education
Gevirtz Graduate School of Education
The Gevirtz Graduate School of Education is a graduate school at the University of California, Santa Barbara which specializes in the field of education. It is located in Education Building which has been newly built in 2009 on the UCSB campus. In 2007, the Gevirtz School was named one of the best...
at the University of California, Santa Barbara where he also served as Chair of the Program in Education from 2000-2006. He has also taught at Cornell University, the National University of Singapore
National University of Singapore
The National University of Singapore is Singapore's oldest university. It is the largest university in the country in terms of student enrollment and curriculum offered....
, Univesidade Federale de Pernambuco, and PS93K elementary school in Brooklyn. His work has been translated into Portuguese, Italian, French, Spanish, and Chinese.
Writing research
Bazerman is the founding organizer of the Research Network Forum, a forum for early career scholars and graduate students, the Consortium of Doctoral Programs in Rhetoric and Composition, and the Rhetoricians for Peace.Primary works
- Shaping Written Knowledge: The Genre and Activity of the Experimental Article in Science (1988)
- Bazerman, Charles. "Reporting the Experiment: The Changing Account of Scientific Doings in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1665-1800." In Landmark Essays on Rhetoric of Science: Case Studies. Ed. Randy Allen Harris. Mahwah: Hermagoras Press, 1997.
- Constructing experience, SIU Press, 1994, ISBN 9780809319060
- The Languages of Edison's Light, MIT Press, 2002, ISBN 9780262523264
- The informed writer: using sources in the disciplines, Houghton Mifflin, 1995, ISBN 9780395687239
Edited collections
- Reference guide to writing across the curriculum, Parlor Press LLC, 2005, ISBN 9781932559422
- Landmark essays on writing across the curriculum, Charles Bazerman, David R. Russell Eds. Routledge, 1994, ISBN 9781880393093
- Charles Bazerman, Paul A. Prior, Ed, What writing does and how it does it: an introduction to analyzing texts and textual practices, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2004, ISBN 9780805838060