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Chris M. Anson is Professor of English and Director of the Campus Writing and Speaking Program. Before coming to NC-State, Chris spent fifteen years at the University of Minnesota, where he directed the Composition Program from 1988-96 and was Morse-Alumni Distinguished Teaching Professor. He is the recipient of numerous awards, including the State of Minnesota's Higher Education Teaching Excellence Award, which is given to one faculty member among 3,000 in the University of Minnesota system. He has published widely in his field, including both scholarship and pedagogical applications, and has consulted or spoken at dozens of institutions in 42 states and several foreign countries. His most recent book, Under Construction: Working at the Intersections of Composition Theory, Research, and Practice, is an edited collection of essays that examines new directions in the teaching and administration of writing in higher education. [more details]

Michael P. Carter is Associate Professor of English with a specialization in rhetoric and composition and Associate Director of the Campus Writing and Speaking Program. With a special interest in writing in the disciplines, he has worked with faculty from across NC State to identify writing and speaking outcomes for students in their majors. He is the principal investigator for two National Science Foundation grants to create and disseminate online instructional materials for helping students write more effective lab reports. He was the 2002 recipient of The Award for Outstanding Contributions to Undergraduate Education. His scholarship has been published in a variety of journals, including College English, College Composition and Communication, and Rhetorica. He is the author of Where Writing Begins: A Postmodern Reconstruction (2003).[more details]

Deanna P. Dannels is an Assistant Professor of Communication and Assistant Director of the Campus Writing and Speaking Program. She came to NC State from the University of Utah, where she was a member of a research and administrative team incorporating communication across the curriculum. Her cross-curricular work includes experience with faculty development, TA training, curricular revision, undergraduate consulting, and instructional design. At the University of Utah, she was the recipient of a campus wide research grant for her cross-curricular work, as well a College of Humanities award for teaching excellence in the Humanities. At NC State, she was the recipient of the Richard Felder Award for Outstanding Service in Support of Teaching and Learning (2002) along with the College of Humanities and Social Sciences Outstanding Junior Faculty Award (2002-2003).
Additionally, she is co-PI on a collaborative NSF grant at NC State focused on incorporating writing, speaking, and teaming in Chemical Engineering courses. She has published widely in the areas of communication across the curriculum, technical and scientific communication, and oral genres in the disciplines. [more details]