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Chris Thaiss

Listed at 16 conventions, 1999–2025, 34 listings. Printed as: Chris Thaiss (33), Christopher Thaiss (1).

changes of institution This name appears at several institutions in sequence and is read as one person changing jobs.

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Career strip

2000200520102015202020251998 1999: speaker (1)2004: chair (2)2004: speaker (1)2005: chair (3)2006: chair (2)2007: chair (1)2008: chair (1)2009: chair (1)2009: speaker (1)2010: chair (1)2010: speaker (1)2011: chair (1)2011: speaker (1)2012: chair (1)2012: respondent (1)2012: speaker (1)2013: chair (3)2013: speaker (1)2014: chair (1)2014: speaker (1)2015: chair (1)2016: chair (1)2017: chair (1)2017: respondent (1)2017: facilitator (1)2017: speaker (1)2025: speaker (2)

speakerchairrespondentfacilitatorother Grey band: 2000–2003, not in the corpus.

Listings

YearSessionRoleAffiliation as printed
1999Planning, Initiating, and Growing WAC Programs
“Overcoming Faculty Resistances to WAC”
Presenters George Mason University, Fairfax, VA → George Mason University
2004Good Writing Is Good Writing Is Good Writing?
“Faculty Talk: Implications of Interviews with WID Faculty for Teaching and Program Development”
Presenters George Mason University, Fairfax, VA → George Mason University
2004Meeting of the National Network of Writing Across the Curriculum ProgramsChair George Mason University, Leesburg, VA → George Mason University
2004Composing a Community: The History Of WAC In Higher EducationChair George Mason University, Fairfax, VA → George Mason University
2005National Network of Writing-across-the-Curriculum ProgramsChair George Mason University, Fairfax, VA → George Mason University
2005Starting/Restarting/Continuing WAC/WID: Program Models, Strategies, and InnovationsChair George Mason University, Fairfax, VA → George Mason University
2005Starting/Restarting/Continuing WAC/WID: Program Models, Strategies, and InnovationsChair George Mason University, Fairfax, VA → George Mason University
2006Meeting of the International Network of Writing-across-the Curriculum ProgramsChair George Mason University, Leesburg, VA → George Mason University
2006What We Want/They Want: Negotiating What Counts as Good Writing in an Age of AccountabilityChair George Mason University, Fairfax, VA → George Mason University
2007Meeting of the International Network of Writing-across-the-Curriculum ProgramsChair University of California, Davis → University of California, Davis
2008Meeting of the International Network of Writing-across-the-Curriculum ProgramsChair University of California at Davis → University of California, Davis
2009International Network of Writing-across-the-CurriculumChair University of California at Davis → University of California, Davis
2009WAC Research in Three Keys: Exploring Contexts, Charting Trends, Challenging Assumptions
“Challenging Standard Views of Teaching, Curriculum, and Learning in Higher Education: Results and Implications of the International WAC/WID Mapping Project”
Speakers University of California Davis → University of California, Davis
2010Rethinking and Renewing Academic Literacy: Issues of Transfer
“Transferability within the Discipline: Growth as Cumulative Influence”
Speakers University of California, Davis → University of California, Davis
2010International Network of Writing across the CurriculumChair University of California-Davis → University of California System
2011International Network of Writing-across-the-CurriculumChair University of California, Davis → University of California, Davis
2011Supporting Multilingual Writers: WAC/Second Language
“WAC/WID as Genre, Rhetoric, and Language Growth in the Research University”
Speakers University of California Davis → University of California, Davis
2012Meeting of the International Network of Writing-Across-the-Curriculum ProgramsCo-Chairs University of California, Davis → University of California, Davis
2012A High-School Initiated College Collaboration for Writing
“Joining the Collaboration: A University Perspective on Student Preparation for College Writing across Disciplines”
Speakers University of California-Davis → University of California System
2012Rhetoric and Composition Pedagogy and Scholarship in the Context of Globalization: Emerging GloballyRespondents University of California, Davis → University of California, Davis
2013The Global Work of EnglishChair University of California Davis → University of California, Davis
2013Meeting of the International Network of Writing-across-the-Curriculum ProgramsChair University of California Davis → University of California, Davis
2013Writing in Science, Technologies, Mathematics, and Engineering: Frameworks for Success for All Students
“A Science-Writing Culture in the Research University: Curricula, Collaborations, and Student Opportunities”
Speakers University of California, Davis → University of California, Davis
2013Addressing the “Crisis” in Scholarly Publishing: A Sustainable ApproachChair University of California, Davis → University of California, Davis
2014It’s Not Our Mentors’ World: Transformations in Composition Pedagogies, 2000 to Today
“WAC/WID: Five Filaments of Growth”
Speakers University of California Davis → University of California, Davis
2014Meeting of the International Network of Writing-across-the-Curriculum ProgramsChair University of California, Davis → University of California, Davis
2015Annual Meeting of the International Network of Writing-across-the-Curriculum ProgramsChairs University of California, Davis → University of California, Davis
2016Meeting of the International Network of Writing-Across-the-Curriculum ProgramsChair University of California Davis → University of California, Davis
2017Cultivating Capacity in Open-Access Publishing: The Next 20 Years of the WAC ClearinghouseRespondents University of California, Davis → University of California, Davis
2017Local and Global Demands on Technical and Professional Communication across Contexts in Latin AmericaChair University of California, Davis → University of California, Davis
2017Cultivating Your Future: An Intergenerational Conversation on Paths toward—and beyond— Retirement
“Teetering on the Edge of Retirement: Looking Forward, Then Looking Back”
Facilitators University of California, Davis → University of California, Davis
2017Meeting of the International Network of Writing-Across-the-Curriculum ProgramsSpeakers University of California, Davis → University of California, Davis
2025Expanding the Reach of Writing through the Lifespan: A Research MixtapeSpeaker(s) University of California, Davis → University of California, Davis
2025Writing Programmatic Self-Studies: Gathering Data and Advocating for ChangeSpeaker(s) University of California, Davis → University of California, Davis

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