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Dr. Tom Fox
October 5, 2007
 Tom
Fox is Professor of English at California State
University, Chico. He received his PH.D. in English from
Indiana University in 1986 , with a dissertation on
first-year composition. He is the author of Social Uses
of Writing (Ablex 1990) and Defending Access (Heinemann
1999), editor and contributor to Writing With: New
Direction in Collaborative Teaching, Learning and
Research (SUNY, 1994) along with many articles and book
chapters on the relationships between writing
instruction, diversity, and access to higher education.
His current research explores the relationship between
poverty and literacy in school settings.
At CSU, Chico, he has directed the
basic writing program, the first-year composition
program, the University Writing Center, and the Writing
in the Disciplines program. From 1987 to 2007 he
directed the Northern California Writing Project. In
2001, he was awarded Outstanding Professor for CSU,
Chico, a campus-wide award honoring scholarship,
teaching and service. He has served on the Executive and
the Diversity Committees of the Conference on College
Composition and Communication. Currently, he is
Associate Director for the National Writing Project.
Morning Session:
At-Risk Students, the Concept of Participation, and
Civic
Engagement
Afternoon Session:
Designing Classrooms for Action: Building the Theory
and
Practice of Participation
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