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Elizabeth Davis
Lecturer

Ph.D., Ph.D. University of Ottawa, l98l
M.S., University of Illinois, l969
B.A.,University of Illinois, l967

Dr. Davis received a Bachelor's degree in English and Psychology and a Master's in Journalism/Communications from the University of Illinois. She began teaching writing in bilingual classrooms as a Teaching Assistant at the University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, while researching her dissertation on the figure of the doppelganger in E. M. Forster's fiction. Before coming to UC Davis in l98l, Dr. Davis taught at the University of San Francisco and Merritt College, Oakland. For a number of years, she has taught the Fiction Workshop at UC Berkeley Extension. Currently, Dr. Davis serves as Assistant Director of Composition, Lower Division, and has taught English l and 3 (Freshman Composition); Writing in the Professions: Journalism; English l0l (Advanced Composition), as well as a number of English literature and creative writing courses. She also serves on thesis committees for several graduate students in Creative Writing.

Her fields of interest include the literature of California, contemporary fiction, and early twentieth-century British literature. Her essays, stories, and book reviews have been published in Journal of the West, The San Francisco Chronicle, The Malahat Review, Primavera and other journals. Davis served as editor for Thursday's Child: Stories by Bay Area Writers (Vols. 4 and 5)

  • Writer-in-Residence, Cottages at Hedgebrook, Women Writers' Retreat, Langley, WA May l994
  • Dramaturg, Zyzzyva Arts Magazine Reading Series, in conjunction with Actors' Conservatory
  • Theatre, San Francisco, Spring-Fall ,l990
  • Participant, Foothill College Writers' Conference, Los Altos, June l990, l989
  • Award, Professional Development Leave, UC Davis, Fall l989
  • Guest Reader, Torsiello Gallery, The Coffee Mill Series, Oakland, Fall l989
  • Participant, Squaw Valley Community of Writers, l985-l986

Email: exdavis@ucdavis.edu