Alison Bright

Alison Bright is a lecturer in the University Writing Program at UC Davis and a teacher-consultant with the National Writing Project. She serves as the University California representative on the Advisory Board for the California Writing Project. Her research interests include writing program administration, writing across the curriculum, writing centers, tutor preparation, teacher identity, and the professional development of teacher/writers. She has published the results of these research interests in English Education and Teaching/Writing. Alison and several of her colleagues collaboratively co-authored the English Education article “Beyond Strategies: Teacher Practice, Writing Process, and the Influence of Inquiry,” which was the recipient of the 2009 NCTE Janet Emig Award. She holds a PhD in Education from the University of California, Santa Barbara, an MA in English (with an emphasis on rhetoric and the teaching of English) from Sonoma State University, and a BA in Spanish literature from the University of California, Santa Cruz.