Food Matters: A Bedford Spotlight Reader

by Bauer, Holly

• ISBN13: 9781319045272
• ISBN10: 1319045278
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2016-10-26
• Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's

Summary

With readings from essayists, scientists, linguists, journalists, farmers, artists, and ordinary citizens, Food Matters inspires you to ask and answer your own questions within this engaging topic, teaching you to write throroughly on the central theme of food.

Author Biography

Holly Bauer (PhD University of California, San Diego) worked as a journalist before she began teaching college composition. Currently, she teaches academic writing at the University of California, San Diego and serves as the assistant director of UCSD’s Warren College Writing Program. She has taught writing for more than 20 years at various segments of public education in California, including high school, community college, and state university institutions. She is long-time teaching consultant for the San Diego Area Writing Project and is involved in several programs aimed at fostering meaningful cross-institutional partnerships with high school, community college, and university writing instructors. Her academic essays have been published in South Atlantic Quarterly and Writing on the Edge, and she is a frequent presenter at professional conferences.