CHRISTOPHER THAISS is Professor of English at George Mason University, where he has directed the composition and writing-across-the-curriculum programs and served as chair of the English Department. In 2005, he received the University's David King Award for  career contributions to teaching excellence. Active in the development of cross-curricular writing in colleges and universities since 1978, Thaiss also coordinates the International Network of WAC Programs and works with teachers in the elementary, middle, and high schools through the Northern Virginia Writing Project. He frequently consults on writing and conducts workshops on teaching and program development for schools and  colleges. 

Books he has written or edited include The Harcourt Brace Guide to Writing Across the Curriculum; WAC for the New Millennium: Strategies for Continuing Writing-across-the-Curriculum Programs (with Susan McLeod, Eric Miraglia, and Margot Soven); Writing to Learn: Essays and Reflections; Speaking and Writing, K-12 (with Charles Suhor); Language Across the Curriculum in the Elementary Grades; two textbooks for English composition classes, Write to the Limit and A Sense of Value (with Ann Jeffries Thaiss); and three writing texts (Allyn and Bacon, publishers) for specific disciplines: Writing about Theatre (with Rick Davis), Writing for Law Enforcement (with John Hess), and Writing for Psychology (with James Sanford).

Current writing projects include Engaged Writers and Dynamic Disciplines: Research on the Academic Writing Life, in press at Heinemann and co-authored with Terry Myers Zawacki; essays on the history of writing across the curriculum; and a book for teachers and administrators on exemplary practices in using writing in disciplines. In addition, he serves on the editorial boards of Across the Disciplines and Inventio.

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