Instr Fac AY

College

College of the Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences

Department

Department of English

Phone

Location

Demergasso-Bava Hall DBH268

Dr. Matt Moberly earned his Ph.D. from New Mexico State University in Rhetoric and Professional Writing. He received his M.A. in Rhetoric and Teaching Writing and B.A. in English from right here at California State University, Stanislaus.& His primary interests include professional writing, writing center theory/administration, and composition/rhetoric curriculum.

Dr. Moberly’s current research focuses on professional writing program development and incorporating information literacy into first-year writing curricula. He has recently worked on collaborations with librarians and writing instructors at New Mexico State University and University of California, Merced to design and implement information literacy-focused first-year composition curriculum that aims to better prepare students for academic and real-world research through metacognition, reflection, and a re-imagined relationship between librarians and the classroom. He has also spent the last few years training local high school teachers on adopting Expository Reading and Writing Curriculum (ERWC) in collaboration with the Stanislaus County Office of Education.

Areas of Interest
Professional/Technical Writing
Grant-Writing
Writing Centers
Rhetoric and Composition Curriculum
Information Literacy

BA  California State University, Stanislaus (2003)
MA  California State University, Stanislaus (2007)
PhD  New Mexico State University (2015)

  • ENGL 1000: Introduction to Composition
  • ENGL 1000: Introduction to Composition – Summer Bridge
  • ENGL 1001: First-Year Composition
  • ENGL 1002: First-Year Composition (Computer Aided Instruction)
  • ENGL 1006: First-Year Composition Seminar (Stretch A)
  • ENGL 1007: First-Year Composition (Stretch B)
  • ENGL 3007: Business Writing
  • ENGL 3008: Technical Writing
  • ENGL 4015: Grant and Proposal Writing
  • ENGL 4600: Tutorial Projects in English
  • ENGL 4980: Individual Study
  • ENGL 5010: Seminar: Composition/Rhetoric
    • Topics have included writing center theory/administration, online writing pedagogy, and professional writing theory/pedagogy
  • ENGL 5870: Research in Composition
  • ENGL 5894: Teaching Composition
  • ENGL5940: Internship in English
  • ENGL 5941: Internship: Teaching Writing
  • ENGL 5980: Individual Study