Dan Melzer is the Director of First-Year Composition in the University Writing Program at the University of California, Davis. He teaches undergraduate composition courses and graduate courses in the theory and practice of teaching composition. He was formerly the University Reading and Writing Coordinator at California State University, Sacramento, where he directed the Writing Across the Curriculum Program and the University Reading and Writing Center for tutoring in reading and writing. His research ​interests include writing across the curriculum, writing program administration, and response and assessment.