Donald A. McQuade is an English professor at the

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, and the author of several books on writing composition, American literature, and advertising. He served as vice chancellor of university relations from 1999 to 2006. McQuade was also the chair of the board of the National Writing Project from 2008 to 2012.

Early life and education

McQuade grew up in

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, and attended St. Francis College in

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. He was a member of the national championship team in men's

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. McQuade studied at

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, where he received both his MA and PhD in

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Career

Before his tenure at

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, McQuade taught at

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in New York. Specifically, McQuade taught for the open admissions program, that affords any student that has received a high school diploma to enroll in its college courses, regardless of past GPA or test scores. With respect to CUNY's Open Admissions Program, McQuade and Sandra Schor helped to create the Queens English Project. The project aimed to improve the writing skills of college-bound high school students and first-year college students in Queens County. Since 1986, McQuade has been on staff at the

and teaches courses on

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, lllWriting studies, and

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. Apart from teaching, McQuade served in a number of administrative posts at Berkeley. He was vice provost and dean of undergraduate and interdisciplinary studies, the founding dean of American studies, the founder of UC Berkeley's college writing program, and chairman of the department of dramatic art. As dean of undergraduate studies, he designed the undergraduate research apprentice program (URAP). From 1999 to 2006, he was the vice chancellor for university relations, where he oversaw alumni relations and fundraising for the university. McQuade sat on several non-profit boards and was the chair of the

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( CCCC) and the National Writing Project. He went to become the co-founder and executive chairman of WriteLab in 2013, a startup focused on improving student writing located in Berkeley, California.

Published work

*''The Writer's Presence: A Pool of Readings'' Don McQuade and Robert Atwan. 2011. *''Harper Single Volume American Literature'', 3rd Edition Don McQuade and Robert Atwan. 1998. *''Seeing and Writing'' Don McQuade and Christine McQuade. 2010. *''Thinking in Writing: Rhetorical Patterns and Critical Response'' Don McQuade and Robert Atwan. 1997. *''The Winchester Reader'' Don McQuade and Robert Atwan. 1991 *Popular Writing in America: The Interaction of Style and Audience: Advertising, Newspapers, Magazines, Best Sellers. 1974.

References

External links

The National Writing Project

WriteLab: Our Team"14 picked for UC Berkeley chancellor search committee"
Amruta Trivedi. ''Daily Cal''. April 23, 2012.
"Lecturer at 'Winds and Literature' concert throws aesthetic analysis to the wind"
Zoe Kleinfeld. ''Daily Cal''. December 16, 2013.
UC Berkeley English Department
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