Kim Jaxon

Kim Jaxon is an Associate Professor of English (Composition & Literacy) at California State University, Chico. She received her Ph.D. at UC, Berkeley in the Language & Literacy, Society & Culture program in the Graduate School of Education. With co-authors Leslie Atkins Elliott and Irene Salter, she researched best practices for teaching writing in the sciences, which provided the rich examples for their book Composing Science. Jaxon was awarded the Classroom Excellence College Award from the California Association of Teachers of English in 2014. She is also a gamer and self-proclaimed geek who thinks carefully about the use of digital platforms in her teaching. Kim's website: http://kimjaxon.com