John Webster (he/his/him)

Associate Professor

Director of Writing, College of Arts & Sciences

206-784-3504

cicero@uw.edu

Personal Website

PDL A-407

Office Hours: 

Tue 3-5 and by appt

Fields of Interest

• 16th Century
• 17th Century
• 19th Century
• Drama
• Linguistics
• Pedagogy
• Renaissance
• Rhetoric and Composition
• Romanticism

Background and Experience

Summary

B.A., UCLA, 1967

M.A., University of California, Berkeley, 1969

Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 1974

Areas of Specialization

Early Modern Studies, Theater, Composition, Language and Usage

Awards: 

English Department Distinguished Teaching Award

University of Washington Distinguished Teaching Award

Carnegie Scholar in the Carnegie Academy for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

Affiliated Departments: 

• Arts & Sciences

Research

Publications, Book Chapters

• John Webster. “The Elizabethan Age Portfolio: Using Writing to Teach Shorter Elizabethan Poetry.” For Teaching Shorter Elizabethan Poetry. Patrick Cheney and Anne Prescott, eds. MLA. 2000, 145-149.  
• John Webster. “Challenging the Commonplace: Teaching as Conversation in Spenser’s Legend of Temperance.” Approaches to Teaching The Faerie Queene. David L. Miller, ed. MLA. 1994, 82-92.  

Publications, Books

• John Webster. William Temple’s “Analysis” of Sir Philip Sidney’s “Apology for Poetry”. Medieval and Early Renaissance Texts and Studies. 1984.  

Research Advised: Undergraduate Symposia

• Jessica Jungwirth, "Tutors as Participant Researchers: How English Language Learners (ELLs) Taught Us Better Ways to Support Writing and Learning," 2011.  

Courses Taught

Autumn 2021

• ENGL 270 A: The Uses of the English Language

Spring 2021

• ENGL 370 A: English Language Study - Course Website

Winter 2021

• ENGL 560 A: The Nature Of Language: History And Theory: The Nature of Language: or What Pops, Hums, Nasal Resonances and Precise Stuttering have Done to Make Human Civilization Possible

Autumn 2020

• ENGL 108 J: Writing Ready: Preparing for College Writing

Spring 2020

• ENGL 244 A: Reading Drama

Winter 2020

• ENGL 370 A: English Language Study - Course Website
• ENGL 560 A: The Nature of Language: History and Theory

Autumn 2019

• ENGL 108 L: Writing Ready: Preparing for College Writing - Course Website
• ENGL 270 A: The Uses of the English Language

Spring 2019

• ENGL 244 A: Reading Drama - Course Website

Winter 2019

• ENGL 108 A: Writing Ready: Preparing for College Writing - Course Website
• ENGL 270 A: The Uses of the English Language - Course Website

Autumn 2018

• ENGL 108 L: Writing Ready: Preparing for College Writing - Course Website
• ENGL 370 A: English Language Study - Course Website

Winter 2018

• ENGL 370 A: English Language Study - Course Website

Autumn 2017

• ENGL 270 A: The Uses Of The English Language: A Matter of Style: the English Sentence Past and Present

Winter 2017

• ENGL 370 A: English Language Study - Course Website

Autumn 2016

• ENGL 108 A: Writing Ready: Preparing For College Writing
• ENGL 270 A: The Uses Of The English Language: A Matter of Style: the English Sentence Past and Present

Winter 2016

• ENGL 370 A: English Language Study

Autumn 2015

• ENGL 108 A: Writing Ready: Preparing For College Writing

Spring 2015

• ENGL 370 A: English Language Study

Autumn 2014

• ENGL 270 A: The Uses Of The English Language: English Through Literature - Course Website

Winter 2014

• ENGL 370 A: English Language Study

Autumn 2013

• ENGL 108 J: Writing Ready: Preparing For College Writing
• ENGL 270 A: The Uses Of The English Language: English Through Literature

News

Related News

• Professor John Webster Reflects on Shakespeare's Birthday Apr 23, 2020
• Expository Writing Program Awarded Certificate of Excellence Jan 6, 2020
• Faculty and Staff Notes Jan 6, 2020
• London Calling: The City Is The Classroom May 14, 2018
• In Memoriam: John Coldewey May 4, 2018
• Recommended Reading / Faculty Suggest Winter Books Nov 16, 2017
• Puget Sound Writing Consortium Carries Forward Work of Puget Sound Writing Project Nov 15, 2017
• In Memory and Celebration of Roger Sale / by Professor John Webster Nov 15, 2017
• UW Praxis Conference 2017 / Crafting Meaning Through Making May 28, 2017
• Puget Sound Writing Consortium Carries Forward Work of Puget Sound Writing Project May 28, 2017
• Book Recommendations  / English Faculty Suggest Winter Reading Nov 19, 2016
• Emerging Directions and Continuing Traditions in the English Department May 6, 2015
• Short Takes Nov 3, 2014