William H. Thelin is professor of English at the University of Akron, where he teaches courses on critical pedagogy, research methods, writing, and other subjects. He is the co-chair of the Working-Class Culture and Pedagogy Standing Group of the CCCC and is also active in Rhetoricians for Peace. He co-founded Open Words and has published in College English, College Composition and Communication, Teaching English in the Two-Year College, Composition Studies, and other journals. He is the co-editor of Blundering for a Change: Errors and Expectations in Critical Pedagogy and author of Writing Without Formulas.





