Anne Whitaker

Anne Whitaker is a Continuing Lecturer at the University of California, Davis, specializing in multilingual writing, business writing, and speaking/listening skills. She has been affiliated with UC Davis since 2015 and previously worked at an American university in Slovakia for 13 years, where she taught academic writing, first-year composition, managerial communications, international relations, and political science at the undergraduate level. She also led hybrid courses in writing, research, and presentation skills for MBA students across Eastern Europe and served as curriculum coordinator for European programs.

Education: M.A. in TESOL from California State University, Sacramento; M.A. and B.A. in Russian and East European Studies and International Relations from Stanford University. Prior to her academic roles, she was a Peace Corps volunteer in the Russian Far East, teaching English to students grades 2-11.

Her professional experience includes freelance editing and translation for Slovak IT companies and travel publications. She currently holds office hours MW 10:15-11:15 and offers virtual sessions on Zoom.