Karen Lunsford

Karen Lunsford is a Professor of Writing and Director of the Writing Program at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB). She also serves as an Affiliate Faculty Member in Education within the College of Letters and Science. Her office is located in South Hall 1521, and her contact email is klunsford@writing.ucsb.edu.

Research & Teaching: Lunsford specializes in WAC/WID (Writing across the Curriculum/Writing in the Disciplines), science communication, intellectual property, research ethics, computers and writing, and international writing programs. She teaches courses such as Science Writing for the Public (105SW), Writing for the Health Professions (109HP), Writing for Science and Technology (109ST), Academic Research Writing (251), Teaching Technical Communication (252), and Literacy in the Information Age (Education 202F).

Labs/Teams: As Director of the Writing Program, she leads initiatives focused on enhancing writing education and interdisciplinary communication at UCSB.