Stephen Tollefson

former lecturer, College Writing Programs

Steve Tollefson served as director of the Office of Educational Development and as a lecturer in the College Writing Programs. On campus since 1972, he authored four books on writing, including Grammar Grams and Grammar Grams II (HarperCollins). Tollefon's essays, articles and short stories have appeared in such places as California Monthly, The Stanford Magazine, Writers' Forum, the San Francisco Chronicle, and California English. In addition to teaching in the College Writing Programs, he taught a freshman seminar, "Reading and Writing Great Poems in English." Tollefson was a recipient of the campus's Distinguished Teaching Award.

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04-26-12
Culture & Humanities
Teaching at Berkeley
12-05-11
Culture & Humanities
Students can’t write (or read)
04-20-11
Other
On teaching, distinguished teaching award nominees
04-22-10
Distinguished Teachers at UC Berkeley 2010
Busting a myth about Berkeley’s Distinguished Teachers
12-10-09
Memorable books read this year
Out Stealing Horses, Oil!, and John Muir
10-26-09
Census count gays and lesbians
A wise decision?
10-08-09
Sendak's The Wild Thing
On Sendak