Position Title
Continuing Lecturer
Research Areas:
Science and Technology in Literature American Literature Genre and Rhetoric
Teaching Areas:
Biography:
Dr. Nathaniel Williams joined UC Davis in 2012. He is the author of Gears and God: Technocratic Fiction, Faith, and Empire in Mark Twain's America (University of Alabama Press, 2018) and the associate editor of the Mark Twain Annual. He has nearly a decade of experience as a professional technical writer, creating online help and instruction manuals for custom software and writing inspection reports of air pollution control devices. He led statewide software trainings for government WIC employees in Indiana, Louisiana, and Missouri.
Education:
Ph.D., University of Kansas, English
M.A., Truman State University, English
B.A., Truman State University, Communication (minor in International Studies)