• Graduate Study in English 1973-76, University of California at Berkeley
• M.A., English, 1973, Berkeley
• B.A. (With Distinction), English, 1971, Stanford University

• 1994, Disabled Students' Program Graduation Celebration, recognized as a faculty member who made "a meaningful difference in the life of a student"
• 1984, Distinguished Teaching Award, Berkeley
• 1978, Summer Institute Fellow, Bay Area Writing Project

• 1973-present, Lecturer, University of California at Berkeley, College Writing Programs (formerly Subject A)
• 1989- present, Faculty Development Coordinator, Berkeley, Office of Educational Development
• 1988-89 Principal Administrative Analyst, Berkeley, Office of the Associate Vice Chancellor--Admissions and Enrollment (principal campus analyst for admissions issues)
• 1985-88 Campus Writing and Speech Coordinator, Berkeley, Office of Educational Development (developed connections between programs, provided teacher training)
• 1983-88 Administrative Analyst, Berkeley, Office of the Assistant Vice Chancellor, Undergraduate Affairs (editor, writing skills workshops, admissions issues)
• 1981-86, Instructor, University of California, San Francisco School of Nursing, Academic Writing for Nurses (one course per year)

• 1999, Stanford Medical School, IT Department Writing Workshop
• 1997, Stanford Business Communications Series, Grammar Workshop
• 1995-present, columnist ("Writing That Works") for Pacific Telesis Business Digest magazine
• 1992, Workshop on Writing, San Jose Convention Visitors Bureau and Convention Center staff
• 1986, Workshop on Writing, Jackie Jones Design and Peterson, Skolnik & Dodge, Specialists in Print
• 1985, Workshop on Writing, Editors, Pacific Telesis
• 1985, Workshop on Writing, Editors, Crocker Bank editors
• 1984, Workshop on Grammar, Editors, Safeway Stores employee magazine

• 1997-present, Berkeley Writers at Work series
• 1995, Writing Across the Curriculum at Berkeley, Conference, co-organizer
• 1988-present, interviewer, Regents' and Chancellors' Scholarship Candidates
• 1985-present, State-Wide Subject A Exam Reading, Table Leader
• 1985-present, Co-sponsor, Berkeley Writers Event (for recipients of campus writing prizes)
• 1985-present, Producer (with The Teaching Library) of the Berkeley Freshman Summer Reading List
• 1984-present, Principal Judge, Lili Fabilli and Eric Hoffer Essay Contest

Books:

• What Good Teachers Say About Teaching: Essays from Berkeley, Tollefson and Davis (1995), Office of Educational Development, Berkeley
• Grammar Grams II, Tollefson (1992), HarperCollins
• Grammar Grams, Tollefson (1989), Harper & Row
• Shaping Sentences: Grammar in Context, Tollefson (1985), Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich
• Reading and Writing about Language, Tollefson and Davis (1980), Wadsworth

Articles:

• "Words of So Indecent a Nature," California English, Fall 1999
• "Toward a unified theory of the language of meetings," California Monthly, April 1999
• "I am begging* you," California English, Spring 1998
• "Storytelling in a College Classroom," California English, Summer 1996
• "Reader Response Grammar," Arizona English Bulletin, February 1980
• "Exposition, Logic, and Poetry," California English, October 1978
• "The Sheer Edge of Meaning: Teaching Composition to Native Americans,"Arizona English Bulletin, February 1977

Other:

• "Did My Professors Know?" essay, Stanford Centennial Book, 1991
• "A Callow Boy from Montana," Stanford Centennial Book, 1991
• "Encouraging Student Writing," booklet, 1988, Office of Educational Development

• Business Writing, CALSO counselors, spring 1996
• * Asking Questions, faculty, Contra Costa Community College, spring 1996
• Teaching Tips for Future Business Professors, Haas School of Business, fall 1995
• * Tips on Teaching for New Faculty, College of San Mateo, fall 1995
• The wordsmith as sisyphus--Standards vs. change, Berkeley Publications Roundtable, 1995
• Developing Students' Ability to Use Complex Sentences, English 302, fall 1995
• * Assignment Design, Contra Costa Community College/Bay Area Writing Project, fall 1994
• Assignment Design, College Writing 300/Comp Lit 300, both fall 1994
• Grammar and Writing a Thesis, Ph.D. Thesis Seminar, University of San Francisco, fall 1994
• * Good Teaching Practices, faculty, Dominican College, spring 1994
• * The Final Exam, faculty, Golden Gate University/Bay Area Writing Project, spring 1994
• Teaching Writing, volunteer tutors, CALS tutoring program, spring 1994 and spring 1995
• Teaching the One-Shot Course--Public Speaking, Berkeley Campus Librarians, fall 1993
• Assignment Design, College Writing 300, fall 1993
• Grammar, lunch speaker for Berkeley Staff Assembly, fall 1993
• Using Videotape in the Classroom, graduate students, Haas School of Business, fall 1993
• Writing to Learn: Writing Across the Curriculum, series kick-off workshop, faculty Golden Gate University/Bay Area Writing Project, fall 1993
• * Grammar, Saturday open program (k-12) Bay Area Writing Project, spring 1993
• * Integrating Writing into the Curriculum, faculty, Golden Gate University/Bay Area Writing Project, spring 1993
• * The One-Minute Paper, faculty, City College of San Francisco/Bay Area Writing Project, fall 1992
• * The One-Minute Paper, faculty, University of San Francisco, fall 1992
• * Integrating Writing into the Curriculum, faculty, Golden Gate University, fall 1992
• * Effective Teaching Techniques/Oral Communications, California Clearinghouse on Library Education, summer 1992
• Teaching (and teaching writing to) Eastern European Post Graduate Students, Summer Institute in Social Science Theory, International and Area Studies, summer 1992
• Teaching a Diverse Student Population, faculty and graduate student instructors, Academic Preparation and Articulation summer program for science community college students, summer 1992
• * Grammar Over Breakfast, Berkeley Breakfast Club, summer 1992
• Writing Skills Workshop, staff, College of Engineering, spring 1992
• * If I Could Tell You Ten Things About Grammar, staff, Alameda County Office of Education/Bay Area Writing Project, spring 1992
• * Teaching Librarians to Teach, California Library Association Conference, fall 1991
• * Ten Strategies for Improving Your Teaching, American Society for Engineering Education, Pacific Southwest Section, 1991 Annual Meeting, spring 1991
• Clinical Teaching in Optometry, School of Optometry (faculty), spring 1990
• Oral Presentation of Plans, graduate students, Architecture, spring 1990
• Improving Ph.D. Oral Examining Techniques, faculty, Forestry, spring 1990
• Improving Performance on Midterms, undergraduates, Geography, spring 1990
• Developing a Teaching Style, graduate students, School of Library and Information Studies, spring 1990
• Writing Skills Workshop, staff and administrators, Educational Development Cluster, fall 1990
• Developing Intellectually Stimulating Multiple Choice Exams, graduate student instructors and faculty, Integrative Biology, fall 1990
• Grading in Activity Classes, Human Biodynamics, fall 1990-spring 1996
• Teaching Writing in Non-Writing Courses, Graduate Student Instructor Teaching and Resource Center, 1988 - 1994
• Oral Communications Workshops for Faculty, 1987-1993
• Designing Exams, faculty from various departments, once a semester, 1986 - 1996
• Responding to Student Writing, recurring workshops for graduate student instructors in variety of departments, including Ethnic Studies, History, Geography, Sociology, Linguistics, Political Science, 1984 -1996

(Asterisk indicates workshops outside UC Berkeley)

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