Dànielle Nicole DeVoss

devossda@msu.edu

235 Bessey Hall
434 Farm Ln
East Lansing, MI 48824

FacultyWriting, Rhetoric, and CulturesRhetoric and WritingProfessional and Public Writing

Chairperson
William J. Beal Distinguished Professor

Curriculum Vitae

Biography

DeVoss’ work has most recently appeared in College English; Computers and Composition; Kairos: A Journal of Rhetoric, Technology, and Pedagogy; and Pedagogy: Critical Approaches to Teaching Literature, Language, Composition, and Culture.

DeVoss co-edited (with Heidi McKee) Digital Writing Research: Technologies, Methodologies, and Ethical Issues (2007,Hampton Press), which won the 2007 Computers and Composition Distinguished Book Award. She also co-edited (with Heidi McKee and Dickie Selfe) Technological Ecologies and Sustainability, the first title to be published by Computers and Composition Digital Press, the first digital press in the U.S. with a university press imprint. The book is available at: http://ccdigitalpress.org/tes/.

In November 2010, DeVoss published–with Elyse Eidman-Aadahl and Troy Hicks–a National Writing Project book, titled Because Digital Writing Matters (Jossey-Bass). In 2012, DeVoss published Understanding and Creating Multimodal Projects (Bedford/St. Martin’s). Digital Writing Assessment and Evaluation (with Heidi McKee) was published by the Computers and Composition Digital Press in 2013 and is available at http://ccdigitalpress.org/dwae/. Most recently, DeVoss published Making Space: Writing Instruction, Infrastructure, and Multiliteracies (with Jim Purdy; 2016, University of Michigan Press/Sweetland Digital Rhetoric Collaborative); Type Matters: The Rhetoricity of Letterforms (with C.S. Wyatt, 2017, Parlor Press); and Explanation Points: Publishing in Rhetoric and Composition (with John Gallagher; 2019, Colorado State University Press/Utah State University Press).

Research Areas

Digital/Technological Literacies, Digital-Visual Rhetorics, Social and Cultural Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Creativity, Intellectual Property Issues in Digital Space 

Education

Ph.D., Michigan Technological University, 2001

Courses

WRA 202: Introduction to Professional Writing

WRA 360: Designing Print and Digital Documents

IAH 241E: Creativity–Social Entrepreneurship

CAS/AL 114: Creativity and Innovation in Entrepreneurship

WRA 810: Writing, Composing, Designing, Making

WRA 885: PhD Graduate Proseminar

University News

MSU Libraries and WRAC to Bring Award-Winning Author to Campus
Published February 9, 2024 in College of Arts & Letters
Michigan State University Libraries, in partnership with MSU’s Department of Writing, Rhetoric, and Cultures (WRAC), will welcome National Book Award finalist and Michigan author Bonnie Jo Campbell…Read now »
Inaugural Endowed Professor Teaches How to Connect Writing With Culture
Published November 15, 2022 in College of Arts & Letters
As the inaugural Karen L. Gillmor Ph.D. Endowed Professor in Professional and Public Writing at Michigan State University, Kristin Arola, an innovative scholar and researcher, is not only teaching…Read now »
Dànielle Nicole DeVoss Appointed Chairperson of WRAC Department
Published October 25, 2022 in College of Arts & Letters
Dànielle Nicole DeVoss, who has served as Interim Chairperson of Michigan State University’s Department of Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures (WRAC) since July 2021,…Read now »
Faculty Members Recognized With Outstanding Achievement Awards
Published March 7, 2022 in College of Arts & Letters
The College of Arts & Letters is pleased to honor the 2021 Faculty Award winners for their outstanding leadership, teaching, innovation, and community engagement. The six awards presented by the…Read now »
Dànielle DeVoss Appointed Interim Chairperson of WRAC Department
Published July 28, 2021 in College of Arts & Letters
Dànielle DeVoss, Professor of Professional Writing, was appointed Interim Chairperson for the Department of Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures (WRAC) for a two-year term that began…Read now »
Covid Relief Fund Update and Spring Semester Information
Published February 25, 2021 in College of Arts & Letters
Photo of a brick building, shot during spring
Dear College of Arts & Letters Staff and Faculty, As we head into the halfway point of the semester, I write to provide an update regarding the COVID Relief Fund and disbursement efforts to…Read now »
New Course Teaches How to Ethically Record and Edit Sound
Published January 7, 2019 in College of Arts & Letters
black microphone sitting in front of a blurred computer screen that has a white background and blue lines of different sizes on it
A new course offered by Department of Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures (WRAC) is teaching students how to use audio technology to record and edit sounds ethically and…Read now »
Professional Writing Alumna Follows Passion as Romance Novelist
Published May 17, 2018 in College of Arts & Letters
close-up shot of a woman with medium-length hair and rectangular glasses
Professional Writing alumna Anna Stevenson has combined her professional skills with her unique passions in order to successfully carve out a distinctive career for herself. After graduating…Read now »
Writing Across Digital Spaces
Published January 23, 2018 in College of Arts & Letters
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BEHIND THE WILL is a video series that gives viewers an inside look into what drives our faculty’s research, teaching, and creativity in Michigan State University’s College of Arts &…Read now »
Anna Stevenson
Published October 25, 2016 in College of Arts & Letters
close-up shot of a woman with medium-length hair and rectangular glasses
Professional Writing Alumna Follows Passion as Romance Novelist Professional Writing alumna Anna Stevenson has combined her professional skills with her unique passions in order to successfully…Read now »