Danielle Nicole DeVoss
- (she/her)
- devossda@msu.edu
- 517-355-2400
- Bessey 235
- Chairperson
- Writing, Rhetoric, and Cultures
Biography
DeVoss received her PhD in 2001 from Michigan Technological University. She is currently chairperson of the Department of Writing, Rhetoric, and Cultures and William J. Beal Distinguished Professor. She has served in multiple department and college administrative roles, including as Associate Chair and Director of Undergraduate Studies and Associate Chair and Director of Graduate Studies in WRAC and as Director of Digital Humanities and Director of the Creativity Exploratory in the College of Arts & Letters.
DeVoss regularly teaches courses in the undergraduate Professional and Public Writing program and in the graduate programs in Rhetoric and Writing in WRAC. She has also taught in the program in Interdisciplinary Arts and Humanities and was previously core faculty in the MSU Minor in Entrepreneurship and Innovation.
DeVoss’ research interests include digital/technological literacies; digital-visual rhetorics; social and cultural entrepreneurship; and intellectual property issues in digital spaces
Works
BOOKS
Gallagher, J., & DeVoss, D. N. (Eds.). (2019). Explanation points: Publishing in rhetoric and
composition. Boulder: Colorado State University Press / Utah State University Press.
Wyatt, C. S., & DeVoss, D. N. (Eds.). (2017). Type matters: The rhetoricity of letterforms.
West Lafayette, IN: Parlor Press.
Purdy, J., & DeVoss, D. N. (Eds.). (2016). Making space: Writing instruction, infrastructure,
and multiliteracies. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press/Sweetland Digital Rhetoric
Collaborative.
Rife, M., & DeVoss, D. N. (Eds.). (2014). Cultures of copyright. New York: Peter Lang.
McKee, H., & DeVoss, D. N. (Eds.). (2013). Digital writing assessment and evaluation.
Computers and Composition Digital Press / Utah State University Press.
DeVoss, D.N. (2012). Understanding and creating multimodal projects. Boston, MA:
Bedford/St. Martins.
Rife, M. C., DeVoss, D. N., & Slattery, Shaun. (Eds.). (2011). Copy(write): Intellectual property
in the writing classroom. West Lafayette, IN: Parlor Press.
DeVoss, D.N., Eidman-Aadahl, E., Hicks, T., & The National Writing Project. (2010). Because
digital writing matters. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Selfe, D., DeVoss, D. N., & McKee, H. (Eds.). (2009). Technological ecologies and
sustainability: Methods, modes, and assessment. Computers and Composition Digital Press /
Utah State University Press.
McKee, H., & DeVoss, D. N. (Eds.) (2007). Digital writing research: Technologies,
methodologies, and ethical issues. Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press. (Winner, Computers and
Composition Distinguished Book Award, 2007)
RECENT BOOK CHAPTERS AND ARTICLES
Drever, E; Brooks, S. S.; Mehr, R.; Maggio, S.; & DeVoss, D. N. (2024). Writing identity, identity writing | identity matters, matters of identity. The Journal of Multimodal Rhetorics, 8(1).
Flores, W.; Williams, T.; Boyles, C.; Arola, K.; & DeVoss, D. N. (2023). Graduate student and faculty development in multimodal composing. S. Khadka & S. B. Pandey (Eds.), Professionalizing multimodal composition: Faculty and institutional initiatives (pp. 25-42). Utah State University Press.
Boyles, C.; Boyles Peterson, A.; & DeVoss, D. N. (2022). How to multimodal: An institutional–infrastructural exploration. S. B. Pandey & S. Khadka (Eds.), Multimodal composition: Faculty development programs and institutional change (pp. 15-32). Routledge.
Feigenbaum, P., Lauren, B., & DeVoss, D. N. (2022). Community literacy as justice entrepreneurship: Envisioning the progressive potential of entrepreneurship in a post-Covid field. Reflections: A Journal of Community-Engaged Writing and Rhetoric, 21(1).
Alvarez, S., Baumann, M., Day, M., Echols, K., Gordon, L., Kumari, A., Matravers, L., Newman, J., Nichols, A., Ray, C., Udelson, J., Wysocki, R., & DeVoss, D. N. (2019). On multimodality: A multivocal manifesto. In S. Khadha & JC Lee (Eds.), Bridging the multimodal gap: From theory to practice (pp. 17–29). Utah State University Press.
Greenwood, A., Lauren, B., Knott, J., DeVoss, D. N. (2019). Dissensus, resistance, and ideology: Design thinking as a rhetorical methodology. Journal of Business and Technical Communication, 33(4), 400–424.
College of Arts & Letters News
- MSU Libraries and WRAC to Bring Award-Winning Author to CampusCollege of Arts & Letters
February 9, 2024Michigan 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 for a discussion and book signing featuring Campbell’s latest novel The […] Read Now →
- Inaugural Endowed Professor Teaches How to Connect Writing With CultureCollege of Arts & Letters
November 15, 2022As 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 students persuasive and effective writing skills she also is showing them how to […] Read Now →
- Dànielle Nicole DeVoss Appointed Chairperson of WRAC DepartmentCollege of Arts & Letters
October 25, 2022Dànielle Nicole DeVoss, who has served as Interim Chairperson of Michigan State University’s Department of Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures (WRAC) since July 2021, recently was appointed Chairperson of the WRAC Department for a five-year term, which began on […] Read Now →
- Faculty Members Recognized With Outstanding Achievement AwardsCollege of Arts & Letters
March 7, 2022The 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 College recognize these impactful leaders for the work that they do to enhance […] Read Now →
- Dànielle DeVoss Appointed Interim Chairperson of WRAC DepartmentCollege of Arts & Letters
July 28, 2021Dànielle 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 July 12, 2021. “I’m delighted to continue to serve the Department that is the home […] Read Now →
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