Matthew Capdevielle
Director, University Writing Center
Assistant Professor of the Practice, University Writing Program
Degrees
B.A., Saint Louis University; M.A., St. John's College; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin–Madison
Profile
Capdevielle studies rhetorical theory and composition pedagogy, focusing on rhetoric and ethics in writing instruction in various venues, including writing centers and classroom-based writing programs at the college level. He is currently at work on a project examining the formation of academic writing culture. Capdevielle teaches in the University Writing Program.
Recent Scholarly Activity
"Literacies in Tension: Writing Center Tutors Teaching and Learning in Public Schools.” Conference on CollegeComposition and Communication. St. Louis, MO. 21 March 2012.
"The Writerly Question in Non-Directive Writing Center Tutorials.” Conference on College Composition and
Communication. Atlanta, GA. 6 April 2011.
"What is Rhetoric Research? A Continuing Conversation." Rhetoric Society of America. Minneapolis,
29 May 2010.
"Questions of Direction: Drafting a Research Guide for New Writing Center Directors."
International Writing Centers Association Collaborative at the Conference on College
Composition and Communication. Louisville, 17 March 2010.
“Stories and Same Old Stories: Rehearsing and Reiterating the Debates about the
First-Year Composition Requirement.” Conference on College Composition and
Communication. San Francisco, 12 March 2009.
“Bakhtin, Ethics, Rhetoric.” with Michael Bernard-Donals. Russian Journal of
Communication. 1.3 (2008).
“Writing the Story of Writing: WPAs as Disciplinary Historiographers.” Council of
Writing Program Administrators. WPA Conference. Denver, 7 July 2008.
Contact Information
206 Coleman-Morse Center
(574) 631-3844
mcapdev1@nd.edu
