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Matthew Capdevielle

Director, University Writing Center
Professor of the Practice, University Writing Program
Co-Director, Core Curriculum in Undergraduate Education
Affiliated Faculty, Center for Literacy Education
Affiliated Faculty, Education, Schooling, and Society

Education

B.A., Saint Louis University
M.A., St. John’s College
M.A., University of Wisconsin-Madison
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. Capdevielle teaches courses in the University Writing Program and the Program of Liberal Studies.

Scholarly Work

  • “Feedback in Flux: Rethinking Approaches to In-Class Peer Review and Writing Center Peer Tutoring in the Age of AI.” Conference on College Composition and Communication. Cleveland, OH. March 2026.
  • "AI in Writing and Rhetoric Courses." Advising Network Conference. University of Notre Dame. March 2026.
  • “AI Behind the Walls: A Curriculum for Introducing Incarcerated Students to Critical AI Literacy.” Conference on College Composition and Communication. Baltimore, MD. April 2025.
  • “Seeking the Word: Reading and Writing in Theology.” With Nicole MacLaughlin and Damian Zurro. Church Life Africa Conference, Abuja, Nigeria (Remote). August 2024.
  • “What Can’t AI Do?: Making the Case for Human Tutors in the Age of ChatGPT.” International Writing Centers Association Collaborative at the Conference on College Composition and Communication. Spokane, WA. April 2024
  • “Camping in the Disciplines: Assessing the Effect of Writing Camps on Graduate Student Writers.” w/Gretchen Busl and Kara Donnelly. In Graduate Writing Across the Disciplines: Identifying, Teaching, and Supporting. Edited by Marilee Brooks-Gillies, Elena G. Garcia, Soo Hyon Kim, Katie Manthey, and Trixie G. Smith. May 2020.
  • “Negotiating Hostipitality: Working in a Prison Writing Center.” Conference on Community Writing. Philadelphia, PA. October 2019.
  • “Potential in the Penitentiary.” (Work-in-Progress Presentation.) International Writing Centers Association Convention. Atlanta, GA. October 2018.
  • “Internships, Practica, and Other Models of Immersive Professional Development.” (Contributor)  Council of Graduate Schools Annual Meeting. Scottsdale, AZ. December 2017.
  • “Sleuthing and Code-Breaking in Tutor Recruitment and Interview Practices.” International Writing Centers Association Convention. Chicago, IL. November 2017.
  • “Helping Others Tell Their Stories: Application Materials in/and the Writing Center." National Conference on Peer Tutoring in Writing. Hofstra University, NY. October 2017.
  • "Camping in the Disciplines: Assessing the Effect of Writing Camps on Graduate Student Writers." with Gretchen Busl and Kara Donnelly. Graduate Writing Across the Disciplines. Spec. issue of Across the Disciplines 12.3 (2015).
  • “What Are Threshold Concepts and Why Do Writing Centers Need Them?” International Writing Centers Association. Orlando, FL. October 2014.
  • "Why Camp: Theoretical Foundations of Graduate Level Writing Camps." Conference on College Composition and Communication. Indianapolis, IN. March 2014.
  • "I Am; I Am Not: Re-envisioning 'Problematic' Aspects of Writing Center Identity." International Writing Centers Association. San Diego. October 2012.
  • "Literacies in Tension: Writing Center Tutors Teaching and Learning in Public Schools.” Conference on College Composition and Communication. St. Louis, MO. March 2012.
  • "The Writerly Question in Non-Directive Writing Center Tutorials.” Conference on College Composition and Communication. Atlanta, GA. April 2011.
  • "What is Rhetoric Research? A Continuing Conversation." Rhetoric Society of America. Minneapolis, May 2010.

Email: matthew.capdevielle@nd.edu
Phone: (574) 631-3844
Office: 206 Coleman-Morse Center