MICHAEL NEAL, Assistant Professor, Ph.D. University of Louisville (2001), M.A. Ball State University (1994), B.A. Taylor University (1993). Dr. Neal's research includes a large-scale study of first-year composition programs across the country; ways students and teachers negotiate and construct authority; multi-media composition; and connections between writing assessments, 21st century literacies, and composing technologies. Neal teaches a variety of rhetoric and composition courses including undergraduate courses in first-year composition, professional writing, and article and essay writing as well as graduate courses in composition theory, research methodologies, and professional communication.

REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS

• "New Designs for Communication across the Curriculum." with Pearce Research Team. Discord and Direction: the Post-Modern WPA. Carolyn Handa and Sharon James McGee, editors. Logan, UT: Utah State UP, 2005.
• "Writing Assessment: A Techo-History" with Brian Huot. Handbook of Writing Research. Charles A. MacArthur, Steve Graham, and Jill Fitzgerald, editors. Guilford Publications, Inc., 2005.
• "Adding Portfolios to the Placement Process: A Longitudinal Study" with Vicki Hester, Peggy O'Neill, Tony Edgington, and Brian Huot. Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press, 2005.
• "Toward a Theory of Online Collaboration." with Ellen Schendel and Cecilia Hartley. Multiple Literacies for the 21st Century. Eds. Charles Bazerman, Brian Huot, and Beth Stroble. Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press, 2003. 195-208.
• "Responding to Directed Self Placement." with Brian Huot. Directed Self-Placement: Principles and Practices. Dan Royer and Roger Gilles, editors. Cresskill, NJ: Hampton P, 2003. 243-255.
• "Breaking Hierarchies: Using Reflective Theory to Administrate and Restructure Writing Programs." with Susan Popham, Brian Huot, and Ellen Schendel. The Writing Program Administrator as Theorist. Eds. Irvin Weiser and Shirley Rose. Boynton/Cook, 2002. 19-28.

NATIONAL COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS

• CCCC Committee on the Preparation of Writing Teachers, 2005-present.
• CCCC Committee on Teaching, Learning, and Assessing Writing Digitally, 2003-2004.
• Writing Program Administrators Organization Task Force on Plagiarism, 2001-2003.