Michael Neal

Associate Professor
Michael Neal
WMS 223B
michael.neal@fsu.edu
Rhetoric and composition, writing assessment, digital composition, writing technologies (including AI and intellectual property), and online writing instruction

MICHAEL NEAL, Associate Professor, Ph.D. University of Louisville (2001), M.A. Ball State University (1994), B.A. Taylor University (1993). Neal's research interests explore the intersections of composition, writing assessment, and digital technologies. His current research includes a book project on generative artificial intelligence as well as articles and chapters on a range of digital writing and assessment topics: disabilities and assessment, online writing instruction, reflective writing, digital narratives, undergraduate research, and digital archives. Neal teaches undergraduate courses in the Editing, Writing, and Media track of the English major and graduate courses in digital composition, visual rhetoric, research methods, and writing program administration. He serves on the Artificial Intelligence in Education Advisory Committee at FSU and is currently the Chief Reader for Advanced Placement (AP) English Language and Composition.

REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS

  • Orchard, Amory, Neal, Michael, Wimberly, Ashleah, & Ayers, Amanda. (2024). “Open-Media Assignment Design to Address Access and Accessibility in Online Multimodal Composition.” In Amy Cicchino and Troy Hicks (Eds.), Better Practices: Experts Explain How They Teach Writing Online. WAC Clearinghouse. https://wac.colostate.edu/docs/books/better/chapter12.pdf
  • Wimberly, Ashleah, Ayers, Amanda, Neal, Michael, and Orchard, Amory. (2024). “Scaffolding for Collaboration and Multimodal Assignments.” In Amy Cicchino and Troy Hicks (Eds.), Better Practices: Experts Explain How They Teach Writing Online. WAC Clearinghouse. https://wac.colostate.edu/docs/books/better/chapter4.pdf
  • Neal, Michael, Stark, Katelyn, Cicchino Amy, Healy, Michael, and Albert, Kamila (2023). “Institutional matters: The localized conditions of WPA labor.” In Leigh Graziano, Kay Halasek, Susan Miller-Cochran, Frank Napolitano, and Natalie Szymanski (Eds.), Making Administrative Work Visible: Data-Driven Approaches to Understanding the Labor of Writing Program Administration (pp. 185-203). Louisville, CO: University of Colorado Press. https://upcolorado.com/utah-state-university-press/item/6312-making- administrative-work-visible
  • Neal, Michael, Stark, Katelyn, and Cicchino, Amy. (2021). “More than replication: Online pedagogy informing face-to-face writing instruction.” In Will Banks, and Susan Spangler (Eds.), English Studies Online: Programs, Practices, Possibilities (pp. 16). Clemson, SC: Parlor Press.

MEDIA LINKS

External links
Michael's Web Site
Publications By This Author
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