Amy J. Devitt (born 1955) (Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1982) is an American scholar and educator most known for her work in genre studies, writing pedagogy, and professional writing.

I study writing—how people write, why they write, what they write—and the social and cultural contexts that create writing and that writing creates. With a background in both English …

Amy Devitt. Professor of English, Chancellos Club Teaching Professor, University of Kansas. Verified email at ku.edu - Homepage. Composition and rhetoric genre studies English …

Amy Devitt personal website, writer and teacher, consultant on writing and teaching writing, blogger on genre, language, rhetoric, and teaching

I'm a writer, teacher, speaker, and scholar who makes research and theory accessible to non-specialist readers and writers. My favorite topics are. English grammar and the conventions …

Teaching Writing--Designer and leader of seminars and workshops on using writing effectively for teachers of writing and for faculty across campus, 1985-present.

In Writing Genres, Amy J. Devitt examines genre from rhetorical, social, linguistic, professional, and historical perspectives and explores genre’s educational uses, making this volume the …

Amy J. Devitt is associate professor of English at the University of Kansas and, beginning in January 1994, Director of Freshman-Sophomore English. She teaches courses in composition …