Dr. Michael-John DePalma
- Professor
- Department Chair
Interests
Rhetoric and Composition
Religious Rhetorics
Rhetorical Education
Education
Ph.D. University of New Hampshire
M.A. San Diego State University
B.A. University of New Hampshire
Bio
Michael-John DePalma teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in rhetoric, spiritual writing, creative nonfiction, persuasive writing, professional writing, and writing theory and pedagogy. His research centers on religious rhetorics, transfer, and rhetorical education. His work has appeared in College Composition and Communication, College English, Computers and Composition, Rhetoric Review, Rhetoric Society Quarterly, Composition Studies, Reflections, the Journal of Second Language Writing, and several other journals and edited collections. With Jeffrey M. Ringer, he edited Mapping Christian Rhetorics: Connecting Conversations, Charting New Territories (Routledge 2015). Mapping Christian Rhetorics was awarded the 2015 Book of the Year by the Religious Communication Association. He is the author of Sacred Rhetorical Education in 19th Century America: Austin Phelps at Andover Theological Seminary (Routledge 2020). With Paul Lynch and Jeff Ringer, he edited Rhetoric and Religion in the Twenty-First Century: Pluralism in a Postsecular Age (Southern Illinois UP 2023). With Kara Taczak, Ina Alexandra Machura, and Michelle J. Eady, he co-authored Writing Across Professions: Connecting Writing Transfer and Work-Integrated Learning in Global Contexts (Routledge 2026).
- Office Location
Carroll Science 111