Bonnie Devet
Professor and Director of the Writing Lab
Office Hours: Tues 8-8:30, Tues 11-12, Thurs 8-8:30 and via appointment and Zoom
Phone: 843.953.5772
E-mail: devetb@cofc.edu
Bonnie Devet teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in composition. Since 1989, she has also been the Director of the Writing Lab at the College of Charleston. During this time the Writing Lab has been honored by receiving the Outstanding Peer Tutor Award, Student Employee of the Year Award, and Outstanding Scholarship Award (article). The Writing Lab is also the first writing lab in SC to be certified.
Education
Ph.D., English with a concentration in Composition, University of South Carolina
M.A., English, University of Missouri - Columbia
B.A., English, University of South Carolina
Research Interests
- Composition and rhetoric
- Technical Writing
- Writing Lab theory/practice
- Grammar and Style
Links
Honors and Awards
Honorable Mention for Grammar Teacher of the Year Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar July 2019
the Achievement Award Southeastern Writing Center Association Southeastern Writing Center Association February 2019
Certification of Writing Lab through Southeastern Writing Center Association, 2nd college in S.C. to be so honored
KEYNOTE SPEAKER, “Peering Across the State: A Celebration of Peer Writing Center Tutors.” Palmetto State Writing Center Association, Lander University, Greenwood, SC, Sept. 2013.
FEATURED 30-MINUTE PRESENTATION: “Humor in the Writing Center: A Cartoon Caption Contest” Palmetto State Writing Center Association Conference, Myrtle Beach, SC (Coastal Carolina University), April 6, 2013.
Named “Notable Essay” by Best American Travel Essays 2013: “Prince Christian Sound: Iceberg Canyon of the North” (originally published May 2013 at http://hackwriters.com/PChristianBD.htm)
Publications
Special issue on Transfer of Learning and the Writing Center. Vol 43, nos. 1-2 (Sept.- Oct. 2018)
“Establishing the Writing Center’s Educational Role in the Academy by Stressing Peer Tutor Development.” accepted and forthcoming (as of July 2018) Southern Discourse in the Center: A Journal of Multiliteracy and Innovations
“IPA as A Research Tool in the Writing Center.” WLN: A Journal of Writing Center Scholarship
accepted and forthcoming as of July 2018
“A Recovered History of the South Carolina Writing Center Association: 1989-2000.” Palmetto State Writing Center Association submitted April 28, 2012. Web 1 March 2013. palmettostatewca.wordpress.com .
Bringing Grammar Back into the Writing Center.” Southern Discourse Publication of the Southeastern Writing Center Association 16.1 (2011): 11, 21-22. Rpt. in Journal of ATEG [Assembly for the Teaching of Grammar]. 22.2 (Spring 2013): 28-31. Summer 2013. Print