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Profile

Dr. Michelle Devereaux has published six books on grammar and linguistic diversity in the classroom. A widely recognized scholar, she presents regularly in the United States and internationally. She has served as the keynote at conferences in countries including the Czech Republic, China, and Australia. 

Publications

 
  • Devereaux, Michelle D., & Chris C. Palmer. “Integrating Linguistics into a Secondary ELA Curriculum in a Changing South: Difference, Understanding, and Empathy.” LAVIS V: The Changing South. The University of Georgia Press. Under Review.
  • Crovitz, Darren and Michelle Devereaux. “Reimagining Grammar Instruction as an Integrated and Rhetorical Activity.” mETAphor, the flagship publication for the English Teachers Association of New South Wales, Australia. October 2024. Invited. 
  • Devereaux, Michelle & Chris Palmer. “Linguists and Teachers Collaborating in an ELA Classroom: Teaching Around the Test.” Proceedings of the Linguistic Society of America. Volume 9, No. 1. 2024.
  • Devereaux, Michelle. “When Strangers Become Sages.” ROVA. June/July edition, 2024.
  • Devereaux, Michelle. “Mr. Roger’s Mother Was Right: There Are Always Helpers, Even on the Road.” ROVA. April/May edition, 2024.
  • Devereaux, Michelle D., & Chris C. Palmer. “Using Memes to Teach Linguistic Concepts in the ELA Classroom.” In How do you Meme? Critical Memetic Literacies in English Education. Darren Crovitz and Leah Panther (Eds.). Routledge. December 2023. 
  • Devereaux, Michelle D., Chris Palmer, & Victoria Thompson. “Motivations and Frameworks for Pandialectal Learning.” American Speech. Spring 2021: 235-252.
  • Crovitz, Darren, & Michelle D. Devereaux. “Developing Thematic Units: Is There a Place for Grammar?” Connections. Fall, 2017: 22-27. Print.

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Publications

Presentations

Dr. Devereaux does many presentations every year, but here are some highlights from the most recent years. 
  • Devereaux, Michelle. ATEG
  • Devereaux, Michelle and Darren Crovitz. “Embracing Artificial Intelligence in the Classroom: How AI and Grammar Instruction Can Make Learning Relevant, Purposeful, and Engaging.” National Council of Teachers of English, National Conference. Boston, MA. November 2024.
  • Devereaux, Michelle and Chris Palmer. “Linguists and Teachers Collaborating in an ELA Classroom.” Linguistic Society of America Conference, National Conference. New York City, NY. January 2024.
  • Devereaux, Michelle and Darren Crovitz. “Reimagining Grammar Instruction as an Integrated and Rhetorical Activity.” English Teachers Association of New South Wales. Australia. November 2023. Conference Keynote. Invited. 
  • Devereaux, Michelle, Chris Palmer. “Standardized English, Global Englishes, and Education: Impacts and Empathy.” Global Studies Conference, International Conference, Athens, Greece, July 2022.
  • Devereaux, Michelle and Darren Crovitz. “A Confluence of Grammars: How the Language of Students’ Worlds and the Language of the Classroom Might Merge.” National Council for Teachers of English, National Conference, Virtual. November 2020. 
  • Devereaux, Michelle, and Darren Crovitz. “Making the World with Words: Teaching Grammar Through Student Inquiry.” National Council for Teachers of English Conference, National Conference, Baltimore, MD. November 2019.