Write More, Publish More, Stress Less!

Dannelle D. Stevens is a tenured professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at Portland State University in Oregon where she has been since 1994. Her roots, however, are in the public school classroom where she taught middle school and high school social studies, language arts, and special education for 14 years across four school districts and three states. She received her master's from the University of Utah in 1983, and a doctorate in educational psychology from Michigan State in 1991. Before coming to PSU she taught at Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington. Whether the topic is rubrics, journal writing, action research or academic writing, her work centers on how adults reflect on what they do and, then, act on those reflections. One of Dr. Stevens' underlying assumptions is that cognitive, social and emotional development does not end with the teenage years but continues through the lifetime. Besides over 75 conference presentations, she has written three books, all designed to impact development of her fellow faculty and their students. Her first book, co-edited with Joanne Cooper, Tenure in the Sacred Grove: Issues and Strategies for Women and Minorities, (SUNY Press, 2002), was written to help faculty women and minorities negotiate the path to tenure. Introduction to Rubrics, now in its second edition, and co-authored with Antonia J. Levi, and Journal Keeping, co-authored with Joanne Cooper, are both published by Stylus Publishing. In addition to teaching classes, she has taken on leadership positions in the department and campus-wide. In the Curriculum and Instruction Department, Dr. Stevens leads teacher licensure cohorts and coordinates the MA/MS program for experienced teachers. For the university at large, she works within the Center for Academic Excellence as faculty-in-residence for assessment. She is chair of the Institutional Assessment Council. Stephen D. Brookfield is Distinguished Scholar at Antioch University, Adjun

Offers five key principles that will bolster your knowledge of academic writing, enable you to develop a manageable, sustainable and even enjoyable writing practice, and, in the process, effectively increase your publication output and promote your academic career. Dannelle D. Stevens offers a unique combination of motivation, reflective practices, analytical tools, templates and advice.

Boxes, Exercises, Sidebars, Figures, and Tables Foreword-Stephen Brookfield 1. Know Yourself as a Writer 2. Understanding the Genre of Academic Writing 3. Be Strategic to Build a Sustainable Writing Practice 4. Be Social 5. Explore Creative Elements in Academic Writing 6. Keep a Writing or Research Journal 7. Write Book Reviews 8. Prepare Conference Proposals and Presentations 9. Writing and Submit Journal Articles 10. Write a Book 11. Handling a Revise-and Resubmit Decision on Your Manuscript-Micki M. Casky, Dannelle D. Stevens 12. Create a Campus-Wide Faculty Writing Program-Dannelle D. Stevens References Appendix A Text-Structure Analysis (TSA). Journal Article Appendix B Description and Purpose of Common Text Features for Journal Articles in a Text Structure Analysis Appendix C Methods Structure Analysis Appendix D Functionalities of Zotero, A Citation Management System Appendix E Word Count Log Appendix F Writing Time Log Appendix G Daily Writing Goals Log Appendix H Writing Group Weekly Goals Log Index