Lee Odell
Selected Publications
Books - In Print
Writing in a Visual Age. Odell and Katz. New York: Bedford-St. Martin’s. 2005.
Evaluating Writing: The Role of Teachers’ Knowledge of Text, Learning, and Culture. Eds. C. R. Cooper and L. Odell. Urbana, IL: National Council of Teachers of English. 1999.
Theory and Practice in the Teaching of Writing: Rethinking the Discipline. Ed. Lee Odell. Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press, 1993.
Writing in Non‑Academic Settings. Eds. L. Odell and D. Goswami. New York: Guilford Press, 1985.
Evaluating Writing: Describing, Measuring, Judging. Eds. C. R. Cooper and L. Odell. Urbana, IL: National Council of Teachers of English, 1977.
Research on Composing: Points of Departure. Eds. C. R. Cooper and L. Odell. Urbana, IL: National Council of Teachers of English, 1978.
Articles and Book Chapters
"Reinventing Invention: Teaching Writing by Teaching Engineering." Language and Learning across the Curriculum. Fall, 2003. (Odell and Swerse).
"Moving from Print to Digital Media." Works and Days. Summer 2000. (Katz and Odell).
"Bridging the Gap: Integrating Visual and Textual Information." In Inventing a Discipline: Rhetoric Scholarship in Honor of Richard E. Young. Urbana, IL: National Council of Teachers of English. 2000. (Odell and Chauss.)
"Redefining Composing: Arguments for a New Research Agenda." In History, Reflection, and Narrative, 1963-1983. Eds. M. Rosner, B. Boehm, and D. Journet. Stamford, CT: Ablex Publishing Company. 1999.
"Assessing Thinking: Glimpsing a Mind at Work." In Evaluating Writing: The Role of Teachers’ Knowledge of Text, Learning, and Culture. Cited above.
"Basic Writing in Context: Rethinking Academic Literacy." Journal of Basic Writing, 14, 1 (Spring, 1995), 43-56.
"Introduction: Theory and Practice." In Theory and Practice in the Teaching of Writing. Ed. Lee Odell. Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press, 1993.
"Strategy and Surprise in the Making of Meaning." In Theory and Practice in the Teaching of Writing. Ed. Lee Odell. Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press, 1993.
"Writing Assessment and Writing Instruction: A Classroom Perspective." In Theory and Practice in the Teaching of Writing. Ed. Lee Odell. Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press, 1993.
"Surveying the Field and Looking Ahead: Systems Theory and Research on Writing in the Workplace." In Writing in the Workplace. Ed. Rachel Spika. Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press, 1992 (Bouldin and Odell.)
"Writing Assessment, Writing Instruction, and Teacher Professionalism." In A Rhetoric of Doing. Eds. Stephen Witte, et al. Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press, 1992.
"Context Specific Ways of Knowing and the Evaluation of Writing." In Writing in the Disciplines. Eds. Anne Herrington and Charles Moran. Modern Language Association, 1992.
"On Using Writing." In Writing Across the Curriculum in Community Colleges. Eds. Linda Stanley, and Joanna Ambron. Jossey Bass. 1991.
"The Construction of Meaning: Practicing What We Preach." In The Writing Teacher as Researcher. Eds. Donald Daiker, et al. Boynton/Cook Heinemann, 1990.
"Responding to Responses: Good News, Bad News, and Unanswered Questions." Eds. Ross Winterowd, et al. National Council of Teachers of English, 1989.
"Constants and Variations in My Writing Process." In Writers on Writing. Ed. T. Waldrep. New York: Random House, 1988.
"Diversity and Change: Toward a Maturing Discipline." College Composition and Communication, December 1986.
"Planning Classroom Research." In Reclaiming the Classroom. Eds. D. Goswami and P. Stillman. Upper Montclair, New Jersey. Boynton/Cook, 1986.
"Beyond the Text: Relations Between Writing and Social Context." In Writing in Non-Academic Settings. Eds. L. Odell and D. Goswami. New York: Guilford Press, 1985.
"Ethnographic Methodology for Writing Research." In Writing in Non-Academic Settings. Ed. L. Odell and D. Goswami. New York: Guilford Press, 1985. (Doheny Farina, Odell).
"Writing Outside the English Classroom: Implications for Teaching and for Learning." In Literacy for Life. Eds. R.W. Bailey and R.M. Fosheim. New York: Modern Language Association, 1983.
"Written Products and the Writing Process." In The Writer's Mind. Ed. J. Hays, et al. Urbana, Illinois: National Council of Teachers of English, 1983.
"Redefining Mature Writing." In Learning to Write: First Language, Second Language. Ed. A. Freedman, et al. London: Longman Publishers, 1983.
"Studying Writing in Non-Academic Settings." In New Essays in Technical and Scientific Communication: Research, Theory, and Practice. Ed. P.V. Anderson, R.J. Brockman and C. Miller. Farmingdale, New York: Baywood, 1983. (Odell, Goswami, Herrington and Quick).
"The Discourse Based Interview: Procedure and Rationale." In Writing Research: Methods and Procedures. Ed. P. Mosenthal, L. Tamor, and S. Walmsley. London: Longman Publishers, 1983. (Odell, Goswami, and Herrington).
"Writing in a Non-Academic Setting." Research in the Teaching of English, 1982. (Odell, Goswami).
"Defining and Assessing Competence in Writing." In The Nature and Measurement of Competency in English. Ed. C. R. Cooper. Urbana, Illinois: National Council of Teachers of English, 1981.
"Teaching Writing by Teaching the Process of Discovery." In Cognitive Processes in Writing. Ed. L. W. Gregg and E. R. Steinberg. Hillsdale, New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum, 1980.
"Procedures for Evaluating Writing: Assumptions and Needed Research." College English 42, No. 1, September 1980, pp. 35-43. (Odell and Cooper).
"Writing in Business: Some Observations and Implications for Teaching Composition." Theory Into Practice. Summer 1980.
"The Process of Writing and the Process of Learning." College Composition and Communication, XXXI, February 1980, pp. 42-50.
"Teachers of Composition and Needed Research in Discourse Theory." College Composition and Communication, 30, No. 1, February 1979.
"Discourse Theory: Implications for Research in Composition." In Research on Composing: Points of Departure. Ed. C.R. Cooper and L. Odell. Urbana, Illinois: National Council of Teachers of English, 1978, pp. 1 12. (Odell, Cooper, Courts).
"Another Look at Tagmemic Theory..." College Composition and Communication, 29, May 1978, pp. 146-152.
"Measuring Changes in Intellectual Processes as One Dimension of Growth in Writing." In Evaluating Writing: Describing, Measuring, Judging. Ed. C. R. Cooper and L. Odell. Urbana, Illinois: National Council of Teachers of English, 1977, pp. 107-132.
"The Relation of Creative Writing and Grammar." In Questions English Teachers Ask. Ed. R. Baird Schuman. Rochell Park, New Jersey: Hayden Book Company, Inc., 1977, pp. 63-65.
"Describing Responses to Works of Fiction." Research in the Teaching of English, 10, No. 3, Winter 1976. (Odell, Cooper).
"Considerations of Sound in the Composing Process of Published Writers." Research in the Teaching of English, 10, No. 2, Fall 1976, pp. 103 115. (Cooper, Odell).
