Selected Publications

 Articles in Books:

“Helping Students Decode the Difficult Text: ‘The Yellow Wallpaper’ and the Sequential Response.” The Pedagogical Wallpaper: Teaching Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s“ The Yellow Wallpaper.” Ed. Jeffrey Andrew  Weinstock.  New York: Peter Lang, 2003

"Parental Guidance: Disciplinary Intimacy and the Rise of Women's Regionalism.""The Only Efficient Instrument": 19th Century Women Writers and the Periodical 1830-1914. Ed. Susan Alves and Aleta Cane. Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 2002.

"'The Land of My Heart': Antebellum Writers and the Language of Landscape." Gendered Landscapes: An Interdisciplinary Exploration of Past Place and Space. Ed. Bonj Szczygiel, Josephine Carubia, Lorraine Dowler. University Park, PA: Center for Studies in Landscape History, Penn State U, 2000.

"'Nothing Much Happens in this Story': Teaching Sarah Orne Jewett's  'A White Heron.'"Short Stories in the Classroom. Ed. Carole L. Hamilton and Peter Kratzke. Urbana, Ill: NCTE, 1999. 42-47.

"Are You Listening to Me? Effective Evaluation of Student Writing" Great Beginnings: Reflections and Advice for New English Language Arts Teachers and the People Who Mentor Them. Ed. Ira Hayes. Urbana, IL: NCTE, 1998. 98-109.

Articles in Refereed Journals

“The Third Voice in the Session: Helping Students Interpret Teachers’ Comments on their Papers.” (with Melissa Pasterkiewicz) The Writing Lab Newsletter 32.4 (December 2007) 1-6,