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Writing Portfolio for Beth Godbee, Ph.D.

A rectangular logo for Inside Higher Ed. The rectangle is orange and has "Inside Higher Ed" written in white within it.
The purple cover of a book titled "Pedagogy, Critical Approaches to Thinking, Literature, Language, Composition, and Culture," the October 2019, Volume 19, Issue 3 edition sits closed on top of an open copy of the book to a chapter titled, "Rhetorical and Pedagogical Interventions for Countering Microaggressions."
A large stack of books on top of three spiral ring notebooks. The books all focus on writing.
A pink square logo for Ms. Magazine showing "Ms." in white letters.
A mauve book cover resembling crinkled paper for "Performing Antiracist Pedagogy in Rhetoric, Writing, and Communication." There is a square in the center that shows a warm brown rocky structure and below the image reads "Edited by Frankie Condon and Vershawn Ashanti Young."
The cover for "Best of the Journals in Rhetoric & Composition 2021." The top of the cover is a pale blue-grey rectangle with the words "Best of the Journals in Rhetoric & Composition Series" written in black. At the bottom part of the cover is "Edited by Kristi Girdharry, Charles Lesh, Jessica Pauszek, David Blakfsley, and Steve Parks" in black.
A black and white photo of young people singing outside of a bus is under the logo for "Reflections, A Journal of Community-Engaged Writing and Rhetoric." The word "Reflections" is in dark purple and is reflected in light purple at the bottom of the image. The text is within a white rectangle.

My publications range from peer-reviewed to popular press, from poetry to prose.

Since my first academic article in 2004, I have published more than two dozen peer-reviewed articles and book chapters and numerous blog posts, reviews, reflections, interviews, op-eds, and shorter pieces. Many of these have been funded by grants and recognized by awards or reprints. Here’s a full list.

A few highlights of published scholarship include:

This book cover shows pages of varying shades of grey with words typed on them. In the upper left corner is a red circle reading "International Writing Centers Association Best Book Award 2012." The title is displayed in a black rectangle near the upper half of the cover, it reads "Writing Centers and the New Racism, A Call for Sustainable Dialogue and Change." At the bottom of the cover is a second black rectangle reading "Edited by Laura Greenfield and Karen Rowan."
A book cover for "Composing Feminist Interventions, Activism, Engagement, Praxis." The cover is shades of yellow with an emblem for the "Perspectives on Writing" in the lower left corner. In the bottom right corner reads "Edited by Kristine L. Blair and Lee Nickoson."
A cover for the book "Stories of Mentoring, Theory & Praxis, edited by Michelle F. Eble and Lynée Gaillet." The cover is navy blue with all words written in an off-white color. Two figures, drawn in a paper cut out fashion are featured on the cover.
An orange journal cover for "Feminist Teacher," which is written along the left side of the cover in black and white. Along the middle of the cover reads the information about this issue of the journal. In the upper right corner reads "Volume 26, Numbers 3-3, 2016."
A square logo reading "Research in the Teaching of English."The square is purple with a white trim and has various purple letters in the background.
A banner shaped logo for the Community Literacy Journal. On the right side reads "C" "L" "J" in large green boxes and white letters. Next to these letters reads "Community Literacy Journal" against a background of a cityscape.

A few highlights of public and community writing include:

Click here for a list of all publications, including PDFs to read full texts.

A collection of colorful journals kept by Beth are laid out on a multi-colored tablecloth. There are 8 journals and they arranged into 2 rows, each with 4 journals.
Collection of completed journals.
A collection of stapled pages of a book that Beth wrote as a child. The pages are covered in handwriting and the title "Christmas Vacation" can be read at the top of the righthand page.
My first novel written in 4th grade.
A purple book with a picture of Beth's mother on the cover lays on a black and white checkered tablecloth. The book is titled "A Collection of Life Stories" and the author's name, Sue Godbee, is written below the image that takes up the lower space on the book's cover. This is volume 01.
“A Collection of Life Stories” by Sue Godbee, my mom’s memoir.

My publications are part of my writing story. And not the full story.

So much of my writing is for myself, for close relations, and for organizations. Here’s a bit more of what I’d want to include in a writing portfolio:

  • The first novel I wrote at age 9, already sure I had something to say.
  • The collaborative creation and editing of my mom’s memoir.
  • Writing for my high school and college newspapers and literary magazines.
  • Newsletters, web pages, advocacy letters, obituaries, and many pieces ghostwritten.
  • Many, many filled journal pages.

May we tell fuller stories about our writing and ourselves as writers—toward well-lived writing lives.

~ Beth Godbee, Ph.D.