With John Reeve, Mary Reeve, and Cynthia L. Selfe. "Gaming as Literacy: Grow as You Go." Gaming Lives in the Twenty-First Century: Literate Connections. Eds. Cynthia L. Selfe, Gail E. Hawisher, and James Paul Gee. New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007. For information about this text, go to http://www.palgrave-usa.com/catalog/product.aspx?isbn=1403972206

The essay investigates how gaming technology impacts the identit y and literacy learning of the gamer.

Multimodal composing in first-year composition:

With Sylvia Church. "When Things Fail." Multimodal Composition: Resources for Teachers. Ed. Cynthia L. Selfe. Hampton Press, 2007. In this essay, the authors discuss typical problems that occur in a classroom that implements multimodal activities. It offers practical trouble-shooting advice for "when things fail."

"Literacy and Public Transportation" (Video essay). Multimodal Composition: Resources for Teachers. Ed. Cynthia L. Selfe. Hampton Press, 2007. (CD included with book.) To view the video that will be included with this book, click on the link below (Copyright Beth Powell, 2007). This is a "video essay" created during a graduate seminar taught at the University of Louisville by Thomas R. Watson Professor, Dr. Cynthia L. Selfe.

Beth's video

Gender and language:

With Joanna Wolfe. "Gender and Expressions of Dissatisfaction: A Study of Complaining in Mixed-Gendered Student Work Groups." Women and Language 29.2 (2006): 13+. Abstract: This article addresses the common stereotype that women complain more than men. The researchers, defining "complaint" as the expression of personal dissatisfaction resulting from a disconfirmation of expectancies, analyzed complaints occurring in conversations in three mixed-gendered student writing teams. Results indicate that the men and women in this sample uttered an equivalent number of complaints, but they used complaints for different reasons. For example, women were more likely than men to use complaints as an indirect request for action, while men were more likely to use complaints to excuse their behavior or to make themselves look superior.

Sociolinguistics and technical communications:

"Rhetorical Teamwork: How Engineering Students Perceive Interpersonal Interactions." Association of Teachers of Technical Writing. New York , NY , March 2007. This is an ongoing project that looks at how engineering students differ from other groups in their perceptions of student-uttered complaints.

Under review. With Joanna Wolfe. "Biases in Interpersonal Communication: How Engineering Students Perceive Gender Typical Speech Acts in Team Work." Journal of Engineering Education. In this article, the researchers argue that male engineering students tend to be harsher on female-typical complaints than other groups. Implications are for women in engineering fields who may be disadvantaged by their discourse style.