Peter Smagorinsky
The University of Georgia
College of Education
Department of Language and Literacy Education
125 Aderhold Hall
Athens, GA 30602
Work: 706-542-4505
Fax: 706-542-4509
E-Mail: smago@uga.edu
Skype: psmagorinsky
Social Security #: @#$-&%-@*&^
1989 Ph.D. English Education,University
of Chicago
1977 M.A.T. English Education,University
of Chicago
1974 B.A. English Literature, Kenyon College
(Gambier, OH)
1968-1970 Princeton High School (Princeton,
NJ)
1966-1968 T. A. Edison High School (Fairfax
County, VA)
1965-1966 Ascension Academy (Alexandria, VA) (now St. Stephens/St.Agnes Middle
School)
1964-1965 Mark Twain Junior High School (Fairfax
County, VA)
1963-1964 Wilton Woods Elementary School (Fairfax County, VA) (now an administrative
building)
1959-1963 Rose
Hill Elementary School (Fairfax County, VA)
1958-1959 Chichester School (Fairfax County, VA)
FACULTY APPOINTMENTS
University
2011-present: Distinguished Research Professor of English Education
2001-2011: Professor of English Education
Educational Researcher (2007-9)
L1 - Educational Studies in Language and Literature (2000-present)
Reading & Writing Quarterly (1996-present)
Reading Research Quarterly (2003-present)
Research in the Teaching of English (1995-1996; 2007-present)
Review of Educational Research (1997-1999; 2009-2011; 2012-2014)
The Open Communication Journal (2007-present)
Written Communication (1995-1999; 2003-present)
National
University
Awards
for Research/Publications
2009: Edward
B. Fry Book Award, awarded by the National Reading Conference for the
book published within the last five years that most outstandingly advances
knowledge about literacy, displays inquiry into literacy, and shows responsible
intellectual risk taking, presented for Handbook of Adolescent Literacy Research.
2009: UGA
College of Education Russell H. Yeany, Jr., Research Award
2008: Association
of Teacher Educators Distinguished Research Award, presented for "Student
Engagement in the Teaching and Learning of Grammar: A Case Study of an Early
Career Secondary English Teacher"
2011 UGA
COE Distinguished Research Mentor
2007-2008 UGA
Service-Learning Fellow
2007: UGA Graduate School Outstanding
Mentoring Award in Humanities and Fine and Applied Arts
2011: Sage Citation for Excellence in
Reviewing (Written Communication)
2011: AERA Publications Committee Outstanding Reviewer Award (Review of
Educational Research)
2008: AERA Publications Committee Outstanding Reviewer Award (Educational
Researcher)
2007: AERA Publications Committee Outstanding Reviewer Award (Educational
Researcher)
2006: AERA Publications Committee Outstanding Reviewer Award (Educational
Researcher)
1997-2000: Trustee, Research Foundation of
the National Council of Teachers of English
1998-present: Fellow, National Conference on Research
in Language and Literacy
2010-present: Fellow
of the American Educational Research Association
SCHOLARSHIP
Smagorinsky, P., Johannessen, L. R., Kahn, E. A., & McCann, T. M. (2012). Teaching students to write research reports. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
Smagorinsky, P., Johannessen, L. R., Kahn, E. A., & McCann, T. M. (2012). Teaching students to write essays that define. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
Smagorinsky, P., Johannessen, L. R., Kahn, E. A., & McCann, T. M., with
Anglin, J. (2012). Teaching students to write personal narratives.
Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
Smagorinsky, P., Johannessen, L. R., Kahn, E. A., & McCann, T. M., with
Dean, A. (2012). Teaching students to write comparison/contrast essays.
Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
Smagorinsky, P. (2011). Vygotsky and literacy research: A methodological framework. Boston: Sense.
Kinloch, V., & Smagorinsky, P. (Editors) (in press). Service-learning in literacy education: Possibilities for teacher educators. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing.
Flanagan, J., & Smagorinsky, P. (Editors) (in press). Literacy across the curriculum: Dilemmas and solutions, Grades 6-12. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin.
2012: Interview
by Anthony Barra on L. S. Vygotsky’s work in “defectology”
2011: Distinguished
Research Professor Interview
2010: Interview by Andy Blunden on L.
S. Vygotsky's The Psychology of Art
1980: WPRB (Princeton University
NPR station): Program on African American Gospel Music
2009:
Senior Consultant and Author, Writing with Power, Grades 6-12. Logan,
IA: Perfection Learning.
Editor of Special Themed Issues of Journals
Smagorinsky, P. (Editor) (2006). Writing in school contexts. Special themed issue of L1-Educational Studies of Language and Literature, 6(2).National/International Refereed Journal Articles
Smagorinsky, P. (in press). Vygotsky, "defectology," and the inclusion of people of difference in the broader cultural stream. Journal of Language and Literacy Education.
Smagorinsky, P. (in press). “Every individual has his own
insanity”: Applying Vygotsky’s work on defectology to the question
of mental health as an issue of inclusion. Learning, Culture and Social
Interaction
Smagorinsky, P., Clayton, C. M., & Johnson, L. L. (in press). A service-learning experience for undergraduate literacy educators. Theory into Practice.
Zoss,
M., Smagorinsky, P., & O'Donnell-Allen, C. (2007). Mask-making as representational
process: The situated composition of an identity project in a senior English
class. International Journal of Education & the Arts, 8(10). Retrieved
from http://www.ijea.org/v8n10/v8n10.pdf
Smagorinsky,
P., Cameron, T., & O'Donnell-Allen, C. (2007). Achtung maybe: A
case study of the role of personal connection and art in the literary engagement
of students with attentional difficulties. Reading & Writing Quarterly,
23, 333-358.
Smagorinsky, P. (2002). Growth through English revisited. English Journal, 91(6), 23-29.
Smagorinsky, P. (1999). Time to teach. English Education, 32, 50-73.
Translated into Portuguese as:
Smagorinsky, P., & Coppock, J. (1999). Leitor, texto e contexto: Uma investigacao de resposta coreografica a literatura. Revista da Faeeba, 8(11), 101-124. (Ricardo Ottoni Vaz Japiassu, Trans.)
National/International Journal Articles-Invited
Smagorinsky, P. (2009). The culture of Vygotsky. Reading Research Quarterly, 44, 85-95.
Smagorinsky, P. (in press). The bold and courageous path of Vera John-Steiner. In R. Lake & C. Connery (Eds.), Constructing a community of thought: Letters on the scholarship, teaching and mentoring of Vera John-Steiner. New York: Peter Lang.
Smagorinsky, P. (in press). Service-learning in an alternative school as mediated through book club discussions. In V. Kinloch & P. Smagorinsky (Eds.), Service-learning in literacy education: Possibilities for teacher educators. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing.
Kinloch, V., & Smagorinsky, P. (in press). Introduction. In V. Kinloch
& P. Smagorinsky (Eds.), Service-learning in literacy education: Possibilities
for teacher educators. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing.
Flanagan, J., & Smagorinsky, P. (in press). Introduction: Literacy across the curriculum.In J. Flanagan & P. Smagorinsky (Eds.), Literacy across the curriculum: Dilemmas and solutions, Grades 6-12. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin.
Flanagan, J., & Smagorinsky, P. (in press). Literacy in the English/Language
Arts classroom. In J. Flanagan & P. Smagorinsky (Eds.), Literacy across
the curriculum: Dilemmas and solutions, Grades 6-12. Thousand Oaks, CA:
Corwin.
Martínez-Roldán, C. M., & Smagorinsky, P. (2011). Computer-mediated learning and young Latino/a students' developing expertise. In P. Portes & S. Salas, Vygotsky in 21st Century society: Advances in cultural historical theory and praxis with non-dominant communities (pp. 162-179). New York: Peter Lang.
Smagorinsky, P., & Daigle, E. A. (2011). The role of affect in students' writing for school. In E. Grigorenko, E. Mambrino, & D. Preiss (Eds.), Handbook of writing: A mosaic of perspectives and views (pp. 291-305). New York: Psychology Press.
Kinloch, V., Nieto, S., & Smagorinsky, P. (2011). Conclusion: Reflections and insights on urban education. In V. Kinloch (Ed.), Urban literacies: Critical perspectives on language, learning, and community (pp. 195-200). New York: Teachers College Press.
Smagorinsky, P. (2011). Theory and method in research on literacy practices. In D. Lapp & D. Fisher (Eds.), Handbook of research on teaching the English language Arts, 3rd ed. (pp. 405-409). New York: Routledge, International Reading Association, & National Council of Teachers of English.
Smagorinsky, P. (2011). Service-learning as a vehicle for examining assumptions about culture and education. In A. Honigsfeld & A. Cohan (Eds.), Breaking the mold of school instruction and organization: Preservice and inservice teacher education (pp. 65-74). Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield.
Souto-Manning, M., & Smagorinsky, P. (2010). Freire, Vygotsky, and social justice theories in English education. In sj Miller & D. Kirkland (Eds.), Change matters: Critical essays on moving social justice research from theory to policy (pp. 41-51). New York: Peter Lang.
Smagorinsky, P. (2010). The inscription of self in graphic
texts in school. In M. C. Connery, V. John-Steiner, & A. Marjanovic-Shane
(Eds.), Vygotsky and creativity: A cultural-historical approach to meaning-making,
play, and the arts (pp. 125-140). New York: Peter Lang.
Smagorinsky, P. (2010). Teaching writing in the age of accountability: Reflections from the academy. In G. A. Troia, R. K. Shankland, & A. Heintz (Eds.), Putting writing research into practice: Applications for teacher professional development (pp. 276-305). New York: Guilford.
Ellis, V., Edwards, A., & Smagorinsky, P. (2010). Introduction.
In V. Ellis, A. Edwards, & P. Smagorinsky (Eds.), Cultural-historical
perspectives on teacher education and development: Learning teaching (pp.
1-10). New York: Routledge.
Smagorinsky, P. (2010). A Vygotskian analysis of the construction of setting in learning to teach. In V. Ellis, A. Edwards, & P. Smagorinsky (Eds.), Cultural-historical perspectives on teacher education and development: Learning teaching (pp. 13-29). New York: Routledge.
Smagorinsky, P. (2009). The architecture of textuality: A semiotic view of composing in and out of school. In R. Beard, D. Myhill, M. Nystrand, & J. Riley (Eds.), Handbook of writing development (pp. 363-373). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Christenbury, L., Bomer, R., & Smagorinsky, P. (2009). Introduction. In L. Christenbury, R. Bomer, & P. Smagorinsky (Eds.), Handbook of adolescent literacy research (pp. 3-13). New York: Guilford.
Burroughs, R. S., & Smagorinsky, P. (2009). The secondary
English curriculum and adolescent literacy. In L. Christenbury, R. Bomer,
& P. Smagorinsky (Eds.), Handbook of adolescent literacy research
(pp. 170-182). New York: Guilford.
Smagorinsky, P. (2006). Overview. In P. Smagorinsky (Ed.), Research on composition: Multiple perspectives on two decades of change (pp. 1-14). New York: Teachers College Press.
Ragsdale, D. A., & Smagorinsky, P. (2005). The role of play and small-group work in activity-based instruction. In T. M. McCann, L. R. Johannessen, E. Kahn, P. Smagorinsky, & M. W. Smith (Eds.), Reflective teaching, reflective learning: How to develop critically engaged readers, writers, and speakers (pp. 83-98). Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
McCann, T. M., Johannessen, L. R., Kahn, E., Smagorinsky, P., & M. W. Smith, M. W. (2005). Preface. In T. M.McCann, L. R. Johannessen, E. Kahn, P. Smagorinsky, & M. W. Smith (Eds.), Reflective teaching, reflective learning: How to develop critically engaged readers, writers, and speakers (pp. xxiii-xxv). Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
Smagorinsky, P., & O'Donnell-Allen, C. (2004). A study of students' artistic interpretations of Hamlet. In A. Goodwyn & A. Stables (Eds.), Language and literacy education (pp. 170-191). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Smagorinsky, P. (2002). Activity theory. In B. Guzzetti (Ed.), Literacy in America: An encyclopedia (pp. 10-12). New York: ABC.
Smagorinsky, P. (2002). National Conference on Research in Language and Literacy. In B. Guzzetti (Ed.), Literacy in America: An encyclopedia (pp. 397-398). New York: ABC.
Smagorinsky, P., & Smith, M. W. (2002). Research in the Teaching of English. In B. Guzzetti (Ed.), Literacy in America: An encyclopedia (p. 551). New York: ABC.
Smagorinsky, P. (2001). Preservice secondary language arts teaching methods. In J. E. Many (Ed.), Handbook of instructional practices for literacy teacher-educators: Examples and reflections from the teaching lives of literacy scholars (pp. 91-97). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.
Lee, C. D., & Smagorinsky, P. (2000). Introduction: Constructing meaning through collaborative inquiry. In C. D. Lee & P. Smagorinsky (Eds.), Vygotskian perspectives on literacy research: Constructing meaning through collaborative inquiry (pp. 1-15). New York: Cambridge University Press.
Smagorinsky, P., & O'Donnell-Allen, C. (2000). Idiocultural diversity in small groups: The role of the relational framework in collaborative learning. In C. D. Lee & P. Smagorinsky (Eds.), Vygotskian perspectives on literacy research: Constructing meaning through collaborative inquiry (pp. 165-190). New York: Cambridge University Press.
Smagorinsky, P. (1999). The world is a stage: Dramatic enactment as response to literature. In B. J. Wagner (Ed.), Building moral communities through drama (pp. 19-38). Stamford, CT: Ablex.
Smagorinsky, P. (1998). I did it my way . . . . with a little help from my friends. In R. Larson & T. McCracken, with J. Entes (Eds.), Teaching college English and English education: Reflective stories (pp. 82-88). Urbana, IL: Conference on English Education and National Council of Teachers of English.
Smagorinsky, P. (1995). New canons, new problems: Promoting a sense of kinship among students of diversity. In B. A. Goebel & J. Hall (Eds.), Teaching a "new canon"?: Students, teachers, and texts in the college literature classroom (pp. 48-64). Urbana, IL: National Council of Teachers of English.
Smagorinsky, P. (1994). Models. In A. C. Purves (Ed.), Encyclopedia of English Studies and Language Arts (pp. 812-813). Urbana, IL: National Council of Teachers of English and Scholastic.
Smagorinsky, P. (1994). Introduction: Potential problems and problematic potentials of using talk about writing as data about writing process. In P. Smagorinsky (Ed.), Speaking about writing: Reflections on research methodology (pp. ix-xix). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Smagorinsky, P. (1994). Think-aloud protocol analysis: Beyond the black box. In P. Smagorinsky (Ed.), Speaking about writing: Reflections on research methodology (pp. 3-19). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Smagorinsky, P. (1993). Preparing students for enriched reading: Creating a scaffold for literary understanding. In G. E. Newell & R. K. Durst (Eds.) Exploring texts: The role of discussion and writing in the teaching and learning of literature (pp. 153-174). Norwood, MA: Christopher-Gordon Publishers.
Smagorinsky, P. (1992). How reading model essays affects writers. In J. W. Irwin & M. A. Doyle (Eds.), Reading/writing connections: Learning from research (pp. 160-176). Newark, DE: International Reading Association.
Smagorinsky, P. (1992). Reconfiguring the English class through multiple intelligences. In J. Collins (Ed.), Vital signs 3: Restructuring the English class (pp. 35-44) Portsmouth, N.H.: Heinemann.
Smagorinsky, P. (1990). Developing the social conscience through literature. In P. Phelan (Ed.) Literature and life: Making connections: Classroom practices in the teaching of English, Vol. 25 (pp. 13-18). Urbana, IL: National Council of Teachers of English.
Smagorinsky, P. (2007). Foreword. In V. Ellis, Subject knowledge and teacher education: The development of beginning teachers' thinking (pp. xi-xii). London/New York: Continuum.
Smagorinsky, P. (2006). Foreword. In C. O'Donnell-Allen, The book club companion: Fostering strategic readers in the secondary classroom (pp. viii-xiv). Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
Smagorinsky, P. (2002). Foreword. In L. R. Johannessen
& T. M. McCann, In case you teach English: An interactive casebook
for prospective and practicing teachers (pp. ix-xi). Upper Saddle River,
NJ: Merrill/Prentice-Hall.
Refereed
Technical Reports, Center on English Learning and Achievement
Editorials
& Presidential Statements
Smagorinsky, P., & Smith, M. W. (1998). Editors' introduction. Research in the Teaching of English, 32, 121-125.
Smagorinsky, P., & Smith, M. W. (1997). Editors' introduction. Research in the Teaching of English, 31, 425-427.
Smagorinsky, P., & Smith, M. W. (1997). Editors' introduction. Research in the Teaching of English, 31, 157-160.
Smagorinsky, P. (in press). Daiute's dynamics: A review of Human Development & Political Violence. Mind, Culture, and Activity.
Smagorinsky, P. (2007). Response to Nancy Leech. Educational Researcher, 36(4), 202.
Smagorinsky, P. (1996). Review of A. N. Applebee, Curriculum
as conversation: Transforming traditions of teaching and learning. American
Journal of Education, 105, 108-112.
Smagorinsky, P. (1997). Entering the electronic conversation. English Journal, 86(4), 80-84.
Smagorinsky, P. (1995). Striving for kinship within diverse communities. English Leadership Quarterly, 17(1), 7-9.
Reprinted in:
Roberts, P. (Editor) (1998). Harcourt Brace Sourcebook for Teaching Writing. Harcourt Brace College Publishing.
Milner, J., & Milner, L. (Editors) (1999). Bridging English (2nd edition). Merrill/Prentice Hall.
Smagorinsky, P. (1989). Small groups: A new dimension in learning. English Journal, 78(2), 67-70.
Freedman, S., Miller, S., Smagorinsky, P., Stallworth, J.,
& Zancanella, D. (2011). An analysis of the NCTQ/U.S. News & World
Report plan to evaluate and eank teacher education programs in colleges and
universities. Available at http://www.ncte.org/cee/positions/NCTQanalysis
Smagorinsky, P. (1991, April). Effects of composition instruction on the writing process. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago. ED 317 992.
State/Regional Refereed Articles
Smagorinsky, P. (2010). The role of videos in the English language arts classroom. Connections: A Journal of the Georgia Council of Teachers of English, 47(1), 55-66.
Smagorinsky, P. (1997). Teacher-research as a way of life. Oklahoma English Journal, 11(2), 26-30.
Smagorinsky, P. (1996). Grammar, dialect, second language acquisition, and writing: An annotated bibliography. Oklahoma English Journal, 10(2), 31-36.
Davis, K., & Smagorinsky, P. (Editors). (1993). Language communities in the classroom. Special theme issue of the Oklahoma English Journal, 7(2). Ada, OK: Oklahoma Council of Teachers of English.
Smagorinsky, P. (1993). Learning in the community in Oklahoma and beyond. Oklahoma English Journal, 7(2), 4-7.
Smagorinsky, P., & Fly, P. K. (1992). How teacher-led discussions affect small group processes. Oklahoma English Journal, 7(1), 5-15.
Smagorinsky, P. (1991). Writing across the curriculum: Do writing skills really transfer from class to class? Oklahoma English Journal, 5(2), 48-56.
Smagorinsky, P., & Slaby, J. (1986). A vocabulary bonus. Illinois English Bulletin, 73(2), 52-55.
Smagorinsky, P. (2011, November 8). Efforts to "quantify teaching have become a national obsession on its way to becoming a national joke." Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Available at http://blogs.ajc.com/get-schooled-blog/2011/11/08/efforts-to-quantify-teaching-have-become-a-national-obsession-on-its-way-to-becoming-a-national-joke/?cxntfid=blogs_get_schooled_blog
Smagorinsky, P. (2011, September 19). The latest in free-market educational solutions. The Answer Sheet of The Washington Post. Available at http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/post/the-latest-in-free-market-educational-solutions/2011/09/19/gIQAEd4rfK_blog.html
Smagorinsky, P. (2011). Viewpoint: School's out----of touch with teachers. UGA Research Magazine, Fall, 32-33. Available at http://issuu.com/ugaresearch/docs/ugaresearchmagazine_fall2011/34?mode=window&viewMode=doublePage&utm_source=ugaresearch+magazine&utm_campaign=6b894433fa-ugaresearch_fall2011_11011111_1_2011&utm_medium=email
Smagorinsky, P. (2011, June 29). Great principals hire great teachers and get out of their way. Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Available at http://blogs.ajc.com/get-schooled-blog/2011/06/29/great-principals-hire-great-teachers-and-get-out-of-their-way/?cxntfid=blogs_get_schooled_blog
Smagorinsky, P. (2011, June 20). Does class size matter? Don't ask Bill Gates. Ask a teacher. Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Available at http://blogs.ajc.com/get-schooled-blog/2011/06/19/does-class-size-matter-dont-ask-bill-gates-ask-a-teacher/
Smagorinsky, P. (2011, February 7). Putting Socrates and Jesus to the good-teacher test. Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Available at http://www.ajc.com/opinion/putting-socrates-and-jesus-830256.html
Smagorinsky, P. (2011, January 10). Want reform?
Why not ask teachers for ideas? Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Available at http://blogs.ajc.com/get-schooled-blog/2011/01/10/want-reform-why-not-ask-teachers-for-ideas/?cxntfid=blogs_get_schooled_blog
Smagorinsky, P. (2010, May 31). Teachers can't be judged by tests. (2010, May 31). Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Available at http://www.ajc.com/opinion/teachers-cant-be-judged-539080.html
Smagorinsky, P. (2010, June 8). Make every school a charter school. Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Available at http://blogs.ajc.com/get-schooled-blog/2010/06/08/uga-professor-make-every-school-a-charter-school/
National/International Conferences
Conference
Chair
Ellis, V., Edwards, A., & Smagorinsky, P. (Chairs) (2008,
April). Sociocultural Perspectives on Teacher Education and Development:
New Directions for Research, Oxford, U.K.
Lee, C. D., & Smagorinsky, P. (Chairs) (1996, February). A Vygotsky Centenniel: Vygotskian perspectives on literacy research. Co-chair of the Midwinter Conference of the Assembly for Research of the National Council of Teachers of English, Chicago.
Planning Committee
2011: Scientific committee, 8th International Association for the Improvement
of Mother Tongue Education Conference, University of Hildesheim, Germany:
Fostering literacies: Teaching and learning in heterogeneous environments.
2011: Scientific committee, 3rd International Santa Barbara Conference on Writing Research, Writing Research Across Borders (George Mason University).
2008: Scientific committee, 2rd International Santa Barbara
Conference on Writing Research, Writing Research Across Borders (University
of California-Santa Barbara).
Smagorinsky, P. (2007, October). Literacy teaching and learning in the age of accountability. Plenary paper presented at the 3rd Annual Literacy Achievement Research Center Research Symposium, Writing Instruction, Assessment, and Technology: The Research We Have and The Research We Need, East Lansing, MI.
Smagorinsky, P. (2004, May). The discourse of character education. Keynote speech at the annual conference of the American Association for Applied Linguistics, Portland, OR.
Smagorinsky, P. (1999, June). The character of character education. Plenary paper presented at The English Teacher as Curriculum Maker in the Face of Reform Conference, Chicago.
Smagorinsky, P. (1991, August). Ironic, didactic and "representative" texts: Ethical problems in teaching literature. Plenary paper presented at the Institute on Writing, Reading and Civic Education, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.
Invited Presentations
Smagorinsky, P. (2011, July). Vygotsky's views on art and emotion.
Presentation at Vygotsky, Pedagogy, English, Drama: A Research Symposium,
Oxford, U.K.
Barnes, D., Bray, J., Cook, J., Eberle, F, & Smagorinsky, P. (2011, June). Moderated panel at the Opening General Session. Panel presented at the 9th National Career Clusters™ Institute, Atlanta, GA.
Smagorinsky, P., & Daigle, E. A. (2011, February). The role of affect in students' writing for school. Paper presented at the Writing Research Across Borders II Conference, George Mason University, Fairfax County, VA.
Smagorinsky, P. (2010, November). A structured process-approach to teaching writing. Paper presented at the Arkansas Curriculum Conference, Little Rock.
Smagorinsky, P. (2009, October). Adapting static school structures to changing population realities. Presentation made at The First Triennial Conference on Latino Education and Immigrant Integration, sponsored by the Center for Latino Achievement and Success in Education, Athens, GA.
Smagorinsky, P. (2009, October). Bullshit in academic writing. Symposium led at Fordham University, New York.
Smagorinsky, P. (2009, February). Publishing in scholarly journals. Seminar conducted in the From Backpacks to Briefcases: Getting Published and Promoted in Academia series. Berkeley, CA: University of California-Berkeley. http://events.berkeley.edu/index.php/calendar/sn/educ.html?event_ID=16755&date=2009-02-24&filter=Secondary%20Event%20Type&filtersel=
Smagorinsky, P. (2008, April). Challenges in teaching,
learning, and teacher education from a Vygotskian perspective. Presentation
made at the conference on Sociocultural Perspectives on Teacher Education
and Development: New Directions for Research, Oxford, U.K.
Smagorinsky, P. (2008, February). Research on composition, 1984-2003. Plenary talk made at the Writing Research Across Borders conference, Santa Barbara.
Smagorinsky, P. (2008, February). Student engagement in
the teaching and learning of grammar: A case study of an early career secondary
English teacher. Presentation made at the annual meeting of the Association
of Teacher Educators, New Orleans.
Cuomo, C., Morris, J., & Smagorinsky, P. (2007, February). Managing research agendas. Invited panel presented at the Black Issues in Higher Education Conference, Athens, GA.
Barab, S., Beach, K. D., John-Steiner, V., Levinson, B. A., Matusov, E., & Smagorinsky, P. (2005, April). Working across the divides: Challenges and opportunities in relating theory, practice, and service. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Montreal.
Smagorinsky, P. (2004, May). The architecture and landscape of textuality. Paper presented at the Economic and Social Research Council Seminar Series Reconceptualising Writing 5-16: New Perspectives, University of Exeter, Devon, U.K.
Smagorinsky, P. (2004, April). Praxis shock: Making the transition from a student-centered university program to the corporate climate of schools. Paper presented at the Conference of the United Kingdom National Association for the Teaching of English, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland.
Smagorinsky, P., Lakly, A., & Johnson, T. S. (2003, November). Rethinking rhizomes in writing about research. Paper presented at the annual fall meeting of the National Council of Teachers of English, San Francisco.
Forman, E., Morine-Dershimer, G., Palincsar, A., Saxe, G., Silver, E., & Smagorinsky, P. (2003, April). Perspectives from journal editors on publishing qualitative and interpretive research. Panel discussion at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago.
Childers, P., Cook, W., Jago, C., Smagorinsky, P., & Sullivan, C. (2002, November). What are the major needs of teachers and students if excellence in teaching English is to be achieved? Panel discussion presented at the SAS inSchool English Education Forum 2002, Atlanta.
Smagorinsky, P. (2002, November). Principled practice for the English methods course. Paper presented at the annual fall meeting of the National Council of Teachers of English, Atlanta.
Newkirk, T., Smagorinsky, P., Sterling, R., & Waff, D. (2002, November). A discussion of writing today. Panel presented at The College Board's Forum 2002, Atlanta.
Smagorinsky, P. (2002, October). The clash of the curricula: When official and shadow curricula meet over controversial literature. Paper presented at the 22nd annual Indiana Teachers of Writing fall conference, Indianapolis.
Smagorinsky, P. (2002, October). The twisting path of concept development in learning to teach. Paper presented at the Center for Language Acquisition, The Pennsylvania State University.
Smagorinsky, P. (2002, April). The socially situated composition process of house and horse ranch plans by high school seniors. Invited poster session at the Reach for the Stars session sponsored by the Special Interest Group on Basic Research in Reading and Literacy at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans.
Smagorinsky, P. (2002, March). The composition of nonverbal texts. Invited presentation for the faculty and students of McGill University, Montreal.
Smagorinsky, P. (2001, November). Character as relationship. Presentation made at the annual fall meeting of the National Council of Teachers of English, Baltimore.
Smagorinsky, P. (2000, April). If meaning is constructed, what's it made of? Invited address presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans.
Smagorinsky, P. (2000, April). Teaching literature in the century ahead. Invited address presented to the Special Interest Group in Literature at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans.
Collins, A., Lesh, R., Smagorinsky, P., & Strickland, D. (2000, April). Looking at measurement from the outside: Subject area specialists talk to measurement specialists. Symposium presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans.
Smagorinsky, P. (1999, November). What is research in the teaching of English for? Paper presented at the annual fall conference of the National Council of Teachers of English, Denver, CO.
Smagorinsky, P. (1996, November). What is the mission of Research in the Teaching of English?. Symposium presented at the annual fall meeting of the National Council of Teachers of English.
Lee, C. D., & Smagorinsky, P.(Chairs) (1996, November). What is research? Perspectives on the process of inquiry. Workshop conducted at the annual fall meeting of the National Council of Teachers of English.
Smagorinsky, P., & Smith, J. (1995, November). Spoken and written discourse in writing workshops. Workshop presented at the annual fall meeting of the National Council of Teachers of English, San Diego.
Smagorinsky, P. (1995, November). Thinking about talking in the classroom. Workshop presented at the annual fall meeting of the National Council of Teachers of English, San Diego.
Smagorinsky, P., & Wagner, B. J. (1995, November). Dramatic enactment in the classroom. Research roundtable presented at the annual fall meeting of the National Council of Teachers of English, San Diego.
Smagorinsky, P. (1994, October). Composing through multiple intelligences. Paper presented at the fall meeting of the South Coast Writing Project, Santa Barbara.
Smagorinsky, P. (1994, September). Literacy instruction across the curriculum. Paper presented for the faculty and students at Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI.
Smagorinsky, P. (1994, June). Composing across the curriculum: Reconceptualizing how students make meaning in their transactions with texts and other people. Workshop presented at the WELS National Literacy Convention, Dr. Martin Luther College, New Ulm, MN.
Marshall, J. D., Smagorinsky, P., & Smith, M.W. (1992, November). Understanding discussions of literature. Research Roundtable presented at the annual Fall meeting of the National Council of Teachers of English, Louisville.
Refereed Presentations
Smagorinsky, P. (2011, September). "Every individual has his own
insanity": Applying Vygotsky's work on defectology to the question of
mental health as an issue of inclusion. Paper presented at the triennial
meeting of the International Society for Cultural and Activity Research, Rome.
Smagorinsky, P. (2011, April). A beginning English teacher's developing
concept of teaching using Montessori methods in regimented school settings.
Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research
Association, New Orleans.
Jakubiak, C. A., & Smagorinsky, P. (2011, April). The discourse of
voluntourism: American exceptionalism in application essays submitted to a
summer overseas volunteer teaching program. Paper presented at the annual
meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans.
Smagorinsky, P. (2010, November). A beginning English teacher's developing concept of teaching using Montessori methods in structured school settings. Paper presented at the annual fall convention of the National Council of Teachers of English, Orlando.
Smagorinsky, P. (2010, April-May). The inscription of self in graphic texts in school. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Denver.
Smagorinsky, P. (2010, April-May). Analyzing concept development of preservice teachers through book club discussions related to service learning. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Denver.
Smagorinsky, P. (2010, April-May). Problem-based research designs in TLELA. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Denver.
Smagorinsky, P., & Daigle, E. A. (2009, November). Bullshit in academic writing: A protocol analysis of a high school senior's process of interpreting Much Ado about Nothing. Paper presented at the annual fall convention of the National Council of Teachers of English, Philadelphia.
Smagorinsky, P., McCann, T., Kahn, E., & Flanagan, J. (2009, November). The dynamics of writing instruction: A tribute to Larry Johannessen. Panel presented at the annual fall convention of the National Council of Teachers of English, Philadelphia.
Smagorinsky, P., & Daigle, E. A. (2008, November). The
role of affect in a high school senior's essay writing process. Paper
presented at the annual meeting of the National Council of Teachers of English,
San Antonio.
Burroughs, R., & Smagorinsky, P. (2008, November). The secondary English curriculum and adolescent literacy. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Council of Teachers of English, San Antonio.
Flanagan, J., Johannessen, L., Kahn, E., McCann, T., & Smagorinsky, P. (2008, November). The dynamics of writing instruction: A structured process approach to teaching secondary school writing. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Council of Teachers of English, San Antonio.
Smagorinsky, P., & Zoss, M. (2008, September). Mask-making as representational process: The situated composition of an identity project in a senior English class. Paper presented at the triennial meeting of the International Society for Cultural and Activity Research, San Diego.
Smagorinsky, P., & Daigle, E. (2008, September). Meta-experience and affect in analytic writing. Paper presented at the triennial meeting of the International Society for Cultural and Activity Research, San Diego.
Smagorinsky, P. (2008, September). The construction of
setting in learning to teach. Paper presented at the triennial meeting
of the International Society for Cultural and Activity Research, San Diego.
Zoss, M., & Smagorinsky, P. (2008, April). Composition as complex literacy events. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Association of Teachers of English, Warwick, U. K.
Smagorinsky, P., & Daigle, E. A.(2008, April). Writing about Much Ado About Nothing. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Association of Teachers of English, Warwick, U. K.
Zoss, M., & Smagorinsky, P. (2008, March). Teaching
drawing and writing in a secondary literacy class as multimodal composition.
Presentation made at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research
Association, New York.
Johannessen, L. R., McCann, T., & Smagorinsky, P. (2007,
November). The dynamics of writing instruction: A structured process approach
to teaching secondary school writing. Panel presented at the annual meeting
of the National Council of Teachers of English, New York City.
Dawson, C., Fredricksen, J., Juzwik, M., Schoon-Tanis, K., Sherry, M., Smagorinsky,
P., & Van Duinen, D. V. (2007, November). Snapshots: Teacher educators
examining the thinking of prospective teachers. Panel presented at the
annual meeting of the National Council of Teachers of English, New York City.
Murphy, S. L., Cameron, T., Smagorinsky, P., & Zoss, M. (2007, April). The role of the creative arts in literary response. Panel presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago.
Smagorinsky, P., & Jakubiak, C. (2007, April). The role of course assignments in shaping the hidden curriculum behind a teacher's practice. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago.
Murphy, S. L., Cameron, T., Smagorinsky, P., & Zoss, M. (2007, January). The role of the creative arts in literary response. Panel presented at the annual QUIG Conference on Interdisciplinary Qualitative Studies, Athens, GA.
Smagorinsky, P., & Jakubiak, C. (2007, January). The role of course assignments in shaping the hidden curriculum behind a teacher's practice. Paper presented at the annual QUIG Conference on Interdisciplinary Qualitative Studies, Athens, GA.
Smagorinsky, P. (2006, November). Approaches to teaching writing and what they assume. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Council of Teachers of English, Nashville.
Murphy, S. L., Sanford, A., Smagorinsky, P., & Zoss, M. (2006, January). Concept development in teaching and learning. Panel presented at the annual QUIG Conference on Interdisciplinary Qualitative Studies, Athens, GA.
Brass, J., Johnson, T. S., Murphy, S. L., & Smagorinsky, P. (2005, November). Toward an ethical pedagogy: Refusing the mind/body split. Panel presented at the annual meeting of the National Council of Teachers of English, Pittsburgh.
Ragsdale, D. A., & Smagorinsky, P. (2005, November). The role of play in activity-based instruction. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Council of Teachers of English, Pittsburgh.
Smagorinsky, P., & Zoss, M. (2005, September). The inscription of culture and meaning in the interior design of a home. Paper presented at the triennial meeting of the International Society for Cultural and Activity Research, Seville, Spain.
Smagorinsky, P. (2005, April). Analyzing the multidimensionality of texts in education. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Montreal.
Zoss, M., & Smagorinsky, P. (2005, January). Arts-based thinking in a high school interior design class: A case study of a senior's design processes. Paper presented at the annual QUIG Conference on Interdisciplinary Qualitative Studies, Athens, GA.
Murphy, S. L., & Smagorinsky, P. (2005, January). "You have to make it personal so that they will be able to understand it": An early career teacher's quest to develop a conception of engaged learning. Paper presented at the annual QUIG Conference on Interdisciplinary Qualitative Studies, Athens, GA.
Smagorinsky, P., & Bickmore, S. T. (2004, January). Appropriating the concept of student-centered teaching in the multiple contexts of learning to teach. Paper presented at the annual QUIG Conference on Interdisciplinary Qualitative Studies, Athens, GA.
Smagorinsky, P. (2003, August). Implications of a meaning-based theory of reading for the literature curriculum. Paper presented at the Tenth Biennial Conference of the European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction, Padova, Italy.
Smagorinsky, P., & Cook, L. S. (2003, April). An analysis of the composing processes of a high school senior designing a house in an Architectural Design class. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago.
Smagorinsky, P. (2003, April). Concept, pseudoconcept, complex: A Vygotskian analysis of the development of conceptions for teaching. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago.
Smagorinsky, P. (2003, January). A theoretical framework for studying multimedia composing. Paper presented at the annual QUIG Conference on Interdisciplinary Qualitative Studies, Athens, GA.
Alvermann, D., Reinking, D., & Smagorinsky, P. (2003, January). Publishing your qualitative studies. Panel discussion presented at the annual QUIG Conference on Interdisciplinary Qualitative Studies, Athens, GA.
Smagorinsky, P., & Taxel, J. (2002, November). Character education: Why it's happening, where it comes from, what it is, and how it's implemented in U.S. Schools. Paper presented at the annual fall meeting of the National Council of Teachers of English, Atlanta.
Dyson, A. H., Gallas, K., Smagorinsky, P., Sperling, M., & Wells, G. (2002, November). Composing across modalities: Meaning making through composition in its many forms. Panel discussion presented at the annual fall meeting of the National Council of Teachers of English, Atlanta.
Smagorinsky, P. (2002, June). Concept formation: A resolution to the theory vs. practice dilemma in preservice teacher education. Paper presented at the Fifth Congress of the International Society for Cultural Research and Activity Theory, Amsterdam.
Bazerman, C., Berkenkotter, C., & Smagorinsky, P. (2002, June). Writing in the organization, mediation, and realization of activity systems and actors. Paper presented at the Fifth Congress of the International Society for Cultural Research and Activity Theory, Amsterdam.
Smagorinsky, P., & Taxel, J. (2002, April). Questions about character: An analysis of OERI-funded character education initiatives. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans.
Blanton, W. E., Engeström, Y., Lee, C. D., & Smagorinsky, P. (2002, April). The application of cultural-historical activity theory to research on school-going activity. Panel presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans.
Grossman, P. L., O'Donnell-Allen, C., Smagorinsky, P., & Valencia, S. (2002, April). Politics and policies: Implications for the teaching of literature and literacy. Panel presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans.
Smagorinsky, P., Cook, L. S., Johnson, T. S., & Moore, C. (2002, January). Using Atlas/ti to analyze qualitative data about learning to teach. Panel presented at the annual QUIG Conference on Interdisciplinary Qualitative Studies, Athens, GA.
Alvermann, D., Reinking, D., & Smagorinsky, P. (2002, January). Publishing your qualitative studies. Panel presented at the annual QUIG Conference on Interdisciplinary Qualitative Studies, Athens, GA.
Cook, L. S., Jackson, A. Y., Johnson, T. S., & Smagorinsky, P. (2001, November). The development of identity in early-career teachers. Panel presented at the annual fall meeting of the National Council of Teachers of English, Baltimore.
Greenleaf, C., Smagorinsky, P., & Sperling, M. (2001, November). Studies of reflective teaching in an era of scripted pedagogy. Panel presented at the annual fall meeting of the National Council of Teachers of English, Baltimore.
Smagorinsky, P. (2001, November). Character as relationship. Presentation made at the annual fall meeting of the National Council of Teachers of English, Baltimore.
Smagorinsky, P., & Smith, M. W. (2001, November). Researching the literate lives of urban youth. Full-day workshop presented at the annual fall meeting of the National Council of Teachers of English, Baltimore.
Gallas, K., & Smagorinsky, P. (2001, July). Other ways of seeing meaning: The role of culture and imagination in reading. Paper presented at the 12th European Conference on Reading, Dublin.
Smagorinsky, P., Cook, L. S., Jackson, A. Y., & Moore, C. (2001, January). Case studies of teachers learning to teach. Panel presented at the annual QUIG Conference on Interdisciplinary Qualitative Studies, Athens, GA.
Smagorinsky, P., Cook, L. S., Jackson, A. Y., & Moore, C. (2000, November). Resistance, accommodation, and acquiescence: A look at two first-year teachers negotiating centralized curricula and high-stakes assessment. Paper presented at the annual fall meeting of the National Council of Teachers of English, Milwaukee.
Smagorinsky, P., Cook, L., Fry, P. G., Jackson, A., Konopak, B., Moore, C., & O'Donnell-Allen, A. (2000, April). An analysis of university/school alignment during student teaching. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans. TM031500
Alvermann, D., Hynd, C., Reinking, D., Smagorinsky, P., & Smith, M. W. (2000, January). Publishing qualitative research: Editors' perspectives on writing. Symposium presented at the annual QUIG Conference on Qualitative Research in Education, Athens, GA.
Smagorinsky, P. (1999, November). Time to teach. Paper presented at the annual fall conference of the National Council of Teachers of English, Denver, CO.
Hynd, C., Oldfather, P., Reinking, D., Smagorinsky, P., & Smith, M. W. (1999, January). Evaluating qualitative research: Quandaries from the editors' perspective. Symposium presented at the annual QUIG Conference on Qualitative Research in Education, Athens, GA.
Guice, S., & Smagorinsky, P. (1998, December). Improving student achievement in English/language arts through teacher education and professional development. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Staff Development Council, Washington, D.C.
Fry, P. G., Konopak, B., O'Donnell-Allen, C., & Smagorinsky, P. (1998, November). The effects of preservice programs on teachers' concept development. Paper presented at the annual fall conference of the National Council of Teachers of English, Nashville, TN.
Agee, J., Grossman, P. L., O'Donnell-Allen, C., Smagorinsky, P., & Valencia, S. (1998, February). An activity theory framework for studying the settings for teachers' professional development. Roundtable presented at "Sociocultural Views of Literacy: Creating Communities of Learners," the Midwinter Conference of the Assembly for Research of the National Council of Teachers of English, Los Angeles.
Au, K., Cole, M., John-Steiner, V., Kawakami, A., Portes, P., & Smagorinsky, P. (1998, April). Ethical dilemmas in "culturing" the children: Exploring the consequences of designing social futures through education. Symposium presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego.
Smagorinsky, P., & O'Donnell-Allen, C. L. (1998, April). The dynamics of context: Tracing the sources and channels of engagement and disengagement in students' response to literature. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego.
Fry, P. G., Grossman, P., Konopak, B., O'Donnell-Allen, C., Smagorinsky, P., & Valencia, S. (1998). Learning to teach: A perspective from activity theory. Panel presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego.
Smagorinsky, P., & O'Donnell-Allen, C. L. (1997, November). Teacher-researchers at work: Alternative models and methods: Audiotaping students during collaborative artistic interpretations of literature. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Council of Teachers of English, Detroit.
Smagorinsky, P., & O'Donnell-Allen, C. L. (1997, November). An analysis of high school students' collaborative artistic interpretations of literature. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Council of Teachers of English, Detroit.
Smagorinsky, P., & O'Donnell-Allen, C. L. (1997, March). An analysis of high school students' collaborative artistic interpretations of literature. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago.
Smagorinsky, P. (1997, March). Thinking and speech and protocol analysis. Roundtable presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago.
Smagorinsky, P. (1995, November). The classroom as a social context for writing: A sociocultural perspective on a high school senior's composing process. Paper presented at the annual fall meeting of the National Council of Teachers of English, San Diego.
Smagorinsky, P. (1995, November). Teacher preparation as lifelong learning. Panel discussion at the annual fall meeting of the National Council of Teachers of English, San Diego.
Smagorinsky, P. (1994, March). Broadening the notion of text: Reconceptualizing WAC as CAC (Composing Across the Curriculum). Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Conference on College Composition and Communication, Nashville. ED 366 954.
Smagorinsky, P., & Coppock, J. (1994, April). The reader, the text, the context: An exploration of dance as response to literature. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans. ED 366 950.
Smagorinsky, P. (1994, September). The social construction of data: Methodological problems of investigating learning in the zone of proximal development. Paper presented at the International Conference on Lev Vygotsky and the Contemporary Human Sciences, Moscow.
Smagorinsky, P. (1994, November). Ethical issues in teaching literature. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Council of Teachers of English, Orlando, FL.
Smagorinsky, P. (1994, November). Classroom research in writing and literacy: Teachers and researchers approaching issues, methods, and results. Pre-convention workshop conducted at the annual meeting of the National Council of Teachers of English, Orlando, FL.
Smagorinsky, P., & Whiting, M. E. (1994, November). How teachers get taught: Five models for teaching the secondary English methods class. Paper presented on the Research Strand at the annual meeting of the National Council of Teachers of English, Orlando, FL. ED 385 529
Smagorinsky, P. (1993, November). Exploring artistic response to literature. Research roundtable presented at the annual Fall meeting of the National Council of Teachers of English, Pittsburgh.
Smagorinsky, P., & Coppock, J. (1993, April). Broadening the notion of text: An exploration of an artistic response to literature. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Atlanta. ED 357 031.
Smagorinsky, P., & Coppock, J. (1993, December). The composition of artistic texts in response to literature. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Reading Conference, Charleston, SC.
Smagorinsky, P. (1992, March). Think-aloud protocol analysis: Beyond the black box. Paper presented at the Conference on College Composition and Communication, Cincinnati.
Smagorinsky, P., & Fly, P. K. (1992, April). Patterns of discourse in small group discussions of literature. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco. ED 343 132.
Smagorinsky, P. (1992, November). How teacher talk affects small group process. Paper presented on the Research Strand at the annual Fall meeting of the National Council of Teachers of English, Louisville.
Smagorinsky, P. (1991, March). Do good writing teachers need to write? Workshop conducted at the annual Spring meeting of the National Council of Teachers of English, Indianapolis.
Smagorinsky, P. (1991, March). A research-based, fun, and engaging program for vocabulary development. Paper presented at the annual Spring meeting of the National Council of Teachers of English, Indianapolis. ED 331 019.
Smagorinsky, P. (1991, March). How the study of model essays affects writers. Paper presented at the Conference on College Composition and Communication, Boston.
Smagorinsky, P. (1991, April). Effects of composition instruction on the writing process. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago. ED 317 992.
Smagorinsky, P. (1990, March). Researching the writer's knowledge. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Conference on College Composition and Communication, Chicago.
Smagorinsky, P., & Jordahl, A. (1990, April). A student teacher/critic teacher collaborative study of the effects of instructional modes on generalization and support. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Boston. ED 322 090
Smagorinsky, P. (1989, November). Watching students at work: A close look at the learning process. Paper presented at the annual Fall meeting of the National Council of Teachers of English, Baltimore.
Smagorinsky, P. (1987, November). Small groups for dynamic instruction. Workshop presented at the Fall meeting of the National Council of Teachers of English, Los Angeles.
Smagorinsky, P. (1985, September). Introductory reading and writing activities: An integrated approach to engaging students in Language Arts instruction. Paper presented at the Basic Writing Conference, St. Louis.
Smagorinsky, P. (1985, November). Introductory reading and writing activities: An integrated approach to engaging students in Language Arts instruction. Paper presented at the annual Fall meeting of the National Council of Teachers of English, Philadelphia.
Smagorinsky, P. (2012, February). The DOE: What is it good for? Absolutely nothing. Keynote talk delivered at the Roosevelt Institute @ UGA Perfect Presidential Platform Conference, Athens, GA.
Smagorinsky, P. (2002, October). The American character: The story of the modern character education movement and how you can rewrite its sequel. Keynote address presented at the 22nd annual Indiana Teachers of Writing fall conference, Indianapolis.
Smagorinsky, P. (1995, November). Composing in a new key. Keynote address given at the annual fall meeting of the Arkansas Council of Teachers of English, Little Rock.
Smagorinsky, P. (1995, October). Composing and multiple intelligences. Keynote address given at the conference on Learning Styles/Multiple Intelligences & Writing of the Ohio Council of Teachers of English/Language Arts, Columbus.
Smagorinsky, P. (1989, May). Cognitive mapping and the reading process. Keynote address given at the annual meeting of the Illinois Secondary Reading League, Villa Park, IL.
Ragsdale, D. A., & Smagorinsky, P. (2003, October). The role of play in activity-based instruction. Paper presented at the annual fall conference of the Illinois Association of Teachers of English, Oak Brook, IL.
Smagorinsky, P. (1998, July). Developing local standards. Presentation at the English/Language Arts Summer Leadership Seminar of the Georgia Council of Teachers of English, Athens, GA.
Smagorinsky, P. (1996, April). Reader response and writing. Panel discussion presented at the Region V convention of the National Council of Teachers of English, Oklahoma City.
Smagorinsky, P. (1996, April). The information highway runs through the English class. Panel discussion presented at the Region V convention of the National Council of Teachers of English, Oklahoma City.
Smagorinsky, P. (1995, October). Re-thinking composing: A hands-on workshop for teachers. Workshop presented at the conference on Learning Styles/Multiple Intelligences & Writing of the Ohio Council of Teachers of English/Language Arts, Columbus, OH.
Smagorinsky, P., & O'Donnell-Allen, C. (1993, April). Teachers writing, teachers teaching: Designing mini-lessons for outcomes-based education. Workshop conducted at the annual meeting of the Oklahoma Council of Teachers of English, Norman, OK.
Smagorinsky, P. (1993, April). Crosscurrents: How high school and college teachers view the teaching of high school English. Symposium presented at the annual meeting of the Oklahoma Council of Teachers of English, Norman, OK.
Smagorinsky, P. (1991, April). The student-centered classroom and Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Oklahoma Council of Teachers of English, Oklahoma City.
Smagorinsky, P. (1988, October). The thematic literature unit: Nurturing empathic and cognitive response. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Illinois Association of Teachers of English, Champaign, IL.
Smagorinsky, P. (1987, October). Small groups for dynamic
instruction. Workshop presented at the annual meeting of the Illinois
Association of Teachers of English, Schaumburg, IL.
2001-2002: Spencer Foundation, $34,970 to study "Multimedia Composing across the Secondary School Curriculum"
1996-2001: United States Department of Education Office of Educational Research and Improvement: $55,000 per year to study "Making the Transition from Pre-service Teaching to In-Service Teaching" (strand of $500,000 per year grant for the National Research Center on English Learning and Achievement (CELA).
1995: Research Foundation of the National Council of Teachers of English: $3,838 to study "Composing in Multiple Media in a High School English Class: The Role of 'Composition' in the Development of Thought" (#R95-39)
1997: University of Oklahoma Research Council: $1,000 to support travel for classroom observations for the OERI grant "Making the Transition from Pre-service Teaching to In-Service Teaching" (with Pamela Fry and Bonnie Konopak)
1996: University of Oklahoma Research Councill: $750 for purchase of scanner and zip drive to support the OERI grant "Making the Transition from Pre-service Teaching to In-Service Teaching" (with Pamela Fry and Bonnie Konopak)
1996: University of Oklahoma Research Council: $3,905 for purchase of laptop computers to support the OERI grant "Making the Transition from Pre-service Teaching to In-Service Teaching" (with Pamela Fry and Bonnie Konopak)
1995: University of Oklahoma Graduate College: $750 Faculty Research Grant to support the NCTE grant "Composing in Multiple Media in a High School English Class"
1995: University of Oklahoma Graduate College: $1,000 Technology Support Grant; $500 matching funds from department of ILAC. For the purchase of a laptop computer to conduct the NCTE-funded research "Composing in Multiple Media in a High School English Class"
1994: University of Oklahoma: $750 Faculty Research Grant
1993: University of Oklahoma Graduate College: $5,000 Junior Faculty Summer Grant to study "Artistic Response to Literature"
1991: University of Oklahoma: $750 Faculty Research Grant