Stevie Bell
Associate Professor
Head, McLaughlin College
Office: Ross Building, S378
Phone: (416)736-2100 Ext: 77471
Email: stepbell@yorku.ca
Stephanie (Stevie) Bell joined York University's Writing Department in 2012 after graduating with a PhD in rhetoric and composition design from the University of Waterloo. She teaches academic and professional writing in the Professional Writing Program and as a one-to-one instructor in the Writing Centre. Her research interests include writing program administration, civic engagement education, academic integrity with a specific emphasis on understandings and treatments of student plagiarism, digital writing pedagogy, and the complicity of writing higher ed curricula in Western neocolonialism. She spends much of her energy advocating for enhanced writing support for students across disciplines.
Degrees
PhD, University of WaterlooBA, Wilfrid Laurier University
Professional Leadership
Co-founder & Managing Co-Editor, SKRIB: Critical Studies in Writing Programs & Pedagogy
Conference Co-chair, Canadian Writing Centres Association
Vice President, Canadian Writing Centres Association
Canadian Writing Centre Review. Co-founder, Co-Editor
Community Contributions
Writing Centre Resource Specialist - Check out our writing resources! https://www.yorku.ca/laps/writing-centre/resources/
Research Interests
Current Research Projects
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Summary:
A research lab dedicated to the study of writing centre internationalization as a product and practice of globalization and neocolonial soft power.
Description:Open to collaboration! Get in touch
Collaborator Institution: Dalhousie University
Co-author, with B. Hotson. (2023). Foreword. Reimagining writing centre practices: A South African perspective. In A. Rambiritch & L. Drennan (Eds.), Reimagining Writing Centre Practices: A South African Perspective (pp. xi-xiii). ESI Press, University of Pretoria.
Forthcoming, with B. Hotson and M. Prescott-Brown. Ethical writing centre internationalization, A thought experiment. SKRIB: Critical Studies in Writing Programs and Pedagogy.
Co-author, with B. Hotson. (2023). Writing centres, global coloniality, and the internationalization of higher education. Writing Center Journal, 41(3), 107-132. Republished.
Co-author, with B. Hotson. (2022). “A podcast would be fun!”: The fetishization of digital writing projects. Discourse and Writing/Rédactologie, 32, 4–31. https://doi.org/10.31468/dwr.915
Co-author, with Hotson, B. (2021). Where is the support? Learning support for multimodal digital writing assignments by writing centres in Canadian higher education. The Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 12(1).
Bell, S., & Hotson, B. (2020). Defining Our Digital Identities. WLN: A Journal of Writing Center Scholarship, 45(1-2).
Bell, S., & Hotson, B. (2020). Tooling up the Multi: Paying Attention to Digital Writing Projects at the Writing Centre. Canadian Journal for Studies in Discourse and Writing/Rédactologie, 30, pp. 19-42.
Bell, S. (2019). Learner-Created Podcasts: Fostering Information Literacies in a Writing Course. Canadian Journal for Studies in Discourse and Writing/Rédactologie. 29, 51-63.
Bell, S. (2018). Addressing student plagiarism from the library learning commons. Information and Learning Science, 119(3/4), 203-214.
Bell, S. (2017). High impact creative pedagogy using a maker model of composition. Journal of Faculty Development, 31(1), 19-24.
Bell, S., & Lewis, J.P. (2015). A survey of civic engagement education in introductory Canadian politics courses. The Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 6(1), 1-19.
Lewis, J.P. & Bell, S. (2015). The place of civic engagement in introductory Canadian politics and government courses in Canadian universities. Journal of Political Science Education, 11(2), 157-173.
Lewis, J.P., & Bell, S. (2014). Mapping the civic education policy community in Canada: A study of policy actors’ attitudes. Citizenship Teaching & Learning, 9(3): 297-315.
Schryer, C., Bell, S., Spafford, M., & Lingard, L. (2011). Professional citation practices in child maltreatment forensic letters. Written Communication, 28(2), 147-171.
Upcoming Courses
| Term | Course Number | Section | Title | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winter 2025 | AP/PRWR1004 3.0 | M | Research for Professional Writers | LECT |
| Winter 2025 | AP/PRWR1004 3.0 | M | Research for Professional Writers | TUTR |
Stephanie (Stevie) Bell joined York University's Writing Department in 2012 after graduating with a PhD in rhetoric and composition design from the University of Waterloo. She teaches academic and professional writing in the Professional Writing Program and as a one-to-one instructor in the Writing Centre. Her research interests include writing program administration, civic engagement education, academic integrity with a specific emphasis on understandings and treatments of student plagiarism, digital writing pedagogy, and the complicity of writing higher ed curricula in Western neocolonialism. She spends much of her energy advocating for enhanced writing support for students across disciplines.
Degrees
PhD, University of WaterlooBA, Wilfrid Laurier University
Professional Leadership
Co-founder & Managing Co-Editor, SKRIB: Critical Studies in Writing Programs & Pedagogy
Conference Co-chair, Canadian Writing Centres Association
Vice President, Canadian Writing Centres Association
Canadian Writing Centre Review. Co-founder, Co-Editor
Community Contributions
Writing Centre Resource Specialist - Check out our writing resources! https://www.yorku.ca/laps/writing-centre/resources/
Research Interests
Current Research Projects
-
Summary:
A research lab dedicated to the study of writing centre internationalization as a product and practice of globalization and neocolonial soft power.
Description:Open to collaboration! Get in touch
Project Type: Self-FundedCollaborator: Brian Hotson
Collaborator Institution: Dalhousie University
All Publications
Co-author, with B. Hotson. (2023). Foreword. Reimagining writing centre practices: A South African perspective. In A. Rambiritch & L. Drennan (Eds.), Reimagining Writing Centre Practices: A South African Perspective (pp. xi-xiii). ESI Press, University of Pretoria.
Forthcoming, with B. Hotson and M. Prescott-Brown. Ethical writing centre internationalization, A thought experiment. SKRIB: Critical Studies in Writing Programs and Pedagogy.
Co-author, with B. Hotson. (2023). Writing centres, global coloniality, and the internationalization of higher education. Writing Center Journal, 41(3), 107-132. Republished.
Co-author, with B. Hotson. (2022). “A podcast would be fun!”: The fetishization of digital writing projects. Discourse and Writing/Rédactologie, 32, 4–31. https://doi.org/10.31468/dwr.915
Co-author, with Hotson, B. (2021). Where is the support? Learning support for multimodal digital writing assignments by writing centres in Canadian higher education. The Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 12(1).
Bell, S., & Hotson, B. (2020). Defining Our Digital Identities. WLN: A Journal of Writing Center Scholarship, 45(1-2).
Bell, S., & Hotson, B. (2020). Tooling up the Multi: Paying Attention to Digital Writing Projects at the Writing Centre. Canadian Journal for Studies in Discourse and Writing/Rédactologie, 30, pp. 19-42.
Bell, S. (2019). Learner-Created Podcasts: Fostering Information Literacies in a Writing Course. Canadian Journal for Studies in Discourse and Writing/Rédactologie. 29, 51-63.
Bell, S. (2018). Addressing student plagiarism from the library learning commons. Information and Learning Science, 119(3/4), 203-214.
Bell, S. (2017). High impact creative pedagogy using a maker model of composition. Journal of Faculty Development, 31(1), 19-24.
Bell, S., & Lewis, J.P. (2015). A survey of civic engagement education in introductory Canadian politics courses. The Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 6(1), 1-19.
Lewis, J.P. & Bell, S. (2015). The place of civic engagement in introductory Canadian politics and government courses in Canadian universities. Journal of Political Science Education, 11(2), 157-173.
Lewis, J.P., & Bell, S. (2014). Mapping the civic education policy community in Canada: A study of policy actors’ attitudes. Citizenship Teaching & Learning, 9(3): 297-315.
Schryer, C., Bell, S., Spafford, M., & Lingard, L. (2011). Professional citation practices in child maltreatment forensic letters. Written Communication, 28(2), 147-171.
Upcoming Courses
| Term | Course Number | Section | Title | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winter 2025 | AP/PRWR1004 3.0 | M | Research for Professional Writers | LECT |
| Winter 2025 | AP/PRWR1004 3.0 | M | Research for Professional Writers | TUTR |
