Journal Publications
“Generative AI + Socio-Rhetorical Views of Writing.” 2026. Thieme, K. & Amell, B. Discourse and Writing/ Rédactologie.
https://doi.org/10.31468/dwr.1159
“Recurring failures and their rhetorical imprints: The case of the ‘Shadow CV.” Submitted for Review. Amell, B. & Thieme, K. Submitted to Literate Activity.
“Multilingualism as Infrastructural Imperative: Visibility, Accessibility, and Language Diversity in Digital Knowledge Commons.” Accepted with Revisions. Jensen, G., Colín-Arce, A. Amell, B., & Siemens, R. Digital Humanities Quarterly. https://dhq.digitalhumanities.org/vol/20/1/000850/000850.html#
“Inextricable: Doctoral writing, engagement, and creativity.” 2019. Badenhorst, C. & Amell, B. Student Engagement in Higher Education Journal, 2(3), 118–137. https://sehej.raise-network.com/raise/article/view/897
“Engaging with Play and Graduate Writing Development.” 2018. Amell, B., & Blouin-Hudon, E.-M. C. Discourse and Writing/ Rédactologie, 28, 33–56. https://doi.org/10.31468/cjsdwr.606
Book Chapters
“What are we saying? A discourse analysis of perceptions of writing + generative AI.” Accepted for publication. Amell, B. & Thieme, K. In Last Words, edited by N. Murray & E. Tersigni. Bloomsbury (Under Contract)
“Getting stuck, writing badly, and other curious impressions: Doctoral writing and imposter feelings.” 2022. Amell, B. In The Palgrave Handbook of Imposter Syndrome in Higher Education (pp. 259–276), edited by M. Addison, M. Breeze, & Y. Taylor. Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-86570-2_16
“The case for re-imagining doctoral writing” (Introduction). 2021. Burford, J., Amell, B., & Badenhorst C. In Re-imagining Doctoral Writing (pp. 3–28), edited by C. Badenhorst, B. Amell, & J. Burford. The WAC Clearinghouse; University Press of Colorado. https://doi.org/10.37514/INT-B.2021.1343.1.3
“The unfinished business of re-imagining doctoral writing” (Conclusion). 2021. Burford, J., Amell, B., & Badenhorst, C. In Re-imagining Doctoral Writing (pp. 267–273), edited by C. Badenhorst, B. Amell, & J. Burford. The WAC Clearinghouse; University Press of Colorado. https://doi.org/10.37514/INT-B.2021.1343.3.1
Book Chapter, Invited
“What to do with failure? (What does failure do?).” 2025. Amell, B. In Reframing Failure, edited by M. Donnay & A.M. Sichani. University of London Press. https://doi.org/10.63674/yrab7358
Editor, Invited Collection
Re-imagining Doctoral Writing. 2021. Badenhorst, C., Amell, B., & Burford, J. The WAC Clearinghouse (open-access); University Press of Colorado (print). https://doi.org/10.37514/INT-B.2021.1343
Editor, Special Issue of a Journal
“Play, visual strategies & innovative approaches to graduate writing.” 2018. Amell, B. & Badenhorst, C. Discourse and Writing/ Rédactologie, 28, 26-191. https://doi.org/10.31468/cjsdwr.724
Invited Blog Posts
“Are doctoral students missing conferences? An interview with Brittany Botti-Amell.” 2020. Burford, J. & Amell, B. On the Conference Inference Blog. https://conferenceinference.wordpress.com/2020/10/19/are-doctoral-students-missing-conferences-an-interview-with-brittany-botti-amell/
“Bold requests.” 2019. Amell, B. & Armstrong, L. On The Thesis Whisperer blog. https://thesiswhisperer.com/2019/02/20/bold-requests/
“Re-imagining doctoral writing: An agenda for research.” 2019. Badenhorst, C., Amell, B., & Burford, J. On the DoctoralWriting blog. https://doctoralwriting.wordpress.com/tag/research-into-writing/
“Developing research questions.” 2018. Amell, B. On the DoctoralWriting blog. https://doctoralwriting.wordpress.com/2018/04/30/developing-research-questions/
“Emails are academic writing!” 2018. Burford, J. & Amell, B. On LaTrobe University’s The RED Alert blog. http://redalert.blogs.latrobe.edu.au/2018/11/emails-are-academic-writing-jamie.html?m=1
“Unstick yourself: Strategies for dealing with ‘feeling stuck’.” 2018. Amell, B. On Carleton University’s Graduate Professional Development blog. https://carleton.ca/gradpd/2018/unstick-yourself-strategies-for-dealing-with-feeling-stuck-week-3-of-acwrimo/
“Feeling stuck? Read this.” 2018. Amell, B. On Carleton University’s Graduate Professional Development blog. https://carleton.ca/gradpd/2018/feeling-stuck-read-this-week-2-of-acwrimo/
“Metaphorically speaking.” 2018. Amell, B. On Carleton University’s Graduate Professional Development blog. https://carleton.ca/gradpd/2018/metaphorically-speaking-week-1-of-acwrimo/
Book Reviews, Public Scholarship, & Other Publications
“Engaging Platforms and Open Scholarship” (Policy Report). October 2025. Amell, B. Open Scholarship Policy Observatory. https://ospolicyobservatory.uvic.ca/engaging-platforms-and-open-scholarship/
“Are Bots Re-Shaping Open Access?” (Policy Report). October 2025. Amell, B. Open Scholarship Policy Observatory. https://ospolicyobservatory.uvic.ca/ai-bots-open-access/
“Multilingualism in Open Access Scholarly Publishing” (Policy Report). September 2025. Arce-Colin, A. & Amell, B.
“AI Safety, Cybersecurity, and Open Scholarship” (Policy Report). September 2025. Amell, B. Open Scholarship Policy Observatory.
“Foundational Observations: Open Scholarship Policy Observatory, 2017-2020—Introduction” (Volume 1). 2025.Winter, C., Arbuckle, A., Niemann, T., Siemens, L., Amell, B., & Siemens, R. Wikibooks.
“Federal research funding agencies announce draft guidance on the use of generative AI” (Policy Report). 2024. Amell, B. Open Scholarship Policy Observatory. https://doi.org/10.25547/EPAT-HH57
“Generative AI and Scholarly Publishing” (Policy Report). 2024. Amell, B. Open Scholarship Policy Observatory. https://doi.org/10.25547/ENCZ-9774
“Responses to generative AI” (Policy Report). 2024. Amell, B. Open Scholarship Policy Observatory. https://doi.org/10.25547/KF0B-JQ49
“Community over Commercialization” (Policy Report). 2024. Amell, B. Open Scholarship Policy Observatory. https://doi.org/10.25547/X4GJ-Z604
“Negotiation in doctoral writing: Reasserting its social, rhetorical, and tactical dimensions.” 2023. Amell, B. Canadian Writing Centre Review, 2(2). https://cwcaaccr.com/2023/08/08/navigating-the-push-pull-doctoral-writing/
“GitHub as Scholarly Communication: A Community-Sourced Starter Guide” [GoogleDoc]. 2022. Amell, B. & Takoaka, J. Retrieved from https://tinyurl.com/462pex2k.
“Waite, S. (2017). Teaching queer: Radical possibilities for writing and knowing. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: University of Pittsburgh.” 2018. Amell, B. Discourse and Writing/Rédactologie, 28, 265–269. https://doi.org/10.31468/cjsdwr.739
“Review of ‘Detox Your Writing’ and ‘Getting Published in Academic Journals.’” 2017. Amell, B. Discourse and Writing/Rédactologie, 27, 95–97. https://doi.org/10.31468/cjsdwr.610
