INTRODUCTION -- Unique Features of the Book -- Practical Strategies and Research Base -- An Interdisciplinary Approach -- A “Paper Mentor” Purpose -- A Transitions Perspective -- A Career-Wide Purpose -- Rationale for the Book -- Expectations for Publishing -- Increases in Educational Attainment -- Needs of Academic Authors -- Qualifications of Instructors -- Audience for the Work -- Organization of the Book -- Goals for Readers -- PART ONE: PROFESSIONAL ROLES AND PUBLISHABLE WRITING -- WEEK ONE: ACADEMIC AUTHORS -- 1. From Aspiring Author to Published Scholar -- WEEK TWO: EXPECTATIONS AND ETHICS -- 2. From Unpublishable to Publishable -- WEEK THREE: START TO WRITE -- 3. From Trepidation to a First Draft -- PART TWO: CONFERENCE PROPOSALS AND ARTICLE TYPES -- WEEK FOUR: CONFERENCE PROPOSALS -- 4. From Attending to Presenting at Conferences -- WEEK FIVE: LITERATURE REVIEWS AND POSITION PAPERS -- 5. From a Class Paper to a Publishable Review -- WEEK SIX: PRACTICAL ARTICLES -- 6. From Professional Experience to Expert Advice -- WEEK SEVEN: QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH ARTICLES -- 7. From a Research Project to a Journal Article -- WEEK EIGHT: QUALITATIVE ARTICLES -- 8. From Qualitative Research to a Journal Article -- WEEK NINE: MIXED-METHODS RESEARCH ARTICLES -- 9. From Mixed-Methods Research to a Journal Article - Mixed Methods Research: The Third Paradigm -- PART THREE: WRITING AS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT -- WEEK TEN: MONOGRAPHS, SCHOLARLY BOOKS AND COLLEGE TEXTBOOKS -- 10. From Consumer to Producer of the Literature -- WEEK ELEVEN: GRANTS AND PROJECTS IN COMBINATION -- 11. From a Single Work to Multiple Scholarly Spin-Offs -- WEEK TWELVE: ANONYMOUS PEER REVIEW AND EDITING -- 12. From Outsider to Insider in Scholarly Publishing -- WEEK THIRTEEN: CO-AUTHORSHIP AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT -- 13. From Novice to Expert. .