McPhail, C.J. (2011). Illuminating the Experiences of African-American Female Community College Students in Developmental Education, is featured in Crystal Renée Chambers (ed.) Support Systems and Services for Diverse Populations: Considering the Intersection of Race, Gender, and the Needs of Black Female Undergraduates (Diversity in Higher Education, Volume 8), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, pp.185-213

McPhail, C.J. (2011). Bringing Teaching and Learning to the Board Room: A Professional Development Framework for Community College Governing Boards in Terry O’Banion and Cynthia D. Wilson’s Focus on Learning: A Learning College Reader. League For Innovation in the Community College. Arizona.

McPhail, C.J. (2011) The Completion Agenda: A Call to Action. Summary report from the November 10–11, 2010, meeting of the American Association of Community Colleges Commissions and Board of Directors. Washington, DC.

Brown, T., & McPhail, C.J. (2011). Developing and Engaging Educators to Support First-Year Student Success in T. Brown, M.C. King & P. Stanley (Eds.). Fulfilling the promise of the community college: Increasing first year student engagement and success. The National Resource Center for the First-Year Experience and Students in Transition (FYE) at the University of South Carolina.