PUBLICATIONS
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles 
​(** indicates published works with students)​
  1. **Kessler, M., Kim, J., Akay, M., & Ferronato, T. (In press). Generative artificial intelligence and foreign language learning: L2 teachers' perceptions of utility and ethics. AILA Review. 
  2. Xia, D., Kessler, M., ​& Chen, Y. (2026). Argumentative element effectiveness and writing quality across task types: A machine learning analysis. Research Methods in Applied Linguistics, 5(3), 100376. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rmal.2026.100376​
  3. Kessler, M. (2026). Generative artificial intelligence and L2 writing: A research agenda. Language Teaching, 0(0), 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0261444826101402
  4. Kessler, M. (2026). Digital multimodal composing: A synthesis of theory-research connections and justifications for task selection. Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 0(0), 1-26. https://doi.org/10.14746/ssllt.52980
  5. Hui, B., & Kessler, M. (2025). Connecting multimodal learning processes and outcomes in CALL: Introduction to the special issue. Language Learning & Technology, 29​(3), 1-5. https://doi.org/10.64152/10125/73644
  6. **Kessler, M., Rostrán Valle, J. M., Çekmegeli, K., & Farrell, S. (2025). Generative AI for learning languages other than English: L2 writers' current uses and perceptions of ethics. Foreign Language Annals, 58(3), 508-531. ​https://doi.org/10.1111/flan.70005
  7. **Marino, F., & Kessler, M. (2025). Accessibility in applied linguistics and medicine infographics: A comparative study of rhetorical moves and multimodal features. Applied Linguistics, amaf005. https://doi.org/10.1093/applin/amaf005
  8. **Kessler, M., Ferronato, T., Torres Centurion, M. J., Akay, M., & Kim, J. (2025). Mobile-assisted language learning with commercial apps: A focused methodological review of quantitative/mixed methods research and ethics. Research Methods in Applied Linguistics, 4(1), 100186. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rmal.2025.100186
  9. Kessler, M. (2025). Replication research in L2 collaborative writing: Replications of Fernández Dobao (2012) and Bikowski and Vithanage (2016). Language Teaching, 58(2), 274-282. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0261444824000302
  10. Xia, D., & Kessler, M. (2025). Making arguments at lower proficiencies: Move-bundle connection in Korean university students' English argumentative writing. International Journal of Applied Linguistics, 35(3), 1219-1241. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijal.12693 
  11. Casal, J. E., & Kessler, M. (2025). Genre awareness and data-driven learning. The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Computer-Assisted Language Learning, 1-5. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-51447-0_84-1 ​
  12. Kessler, M., Loewen, S., & Gönülal, T. (2025). Mobile-assisted language learning with Babbel and Duolingo: Comparing L2 learning gains and user experience. Computer Assisted Language Learning, 38(4), 690-714. https://doi.org/10.1080/09588221.2023.2215294
  13. Kessler, M. (2025). Do we know our language learners?: Investigating students' and teachers' technology ownership, access, literacy, and interest in online education. E-Learning and Digital Media, 22(5), 389-407. https://doi.org/10.1177/20427530241239404
  14. **Kessler, M., & Çekmegeli, K. (2024). Quantitative designs in data-driven learning research. The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Computer-Assisted Language Learning, 1-4. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-51447-0_91-1
  15. Kessler, M., & Casal, J. E. (2024). (Socio)linguistics and generative AI: Taking the reins as researchers and steering its use toward ethical outcomes. Journal of Sociolinguistics, 28(5), 31-34. https://doi.org/10.1111/josl.12682
  16. Kessler, M., Cornell, C., Casal, J. E., & Xia, D. (2024). Writing a successful applied linguistics conference abstract: The relationship between stylistic and linguistic features and raters' evaluations. Journal of English for Academic Purposes, 72, 101450. https://doi.org//10.1016/j.jeap.2024.101450 
  17. Kessler, M. (2024). Leveraging multimodal visualization reflections for L2 writing research. Research Methods in Applied Linguistics, 3(3), 100126. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rmal.2024.100126
  18. Xia, D., Kessler, M., Chen, Y., & Pae, H. (2024). Making requests at work: An examination of phrase frames in workplace email communication. Ibérica, 47, 67-92. https://doi.org/10.17398/2340-2784.47.67
  19. **Akay, M., & Kessler, M. (2024). The impact of virtual reality (VR) pedagogy on L2 English learners' oral communication and pragmatic competence. Language Learning & Technology, 28(1), 1-11. https://hdl.handle.net/10125/73568 
  20. Casal, J. E., & Kessler, M. (2024). New theoretical and practical horizons in data-driven learning: Introduction to the special issue. TESOL Quarterly, 58(3), 1027-1045. https://doi.org/10.1002/tesq.3331
  21. Kessler, M., & Casal, J. E. (2024). English writing instructors' use of theories, genres, and activities: A survey of teachers' beliefs and practices. Journal of English for Academic Purposes, 69, ​101384. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeap.2024.101384​
  22. Hakim, A., Xu, W., Fedewa, K., Lo, W. H., Kessler, M., & Tardy, C. M. (2024). Researching genre knowledge across languages and contexts. Language Teaching, 1-5. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0261444823000484
  23. Kessler, M. (2023). Autoethnography for language teacher education programs: Connecting identities, ideologies, and experiences to curricular design practices. TESOL Journal, 15(2), e772. https://doi.org/10.1002/tesj.772
  24. **Kessler, M., Marino, F., & Liska, D. (2023). Netnographic research ethics in applied linguistics: A systematic review of data collection and reporting practices. ​Research Methods in Applied Linguistics, 2(3), 100082. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rmal.2023.100082
  25. Kessler, M., & Tuckley, L. (2023). Mapping metacognitive genre awareness with L1 and L2 writers: Investigating novices' engagement with an occluded genre. Journal of Second Language Writing, 62, 101042.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jslw.2023.101042
  26. Casal, J. E., & Kessler, M. (2023). Can linguists distinguish between ChatGPT/AI and human writing?: A study of research ethics and academic publishing. Research Methods in Applied Linguistics, 2(3), 100068. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rmal.2023.100068 
  27. Lim, J., & Kessler, M. (2023). Multimodal composing and second language acquisition. Language Teaching, 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0261444823000125
  28. Kessler, M. (2023). Written corrective feedback in an online community: A typology of English language learners' requests and interlocutors' responses. Computers and Composition, 67, 102752. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compcom.2023.102752
  29. ** Kessler, M., & Marino, F. (2023). Digital multimodal composing in English language teaching. ELT Journal, 77(3), 370-376. ​https://doi.org/10.1093/elt/ccac047
  30. Kessler, M. (2022). Multimodality. ELT Journal, 76(4), 551-554. https://doi.org/10.1093/elt/ccac028
  31. Loewen, S., Buttiler, M., Kessler, M., & Trego, D. (2022). Conversation and transcription activities with synchronous video computer-mediated communication: A classroom investigation. System, 106, 102760. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.system.2022.102760
  32. Kim, S., & Kessler, M. (2022). Examining L2 English university students' uses of lexical bundles and their relationship to writing quality. Assessing Writing, 51, 100589. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asw.2021.100589
  33. Kessler, M., Ma, W., & Solheim, I. (2021). The effects of topic familiarity on text quality, complexity, accuracy, and fluency: A conceptual replication. TESOL Quarterly, 56(4), 1163-1190. https://doi.org.10.1002/tesq.3096
  34. Kessler, M. (2021). Supplementing mobile-assisted language learning with reflective journal writing: A case study of Duolingo users' metacognitive awareness. Computer Assisted Language Learning, 36(5-6), 1040-1063.  https://doi.org/10.1080/09588221.2021.1968915
  35. Kessler M. (2021). Prospective English language teachers' projected identities in personal statements plus experienced teachers' reactions. International Journal of Applied Linguistics, 32(1), 76-93.  https://doi.org/10.1111/ijal.12381
  36. Kessler, M. (2021). The longitudinal development of second language writers’ metacognitive genre awareness. Journal of Second Language Writing, 53, 100832. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jslw.2021.100832
  37. Kessler, M., De Costa, P. I., Isbell, D., & Gajasinghe, K. (2021). Conducting a netnography in second language acquisition research. Language Learning, 71(4), 1122-1148. https://doi.org/10.1111/lang.12456
  38. Kessler, M. (2021). Investigating connections between teacher identity and pedagogy in a content-based classroom. System, 100, 102551.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.system.2021.102551
  39. Kessler, M., Loewen, S., & Trego, D. (2021). Synchronous video computer-mediated communication in English language teaching. ELT Journal, 75(3), 371-376. https://doi.org/10.1093/elt/ccab007
  40. Kessler, M., Polio, C., Xu, C., & Hao, X. (2020). The effects of oral discussion and text chat on L2 Chinese writing. Foreign Language Annals, 53(4), 666-685. https://doi.org/10.1111/flan.12491
  41. Casal, J. E., & Kessler, M. (2020). Form and rhetorical function of phrase-frames in promotional writing: A corpus- and genre-based analysis. System, 95, 102370. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.system.2020.102370  
  42. Kessler, M., Loewen, S., & Trego, D. (2020). Synchronous VCMC with TalkAbroad: Exploring noticing, transcription, and learner perceptions in Spanish FL pedagogy. Language Teaching Research, 27(3), 642-659. https://doi.org/10.1177/1362168820954456 
  43. Kessler, M. (2020). A text analysis and gatekeepers' perspectives of a promotional genre: Understanding the rhetoric of Fulbright grant statements. English for Specific Purposes, 60, 182-192.​ https://doi.org/10.1016/j.esp.2020.07.003
  44. Kessler, M., Solheim, I., & Zhao, M. (2020). Can task-based language teaching be "authentic" in foreign language contexts?: Exploring the case of China. TESOL Journal​, 12(1). http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/tesj.534
  45. Kessler, M. (2020). Technology-mediated writing: Exploring incoming graduate students' L2 writing strategies with Activity Theory. Computers and Composition, 55, 102542. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compcom.2020.102542 
  46. Kessler, M. (2019). Promoting text co-ownership and peer interactions in collaborative writing. TESOL Journal, 11(2), e476. https://doi.org/10.1002/tesj.476