PUBLICATIONS
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles
  1. Kessler, M., Polio, C., Xu, C., & Hao, X. (2020). The effects of oral discussion and text chat on L2 Chinese writing. Foreign Language Annals.  https://doi.org/10.1111/flan.12491
  2. Casal, J. E., & Kessler, M. (2020). Form and rhetorical function of phrase-frames in promotional writing: A corpus- and genre-based analysis. System, 95.   https://doi.org/10.1016/j.system.2020.102370  
  3. Kessler, M., Loewen, S., & Trego, D. (2020). Synchronous VCMC with TalkAbroad: Exploring noticing, transcription, and learner perceptions in Spanish FL pedagogy.  Language Teaching Research.  https://doi.org/10.1177/1362168820954456 
  4. 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
  5. 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​. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/tesj.534
  6. Kessler, M. (2020). Technology-mediated writing: Exploring incoming graduate students' L2 writing strategies with Activity Theory. Computers and Composition, 55.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compcom.2020.102542 
  7. Kessler, M. (2019). Promoting text co-ownership and peer interactions in collaborative writing. TESOL Journal, 11(2).  https://doi.org/10.1002/tesj.476
Book Chapters
  1. De Costa, P. I., Kessler, M., & Gajasinghe, K. (In press). Ethnography in individual differences research. In S. Li, P. Hiver, & M. Papi (Eds.), The Routledge handbook of second language acquisition and individual differences. Routledge.
  2. Lim, J., & Kessler, M. (In press). Expanding research agendas: SLA, writing, and multimodality. In R. M. Manchón, & C. Polio (Eds.), The Routledge handbook of second language acquisition and writing. Routledge.
  3. Kessler, M., & Maloney, J. (2019). The use of ethnography in World Englishes. In P. I. De Costa, D. Crowther, & J. Maloney (Eds.), Investigating World Englishes: Research methodology and practical applications  (pp. 104-121).  New York, NY: Routledge. [Link to E-Book]
  4. Maloney, J., & Kessler, M. (2019). Ethnography: Connecting the local and the global. In P. I. De Costa, D. Crowther, & J. Maloney (Eds.), Investigating World Englishes: Research methodology and practical applications (pp. 44-65).  New York, NY: Routledge. [Link to E-Book]
  5. Polio, C., & Kessler, M. (2019). Teaching L2 writing: Connecting SLA theory, research, and pedagogy.  In N. Polat, P. MacIntyre, & T. Gregersen (Eds.), Research-driven pedagogy: Implications of L2A theory and research for the teaching of language skills.  New York, NY: Routledge.  [Link to E-Book]
Book Reviews
  1. Kessler, M. (In press). Review of Essentials of SLA for L2 teachers: A transdisciplinary framework, by J. K. Hall. ELT Journal.
  2. Kessler, M. (2019, August). Review of Approaches to inclusive English classrooms: A teacher's handbook for content-based instruction, by K. M. Reynolds.  TESOL TEIS  News.
  3. Kessler, M. (2014, August). Bridging the gap: Transitioning from IEP to academia [Review of Grammar and Beyond: Level 4].  TESOL HEIS News.
  4. Kessler, M.  (2013, January).  Teaching and ingraining writing as a process [Review of Focus on Writing].  TESOL HEIS News.
  5. Kessler, M., & Lee, J.  (2012).  Review of Developing Courses in English for Specific Purposes, by H. Basturkmen.  The Canadian Modern Language Review, 68(3), 343-345.