PUBLICATIONS
Peer-reviewed Journal Articles
  • Kessler, M. (In press). A text analysis and gatekeepers' perspectives of a promotional genre: Understanding the rhetoric of Fulbright grant statements. English for Specific Purposes. 
  • 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
  • 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 
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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]
  • 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]
  • 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
  • Kessler, M. (2019, August). [Review of Approaches to inclusive English classrooms: A teacher's handbook for content-based instruction].  TESOL TEIS  News.
  • Kessler, M. (2014, August). Bridging the gap: Transitioning from IEP to academia [Review of Grammar and Beyond: Level 4].  TESOL HEIS News.
  • Kessler, M.  (2013, January).  Teaching and ingraining writing as a process [Review of Focus on Writing].  TESOL HEIS News.
  • 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. 
   
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS & TALKS
  • Kessler, M. (2020, February). What you know, how you use it, and why: A longitudinal study of L2 writers' metacognitive genre development.  Invited talk as part of Ohio University's Linguistics Colloquium Series, Ohio University, Athens, OH, USA.
  • Kessler, M. (2019, November). Technology-mediated writing: Using stimulated recall to explore L2 writing strategies.  Paper presented at the Symposium on Second Language Writing (SSLW), in the colloquium (organizer: Charlene Polio), Leveraging stimulated recall for L2 writing research: The effects of design factors on data characteristics, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA.
  • Kessler, M. (2019, September). Sociocultural Theory and SLA.  Invited lecture for graduate student seminar, LLT 861, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA.
  • Kessler, M., & Solheim, I. (2019, July). Can TBLT be 'authentic' in EFL contexts?: The case of China.  Paper presented at the Sino-US Symposium on Foreign Language Education, Wuhan, China.
  • Kessler, M., & Loewen, S. (2019, March). Synchronous video computer-mediated communication with TalkAbroad: An exploratory study of Spanish-as-a-foreign-language pedagogy.  Paper presented at the American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA, USA.
  • Kessler, M. (2019, March). Technology-mediated L2 English writing: Exploring a new graduate student's writing strategies.  Paper presented at the 4th Purdue Linguistics, Literature, & Second Language Studies Conference, Lafayette, Indiana, USA.
  • Kessler, M. (2019, March). A text analysis and raters' perspectives of a promotional genre: Exploring Fulbright ETA application statements. Paper presented at the Michigan Academy of Science Annual Conference, Alma, MI, USA.
  • Loewen, S., & Kessler, M. (2019, January). Connecting SLA theory and CALL technologies in the L2 classroom.  Invited talk for Center for Language Teaching Advancement, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA.
  • Kessler, M. (2018, March). Fulbright ETA personal statements and statements of grant purpose: A rhetorical move-step analysis.  Paper presented at the 3rd Purdue Linguistics, Literature, & Second Language Studies Conference, Lafayette, Indiana, USA.
  • Kessler, M. (2018, February). A genre analysis of Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship statements.  Poster presented at the Council of Graduate Students 10th Annual Academic Conference, East Lansing, Michigan, USA.
  • Ahmed, K., Kessler, M., & Zhang, J.  (2012, May).  Using Moodle for pronunciation courses: ELIP oral communication.   Poster presented at the Ohio University CALL Conference, Athens, Ohio, USA.