PUBLICATIONS
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles
  1. Kessler, M., Ma, W., & Solheim, I. (In press). The effects of topic familiarity on text quality, complexity, accuracy, and fluency: A conceptual replication. TESOL Quarterly.
  2. Kim, S., & Kessler, M. (2022). Examining L2 English university students' uses of lexical bundles and their relationship to writing quality. Assessing Writing, 51.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asw.2021.100589
  3. Kessler, M. (2021). Supplementing mobile-assisted language learning with reflective journal writing: A case study of Duolingo users' metacognitive awareness. Computer Assisted Language Learning.  https://doi.org/10.1080/09588221.2021.1968915
  4. Kessler M. (2021). Prospective English language teachers' projected identities in personal statements plus experienced teachers' reactions. International Journal of Applied Linguistics.   https://doi.org/10.1111/ijal.12381
  5. Kessler, M. (2021). The longitudinal development of second language writers’ metacognitive genre awareness. Journal of Second Language Writing, 53.   https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jslw.2021.100832
  6. 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
  7. Kessler, M. (2021). Investigating connections between teacher identity and pedagogy in a content-based classroom. System, 100.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.system.2021.102551
  8. Kessler, M., Loewen, S., & Trego, D. (2021). Synchronous video computer-mediated communication in English language teaching. ELT Journal, 75(3).  https://doi.org/10.1093/elt/ccab007
  9. 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
  10. 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  
  11. 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 
  12. 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
  13. 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
  14. 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 
  15. 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. Kessler, M. (Invited; under review). Designing collaborative writing tasks for face-to-face and computer-mediated communication contexts. In M. Li & M. Zhang (Eds.), L2 collaborative writing in diverse learning contexts.  John Benjamins.
  2. De Costa, P. I., Kessler, M., & Gajasinghe, K. (In press). Ethnography.  In S. Li, P. Hiver, & M. Papi (Eds.), The Routledge handbook of second language acquisition and individual differences. Routledge.
  3. Lim, J., & Kessler, M. (2022). Directions for future research on SLA, L2 writing, and multimodality. In R. M. Manchón, & C. Polio (Eds.), The Routledge handbook of second language acquisition and writing (pp. 325-338). Routledge. [Link to E-Book]
  4. 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). Routledge. [Link to E-Book]
  5. 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). Routledge. [Link to E-Book]
  6. 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.  Routledge.  [Link to E-Book]
Book Reviews
  1. Kessler, M. (2021). Review of Particle placement in English L1 and L2 academic writing: A triangulated learner-corpus and experimental study of weight effects, by A. Kinne. International Journal of Corpus Linguistics, 26(3). https://doi.org/10.1075/ijcl.00041.kes
  2. Kessler, M. (2021). Review of Essentials of SLA for L2 teachers: A transdisciplinary framework, by J. K. Hall. ELT Journal, 75(1), 107-109. https://doi.org/10.1093/elt/ccaa055
  3. 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.
  4. Kessler, M. (2014, August). Bridging the gap: Transitioning from IEP to academia [Review of Grammar and Beyond: Level 4].  TESOL HEIS News.
  5. Kessler, M.  (2013, January).  Teaching and ingraining writing as a process [Review of Focus on Writing].  TESOL HEIS News.
  6. 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.