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Monographs
You Can't Write That...8 Myths about Correct English (in press, Cambridge University Press)
How Students Write: A Linguistic Analysis (Modern Language Association, 2020)
First-Year University Writing: A Corpus-Based Study with Implications for Pedagogy (Palgrave MacMillan, 2015)
Textbook
A Case-Based Approach to Argumentative Writing. with Sonja Launspach (Oxford University Press, 2020)
Recent Articles
"Attention to Language in Composition." Composition Forum (2023)
"Student Interpretation and Use Arguments: Student-led, evidence-based language." Journal of Response to Writing (2022)
“What is 'Good Writing?' Analyzing Metadiscourse as Civil Discourse.” Journal of Teaching Writing (2022)
“Directed Self-Placement: Subconstructs and group differences at a U.S. university.” Assessing Writing (2021)
“From Cowpaths to Conversation: Rethinking the Argumentative Essay.” With Valerie Ross. Pedagogy (2020)
“Linguistic Markers of Stance and Genre in Upper-Level Student Writing.” Written Communication (2019)
“A Taxonomy for Writing Analytics.” Journal of Writing Analytics (2019). With Susan Lane and Bill Marcellino.
“Civil Assignments: Moving Beyond Argumentative Writing Tasks.” With Maddie Moseley. English Journal (2019)
“Corpus Analysis of Argumentative Versus Explanatory Discourse in Writing Task Genres.” Journal of Writing Analytics (2017)
“Generality in Student and Expert Epistemic Stance: A Corpus Analysis of First-year, Upper-level, and Published Academic Writing.” With Dineth Bandarage and Meredith Miller. Journal of English for Academic Purposes (2017)
“Elaborated Specificity vs. Emphatic Generality: A Corpus-Based Comparison of Higher and Lower Scoring Advanced Placement Exams in English.” With David West Brown. Research in the Teaching of English (2017)
Recent Book Chapters
"Language Policing to Language Curiosity." Methods and Methodologies for Research in Digital Writing and Rhetoric: Centering Positionality in Computers and Writing Scholarship. Eds. Crystal VanKooten and Victor Del Hierro. WAC Clearinghouse (2022)
“Big Data as Mirror: Writing Analytics and Assessing Assignment Genres.” Composition and Big Data. University of Pittsburgh Press (2021)
“Corpus Linguistic Analysis and Its Opportunities and Limitations in Composition Studies.” The Expanding Universe of Writing Studies, Peter Lang (2021)
“A Civil Style: Reexamining Discourse and Rhetorical Listening in Composition.” Style and the Future of Composition Studies, Utah State University Press (2020)
“Stance as Style: Toward a Framework for Analyzing Academic Language,” with Zak Lancaster. Style and the Future of Composition Studies, Utah State University Press, Utah State University Press (2020)
“Generality and Certainty in Undergraduate Writing Over Time: A Corpus Study of Epistemic Stance Across Levels, Disciplines, and Genres.” Developing Writers, University of Michigan Press (2019)
