ProfessorandAssociateChairintheDepartmentofLinguistics&Germanic,Slavic,Asian,&AfricanLanguagesatMichiganStateUniversity. Hermainareaofresearchissecondlanguage(L2)writing.SheisparticularlyinterestedinthevariousresearchmethodsandmeasuresusedinstudyingL2writingaswellastheinterfacebetweenthefieldsofL2writingandsecondlanguageacquisition. Sheistheco-editoroftheModernLanguageJournal.Inthepast,ShehasservedaseditoroftheAnnualReviewofAppliedLinguisticsandbeenamemberoftheeditorialboardsofJournalofSecondLanguageWritingandTESOLQuarterly.