Paul Kei Matsuda (born 1970) is a

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-born American applied linguist. He is currently a professor of

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and the director of

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at Arizona State University He has published several articles and edited books on the areas of second language writing, composition studies, and cognitive and linguistic theories of composition.

Career

Matsuda obtained his

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degree in communication from the

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in 1993. He obtained his

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in English with Composition and Rhetoric Concentration in 1995 from the

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. In 2000 he obtained his PhD in English from

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Research

Matsuda's main interest is in second language writing. In 1997 he wrote a seminal article on the contrastive rhetoric in context published in the J''ournal of Second Language Writing''''.''

Awards

* 2004:

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Outstanding Young Scholar Award (Educational Testing Service) * 2006: Richard Ohmann Award for the Outstanding Refereed Article published in College English (National Council of Teachers of English) * 2009: Emerging Voice Award (College of Liberal Arts,

) * 2012: Outstanding Book Award (Conference on College Composition and Communication)

Bibliography

Books

* ''Handbook of Second and Foreign Language Writing.'' (2016)

Articles

* "The Myth of Linguistic Homogeneity in U.S. College Composition." (2006) * "Second language writing in the twentieth century: A situated historical perspective." (2003) * "Process and post-process: A discursive history." (2003) * "Contrastive rhetoric in context: A dynamic model of L2 writing." (1997) * "Composition studies and ESL writing: A disciplinary division of labor." (1999)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Matsuda, Paul Kei 1970 births Living people Applied linguists Second language writing Linguists from Japan Arizona State University faculty University of Michigan people Presidents of the American Association for Applied Linguistics