Publications - Research Articles
  1. Casal, J. E., & Kessler, M. (2023). Can linguists distinguish between ChatGPT/AI and human writing?: A study of research ethics and academic publishing. Research Methods in Applied Linguistics, (2)3. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rmal.2023.100068. Share Link: https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1hYRz9sT3hpe7X
  2. Casal, J. E., & Yoon, J. (2023). Frame-based formulaic features in L2 writing pedagogy: Variants, functions, and student writer perceptions in academic writing. English for Specific Purposes, 71, 102-114.
  3. Casal, J. E., Shirai, Y., & Lu, X. (2022). English Verb-Argument Construction profiles in a specialized academic corpus: Variation by genre and discipline. English for Specific Purposes, 66, 94-107.
  4. Casal, J. E., Lu, X., Qiu, X., Wang, Y., & Zhang, G. (2021). Syntactic complexity across academic research article part-genres: A cross-disciplinary perspective. Journal of English for Academic Purposes, 52, 1-12.
  5. Lu, X., Yoon, J., & Kisselev, O., Casal, J. E., Liu, Y., Deng, J, & Nie, R. (2021). Rhetorical and phraseological features of research article introductions: Variation among five social science disciplines. System, 100, 1-14.
  6. Lu, X., Casal, J. E., Liu, Y., Kisselev, O., & Yoon, J. (2021). The relationship between syntactic complexity and rhetorical move-steps in research article introductions: Variation among four social science and engineering disciplines. Journal of English for Academic Purposes, 52, 1-13.
  7. Casal, J. E., & Lu, X. (2021). “Maybe complicated is a better word”: Second language English graduate student responses to syntactic complexity in a genre-based academic writing course. International Journal of English for Academic Purposes: Research and Practice, 1, 95-114.
  8. Lu, X., Casal, J. E., & Liu, Y. (2021). Towards the synergy of genre-based and corpus-based approaches to academic writing research, pedagogy and assessment. International Journal of Computer-Assisted Language Learning and Teaching, 11(1), 59-71.
  9. Casal, J. E., & Kessler, M. (2020). Form and rhetorical function of phrase-frames in promotional writing: A corpus- and genre-based analysis. System, 95.
  10. Yoon, J., & Casal, J. E. (2020). Rhetorical structure, sequence, and variation: A rhetorical move analysis of applied linguistics conference abstracts. The International Journal of Applied Linguistics, 1-17.
  11. Lu, X., Casal, J. E., & Liu, Y. (2020). The rhetorical functions of syntactically complex sentences in social science research article introductions. Journal of English for Academic Purposes, 44.
  12. Casal, J. E., & Lee, J. J. (2019). Syntactic complexity and writing quality in assessed first-year L2 writing. Journal of Second Language Writing, 44, 51-62.
  13. Lee, J. J., Hitchock, G. C., & Casal, J. E. (2018). Citation practices of L2 university students in first-year writing: Form, function, and stance. Journal of English for Academic Purposes, 33, 1-11.
  14. Bikowski, D., & Casal, J. E. (2018). Interactive digital textbooks and engagement: A learning strategies framework. Language Learning & Technology, 22(1), 119-136.
  15. Lee, J. J., & Casal, J. E. (2014). Metadiscourse in RAD chapters: A cross-linguistic analysis of English and Spanish thesis writers in engineering. System, 46, 39-54.

Publications -  Book Chapters, Reviews, & Other
  1. Casal, J. E., & Kessler, M. (in press). Swalesian move-step analysis. In M. Kessler & C. Polio (Eds.), Conducting genre-based research in applied linguistics: A methodological guide. Routledge.
  2. Casal, J. E., & Qiu, X. (in press). Non-finite clause use in novice and expert academic writing in Agricultural Science: A corpus driven analysis. In M. Walková (Ed.). Linguistic approaches in EAP: Expanding the discourse. Bloomsbury.
  3. Lee, J. J., & Casal, J. E. (accepted). Discourse studies and technology. In J. Liontas (Ed.), The TESOL encyclopedia of English language teaching. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell.
  4. Casal, J. E. (2022). Review of Academic writing with corpora: A resource book for data-driven learning by T. Karpenko-Seccombe. CALICO Journal, 39(1), 103-107.
  5. Lu, X., Casal, J. E., & Liu, Y. (2022). Automated syntactic analysis for language teaching. In R. R. Jablonkai & E. Csomay (Eds.), The Routledge handbook of corpora in English language teaching and learning. New York: Routledge.
  6. Lu, X., Casal, J. E., & Liu, Y. (2021). Corpus-based genre analysis. In C. Coombe & H. Mohebbi (Eds.), Research questions in language education and applied linguistics. Berlin: Springer.
  7. Casal, J. E., & Bikowski, D. (2020). A framework for learning with digital resources: Applications for project-based language learning. In G. Beckett & T. Slater (Eds.), Global perspectives on project-based language, teaching, and assessment: Key approaches, technology tools, and frameworks. Routledge.
  8. Yoon, J., & Casal, J. E. (2020). P-frames and rhetorical moves in Applied Linguistics conference proposals. In U. Römer, V. Cortes, & E. Friginal (Eds.), Advances in corpus-based research on academic writing (pp. 281-305).  Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
  9. Casal, J. E., & Lee, J. J. (2018). Tutor discourse practices in an online writing lab: A reflective exploration. In G. Kessler (Ed.), TESOL Voices: Online and Hybrid  Classroom Education (pp. 41-48). Alexandria, VA: TESOL Press.
  10. Casal, J. E. (2016). Learning technology review: Criterion Online Writing Evaluation. Calico, 33(1), 146-155.
  11. Casal, J. E., & Lee, J. J. (2014, March). Distance tutoring: Online writing center for L2 university students. TESOL SLW News, 10(1).
  12. Casal, J. E., & Lee, J. J. (2013). Review of Genres across the Disciplines: Student Writing in Higher Education by H. Nesi & S. Gardner. System, 41(2), 485-487.

Research Grants
  1. CAS Faculty Research Grants ($4,500, 2023). College of Arts & Sciences, University of Memphis. Lexical and phraseological patterns in English and Spanish medical discourse (Role: PI)
  2. Expanding Horizons Initiative 2022 – Disciplinary Grants ($5,179, 2022). College of Arts & Sciences, Case Western Reserve University. Is the L2 acquisition of relative clauses governed by syntax or semantics? A corpus-based study (Role: CI, Yasuhiro Shirai PI)
  3. UCITE Assessment Learning Community Research Grant ($1,000; 2021). University Center for Innovation in Teaching and Education, Case Western Reserve University (Role: PI)
  4. RGSO Dissertation Support Competition ($1,000; 2019). College of Liberal Arts, Penn State University (Role: PI)
  5. ETS TOEFL Committee of Examiners 2019 Research Program ($29,954; 2019). Electronic Testing Services. Mappings Between Linguistic Features and Rhetorical Moves in TOEFL Essays and Their Relationship to Writing Quality. (Role: CI; Xiaofei Lu PI). Grant negotiations suspended over COVID-19 concerns.

Awards
  1. MOCH Catherine and Charles Freeburg Fellowship (2024). Marcus Orr Center for the Humanities, University of Memphis. Writing with AI: Perspectives, Policies, and Pedagogies. (With William Duffy)
  2. Humanities Dissertation Release (2020, Declined), College of Liberal Arts, Penn State University
  3. Gil Watz Dissertation Fellowship (2019), Dept. of Applied Linguistics, Penn State University
  4. University Graduate Fellowship (2016-2020), Graduate College, Penn State University
  5. Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award (2014), College of Arts and Sciences, Ohio University
  6. Professional Development Scholarship (2014), 48th Annual TESOL Convention, TESOL
  7. Outstanding Teacher (2013), Dept. of Modern Languages, Ohio University
  8. Outstanding Work in Spanish [translated], (2008), Dept. of Modern Languages, Ohio University