Paul Kei Matsuda
Born	(1970-09-11)11 September 1970 (age 54) Tokyo,Japan
Known for	Second language writing
Academic background
Alma mater	University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point
Thesis	ESL writing in twentieth -century US higher education: The formation of an interdisciplinary field (2000)
Doctoral advisor	Tony Silva
Academic work
Sub-discipline	Second language writing Applied Linguistics Composition Studies TESOL
Institutions	Arizona State University
Website	Matsuda on the website of the Arizona State University

Paul Kei Matsuda (born 1970) is aJapanese-bornAmericanapplied linguist. He is currently a professor ofEnglish and the director ofsecond language writing atArizona State University^[1][2][3] He has published several articles and edited books on the areas ofsecond language writing,composition studies, andcognitive and linguistic theories of composition.^[4]

Matsuda obtained hisBachelor of Arts degree in communication from theUniversity of Wisconsin–Stevens Point in 1993. He obtained hisMaster of Arts in English with Composition and Rhetoric Concentration in 1995 from theMiami University. In 2000 he obtained hisPhD in English fromPurdue University.^[5]

Matsuda's main interest is insecond language writing.^[6]

In 1997 he wrote a seminal article on the contrastive rhetoric in context published in theJournal of Second Language Writing.^[7]

• 2004:TOEFL 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,Purdue University)
• 2012: Outstanding Book Award (Conference on College Composition and Communication)

• Handbook of Second and Foreign Language Writing. (2016)^[8]

• "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)

• Second language acquisition
• Second language writing

• Official website

• 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
• 21st-century American academics
• Purdue University alumni
• Miami University alumni
• University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point alumni

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