His work focuses on crosslinguistic influence and lexical diversity, with a special emphasis on methodological problems and solutions. Among his better-known works is the book 'Crosslinguistic influence in language and cognition' (Routledge) co-authored with Aneta Pavlenko.; Scott A. Crossley is an Assistant Professor at Georgia State University. His work involves the application of natural language processing theories and approaches for investigating second language acquisition, text readability, and writing proficiency. His current research interests include lexical proficiency, writing quality, and text coherence and processing.