Her research interests include the sociocognitive dimension of second language acquisition, particularly second language writing processes, and research methods. She has published extensively both nationally and internationally, and her publications have appeared in journals such as Communication and Cognition, Learning and Instruction, Journal of Second Language Writing, Language Learning, and Modern Language Journal. She serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Second Language Writing and the AILA Applied Linguistics Book Series (published by John Benjamins).