Research interests: Language, writing and professional development in applied linguistics, rhetoric and composition and TESOL.

Paul Kei Matsuda is the Professor of English and Director of Second Language Writing at Arizona State University. He is also Concurrent Professor of Applied Linguistics at Nanjing University and Zhengzhou University. Paul has published widely on various topics on language, writing and professional development in applied linguistics, rhetoric and composition and TESOL, and has received a number of prestigious awards for his publications. His works include Handbook of Second and Foreign Language Writing, Cross-Language Relations in Composition, Second-Language Writing in the Composition Classroom: A Critical Sourcebook, Second Language Writing Research: Perspectives on the Process of Knowledge Construction etc.
Paul is Founding Chair of the Symposium on Second Language Writing and Series Editor of the Parlor Press Series on Second Language Writing. He has also served as the founding chair of the CCCC Committee on Second Language Writing and the chair of the Nonnative English Speakers in TESOL (NNEST) Caucus. He has served as the President of the American Association for Applied Linguistics and is currently the Immediate Past President.
In addition to teaching, research and professional service, Paul has served as a program evaluator and consultant for various language programs and graduate programs throughout the United States and around the world.