| Dr. Scott Crossley is an Assistant Professor of Applied Linguistics at Georgia State University. Professor Crossley's primary research focuses on corpus linguistics and the application of computational tools in second language learning and text comprehensibility. He is currently interested in the development of second language learner lexicons and the potential to examine lexical growth and lexical proficiency using computational algorithms. Professor Crossley also works as a senior researcher on Writing Pal, an intelligent tutoring system under development at Arizona State University. In Writing Pal, he is responsible for the development of computational algorithms for analyzing writing proficiency and providing automatic feedback to Writing Pal users. His research has appeared in many prestigious journals in the field of second language acquisition including TESOL Quarterly, Language Learning, The Modern Language Journal, Second Language Research, Language Testing, and English for Specific Purposes. |  |