Eight books including, Contrastive Rhetoric: Crosscultural Aspects of Second Language Writing (Cambridge University Press 1996); and approximately 100 articles and book chapters
Glenn W. Irwin Excellence Recognition Award, IUPUI, 1992
Elected Member of the Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters, 2000
Member of Alliance of Distinguished Professors, Indiana University, 2003 Outstanding Alumni Award, Linguistics, University of Florida, 2005
Linguistics, intercultural communication, and language and rhetoric of philanthropic fund raising