2009

• Radia, P., & Stapleton, P. (2009). Unconventional sources as a new convention: The shifting paradigm of undergraduate writing.  The Internet and Higher Education , 12,  156-164.

2008

• Radia, P., & Stapleton, P. (2008). Unconventional Internet genres and their impact on second language undergraduate students' writing process.  The Internet and Higher Education, 11 (1), 9-17.
• Stapleton, P., & Helms-Park, R. (2008). A response to Matsuda and Tardy’s “Voice in academic writing: The rhetorical construction of author identity in blind manuscript review.” English for Specific Purposes, 27 (1), 94-99.

2007

• Helms-Park, R., Radia, P., & Stapleton, P. (2007). A preliminary assessment of Google Scholar as a source of EAP students’ research materials. The Internet and Higher Education, 10 (1), 65-76.
• Shirato, J., & Stapleton, P. (2007). Comparing English vocabulary in a spoken learner corpus with a native speaker corpus: Pedagogical implications arising from an empirical study in Japan.Language Teaching Research,11 (4), 393-412.
• Tanaka, H., & Stapleton, P. (2007). Increasing reading input in Japanese high school EFL classrooms: An empirical study exploring the efficacy of extensive reading. The Reading Matrix, 7 (1), 115-131.
  

2006

• Stapleton, P., Helms-Park, R., & Radia, P. (2006). The Web as a source of unconventional research materials in second language academic writing.The Internet and Higher Education, 9 (1), 63-75.
• Stapleton, P. (2006). Developing learners' critical filter for Web sites. Essential Teacher, 3 (1), 50-53.
• Stapleton, P. (2006). Critiquing research methodology. Comments on broader concerns about complex statistical studies. Applied Linguistics, 27 (1), 130-134.
• Stapleton, P., & Helms-Park, R. (2006). Evaluating Web sources in an EAP course: Introducing a multi-trait instrument for feedback and assessment. English for Specific Purposes, 25 (4) 438-455.
• Helms-Park, R., & Stapleton, P. (2006). How the views of faculty can inform undergraduate Web-based research: Implications for academic writing. Computers and Composition, 23 (4) 444-461.
• Mizushima, L., & Stapleton, P. (2006). Analyzing the function of meta-oriented critical comments in Japanese comic conversations. Journal of Pragmatics, 38, 2105-2123.

2005

• Stapleton, P. (2005). Using the Web as a research source: Implications for L2 academic writing. Modern Language Journal, 89(2), 177-189.
• Stapleton, P. (2005). Evaluating web-sources: Internet literacy and L2 academic writing. ELT Journal, 59(2), 135-143.

2003

• Helms-Park, R., & Stapleton, P. (2003). Questioning the importance of individualized voice in undergraduate L2 argumentative writing: An empirical study with pedagogical implications. Journal of Second Language Writing, 12 (3), 245-265.
• Stapleton, P. (2003). Assessing the quality and bias of web-based sources: Implications for academic writing. Journal of English for Academic Purposes, 2 (3), 229-245.
• Stapleton, P. (2003). Storytelling narratives in English and Japanese: A comparative study with implications for TEFL. Asia Pacific Journal of Language and Education, 6 (2), 79-98.

2002

• Stapleton, P. (2002). Critiquing voice as a viable pedagogical tool in L2 writing: Returning the spotlight to ideas. Journal of Second Language Writing  11 (3), 177-190.
• Stapleton, P. (2002). Critical thinking in Japanese L2 writing: Rethinking tired constructs. ELT Journal, 56 (3), 250-257.
   

2001

• Stapleton, P. (2001). Critical thinking in Japanese L2 writing: Implications about content familiarity and assumptions. Written Communication, 18 (4), 506-548.
  

2000

• Stapleton, P. (2000). Culture's role in TEFL: An attitude survey in Japan.  Language, Culture and Curriculum, 13 (3), 291-305.

Course Books

Forthcoming

• Stapleton, P. (2010). Econosense:  Economics and human nature.  Tokyo:  Cengage.

2009

• Stapleton, P. (2009). DNA Stories: Understanding how genes affect our world.  Tokyo : Cengage.
• Stapleton, P. (2009). Stay healthy.  Tokyo: Cengage.

2008

• Stapleton, P. (2008). Climate change: The coming crisis.  Tokyo : Cengage.
• Stapleton, P. (2008). What globalization really means.  Tokyo: Seibido.
• Stapleton, P. (2008). Newsmakers.  Tokyo : MacMillan.
• Stapleton, P. (2008). Keywords for Japan now.   Tokyo : Cengage.

2007

• Stapleton, P. (2007). Food: Some deeper insights into what we eat.  Tokyo : Thomson.
• Stapleton, P. (2007). Newsflash: Japan 2020 . Tokyo: MacMillan.

2006

• Stapleton, P. (2006). Fact, fable, or fiction: Studies in critical thinking and skepticism. Tokyo: MacMillan.
• Stapleton, P. (2006). How culture affects communication. Tokyo: Kinseido.

2004

• Stapleton, P. (2004). New perspectives: Focusing on human life and culture.  Tokyo: Kinseido .

2002

• Stapleton, P. (2002). New understandings. Tokyo: Kinseido.

2000

• Stapleton, P. (2000). Exploring hidden culture .   Tokyo:  Kinseido .

1997

• Stapleton, P. (1997).Beneath the surface. Tokyo: Seibido.

Paper Presentation at Conferences

2008

• Unconventional Internet Genres and Their Impact on Second Language Undergraduate Students’ Writing Process. Language Issues in English-medium Universities: A Global Concern, University of Hong Kong, June 18-20.

2007

• Writing Pedagogy: Returning the focus to content. JALT National Conference. Tokyo, Nov. 23.
• Authentic Writing: Implications from a Preliminary Empirical Study. AsiaTefl. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, June 8.

2006

• Steps towards becoming electronically literate. JALT National. Nov. 5.
• Moving towards electronic literacy: Evaluating websites as information sources in academic writing. JALT Call. June 6.

2005

• The Web as an opinion-altering force: Implications for L2 academic writing. AsiaTEFL, Nov. 4.
• Advancing electronic literacy in EAP writing: Introducing an evaluation scale. AILA, Jul. 25, Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.A. (with Rena Helms-Park).

2004

• Critical Web-source evaluation: Implications for the L2 academic writing curriculum. The 18th International Language in Education Conference (ILEC 2004), Dec. 17, Hong Kong. (with Rena Helms-Park)
• Web-sourcing: Implications for academic writing. Japan Association for Language Teaching, National Conference, Nov. 20, Nara.
• Electronic Literacy and L2 writing: Case studies of Web-exemplars. Sapporo CALL Conference, Oct. 23, Sapporo.
• Rating first-year EAP students’ Web-based research materials. Conference of the Canadian Society for the Study of Rhetoric, May 31, 2004, Winnipeg, Canada. (with Rena Helms-Park ）
• Using the WWW as a research source in undergraduate L2 academic writing: Implications for topic choice and web-source selection. Temple University Colloquium in Applied Linguistics, Feb. 15, Tokyo.

2003

• Bias on the WWW: Implications for academic writing. Japan Association for Language Teaching, National Conference, Nov. 22, Shizuoka.
• Writing a research paper for publication. Sapporo JALT, Sept. 28, Sapporo.
• Changing education in Japan: Cultural forces versus global trends. Japan and Russia: Dialogue and cultural interaction conference. Sept. 17, Sakhalin State University, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia.
• Questioning the importance of voice in undergraduate L2 argumentative writing: An empirical study with pedagogical implications. Canadian Society for the Study of Rhetoric, Mar. 31, Halifax, Canada. (with Rena Helms-Park)
• Assessing the quality of web-based sources: Implications for academic writing. American Association of Applied Linguistics, Mar. 22, Arlington, MD, USA.