Education

Experience

Publications

Presentations

Awards
Recognitions
Scholarships

• PhD. English Language Teaching, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey, 2005 to date
• PhD Coursework. Interdisciplinary Program in Second Language Acquisition and Teaching, The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA, 2003 to 2005
• MS in TESOL, The University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA, 2001 to 2003
• BA in ELT, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, 1996 to 2000

• Research Assistant, English Language Teaching Program, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey, 2005 to date
• Turkish Instructor, Department of Near Eastern Studies, The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA, 2003 to 2005
• Trainee Teacher, USC Spouse Teaching Program, The University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA, 2002
• English Teacher, Sistem Cram School, Antalya, Turkey, 2000 to 2001
• Trainee Teacher, Anatolia High School, Antalya, Turkey, 2001
• Trainee Teacher, Private TED Ankara High School, Ankara, Turkey, 2000

• Çok Kültürlü Sınıflarda Hata Düzeltme Şekilleri, Hayef Dergi, 2006/II

• Learner Autonomy and Teaching Pragmatics, The 4th International Postgraduate Conference on Linguistics and Language Teaching, Cukurova University, Adana, Turkey, 2006
• Validity of Discourse Completion Tasks, SLAT Roundtable, The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA, 2005 (with Hassan Souleyman)
• Introductory Turkish, Teach Turkey Workshop, Department of Near Eastern Studies, The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA, 2005

• Registrations Scholarship, The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA, 2005
• Registrations Scholarship, The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA, 2004
• Honor recognition from the Secretary of National Education, 2004
• Full Governmental Sponsorship for Graduate Education in the USA including tuition, insurance, educational and live-on expenses, Fall 2001 to Spring 2003
• USC Rossier School of Education Scholarship, The University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA, 2002
• Honor recognition from the Secretary of National Education, 2002
• Una B. Cameron Scholarship, The University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA, 2001
• Governmental Scholarship for undergraduate education, 1996 to 2000
• Free Education Awards from three cram schools in Antalya, Turkey, 1995 to 1996