LecturerContact Informationyucelm@uw.edu(206) 685-0324Denny M 220FOffice Hours: TTh 11:30-12:30 Fields of Interest BilingualismComparative LinguisticsLanguage AwarenessLanguage PedagogyLinguisticsOral HistorySecond Language ReadingTurkish BiographyPh.D., Education, 2015 Seattle Pacific UniversityM.A., TESOL, 2011 Portland State University Research Selected Research The research project, An Oral History of Turkish Americans in the Pacific Northwest Region, aims to record and preserve the oral history of people who immigrated from Turkey to the Pacific Northwest Region in the United States. The overarching goal of the study is to investigate the notion of identity—be it immigrant, religious, ethnic, national, or language, which has been one of the fundamental questions of philosophy from Socrates to Freud, among Turkish Americans in the region. It seeks to find answers to how immigrants define themselves and what identity continues to mean in the Turkish American culture.This study is being conducted in collaboration with University of Washington Libraries, and it aims to create a digital archive of Turkish American immigrants in PNW Region. Courses Taught Spring 2019 TKISH 513 A: Elementary Turkish Winter 2019 TKISH 102 A: Elementary Turkish TKISH 202 A: Intermediate Turkish TKISH 512 A: Elementary Turkish TKISH 522 A: Intermediate Turkish Autumn 2018 TKISH 101 A: Elementary Turkish TKISH 201 A: Intermediate Turkish TKISH 511 A: Elementary Turkish TKISH 521 A: Intermediate Turkish Summer 2018 Full-term TKISH 105 A: Intensive Elementary Turkish TKISH 515 A: Intensive Elementary Turkish Spring 2018 TKISH 513 A: Elementary Turkish Spring 2017 TKISH 513 A: Elementary Turkish Spring 2016 TKISH 513 A: Elementary Turkish SUMMER 2019 INTENSIVE ELEMENTARY TURKISH WINTER 2018 NEAR EAST IN SONG: The History of Turkish Music Related News Related News DEATH OF POLITICS: Turkey in 21st Century with Professor Reşat Kasaba - September 24, 2018 Streetwise Istanbul with Meghan Sayres - April 11, 2018 Ece Temelkuran: Turkish and Ottoman Studies Program Annual Lecture Series 2018 - March 21, 2018 Turkish and Ottoman Studies Workshop Series - Spring 2018 - March 21, 2018
