Teaching

My teaching connects linguistic theory to language pedagogy, drawing on my own research on morphosyntax and heritage bilingualism to help students see how theoretical questions surface in real classroom and community language use.

Courses Taught

  1. Experimental Methods in Multilingualism Research
    University of Konstanz · Instructor of Record · Winter 2026
  2. Language Contact and Language Attrition
    University of Konstanz · Instructor of Record · Winter 2025
  3. Elements of Syntax
    University of Illinois Urbana‑Champaign · TA · Spring 2024
  4. Introduction to Psycholinguistics
    University of Illinois Urbana‑Champaign · Guest Lecturer · Fall 2023; Fall 2024
  5. Introduction to Language Science
    University of Illinois Urbana‑Champaign · TA · Fall 2023
  6. Beginner/Intermediate/Advanced Turkish
    University of Illinois Urbana‑Champaign · TA · Fall 2019 – Spring 2022
  7. Introduction to Business Writing in English
    University of Illinois Urbana‑Champaign · TA · Spring 2020
  8. Introduction to Academic Writing in English
    University of Illinois Urbana‑Champaign · TA · Fall 2019
  9. Beginner/Intermediate Academic English
    Eskişehir Osmangazi University · English Language Instructor · Fall 2016 – Spring 2018
  10. Beginner/Intermediate Academic English
    Istanbul Commerce University · English Language Instructor · Fall 2015 – Spring 2016

Teaching Honors

  1. Listed Among Teachers Ranked as Excellent by Their Students
    4 of 4 semesters · CITL, University of Illinois Urbana‑Champaign · Fall 2019–Spring 2024
  2. H. R. Kahane Award for Outstanding TA in Non‑Western Languages
    Linguistics Department, UIUC · Spring 2021