Work Experience

Below is a brief overview of the positions I have held throughout my career. A more detailed list of college courses I have facilitated may be located by clicking here.

FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION – TALLAHASSEE, FL – 2021-2023

Bureau of Federal Educational Programs (BFEP)

Educational Policy Consultant & Federal Projects Coordinator

  • Title I, Part A: Improving the Academic Achievement of Disadvantaged Students
  • Title I, Part C: Education of Migratory Children
  • Title III, Part A: Language Instruction for English Learners and Immigrant Students
  • Title IV, Part A: Student Support and Academic Enrichment 
  • Title V, Part B, Subpart 2: Rural and Low-Income School Program 
  • Title IX, Part A: McKinney-Vento Education for Homeless Children and Youth

FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION – TALLAHASSEE, FL – 2022-2023

Bureau of Federal Educational Programs (BFEP)

Federal Director of Title V, Part B (K-12 Rural and Low-Income Schools)

BILKENT UNIVERSITY – ANKARA, TR – 2018-2022

Graduate School of Education

Assistant Professor & Program Coordinator (M.A. Degree Programs)

FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY – TALLAHASSEE, FL – 2016-2018

College of Education – School of Teacher Education

Assistant Professor & Program Coordinator, Advisor, & TESOL Certificate Prog. Interim Coordinator

FLORIDA GULF COAST UNIVERSITY – FORT MYERS, FL – 2022-Present

Adjunct Professor

SAINT LEO UNIVERSITY – SAINT LEO, FL – 2021-Present

Adjunct Professor – Dissertation Committee Chair for 3 dissertations

FRAMINGHAM STATE UNIVERSITY – FRAMINGHAM, MA – 2020-Present

Adjunct Professor of International Education (Online)

UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA – ORLANDO, FL – 2021-Present

Adjunct Professor & Research and Data Coordinator

UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA – ORLANDO, FL – 2021-2021 (Summer)

Adjunct Professor of TESOL (Online)

FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY – TALLAHASSEE, FL – 2021

Adjunct Professor

BILKENT UNIVERSITY – ANKARA, TR – 2018-2020

Assistant Professor

FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY – TALLAHASSEE, FL – 2016-2018

Assistant Professor

UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA – ORLANDO, FL – 2016-2017

Adjunct Professor

ACADEMY OF MARKETING SCIENCE – ORLANDO, FL – 2016 (Summer)

SmartPLS-3 Workshop Assistant (part-time)

UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA – ORLANDO, FL – 2016 (Summer)

Co-Instructor

UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA – ORLANDO, FL – 2013-2016

Graduate Teaching Associate (Teaching and Research Assistant)

UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA – ORLANDO, FL – 2015 (Summer)

Teacher Trainer

UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA – ORLANDO, FL – 2014 (Fall)

English Instructor at Proyecta 100,000 Mexican Project Program

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN – AUSTIN, TX – 2011 (Fall)

English Instructor

UNIWERSYTET RZESZOWSKI – RZESZOW, PL – 2010 (Spring)

Visiting Scholar – Erasmus Teacher Exchange Program

VILNIAUS UNIVERSITETAS – VILNIUS, LT – 2009 (Fall)

Visiting Scholar – Erasmus Teacher Exchange Program

ANADOLU UNIVERSITY – ESKISEHIR, TR – 2009-2011

Lecturer/Instructor

EVRENDIL PRIVATE LANGUAGE INSTITUTE – ESKISEHIR, TR – 2007-2008/2009-2011

Lecturer/Instructor

Research Activities

  • Examining Syrian Refugee Adult and Young Learners’ L2 Motivational Selves in Learning Turkish as a Second Language and English as a Third Language, Their Academic Buoyancy, Academic Resilience, and Language Learner Identities at Turkish Universities (Spring 2020)
  • Experiences of Pre-Service Teachers and Their Self-Efficacy in Working with English Learners in a Mixed Reality Classroom (TeachLivE) (Spring 2017 – Summer 2018)
  • Examining English Learners’ Bullying Victimization and Identity Development Under the Reconceptualized Second Language Motivational Self System, Self-Regulatory Focus, and Buoyancy Theory (Spring 2017-Summer 2018)
  • Measuring the Effectiveness of Accelerative Integrated Methodology (AIM) Language Learning in an Inclusive Spanish as a Foreign Language Exploratory (FLEX) Program (Spring 2017 – Summer 2018)
  • Measuring the Effectiveness of Accelerative Integrated Methodology (AIM) Language Learning in an Inclusive Chinese as a Foreign Language Exploratory (FLEX) Program (Spring 2017 – Sumer 2018)
  • Graduate Speech Language Pathology Students’ Self-Efficacy in Working with English Learners in a Mixed Reality Classroom (TeachLivE) (Fall 2016 – Summer 2018)
  • Lived Experiences of Women in a Doctoral Program (Summer 2016 – Spring 2017)
  • The Effect of Bullying on English Learners’ Language Learning Motivation and Possible Selves in the Process of Constructing Language Learner Identities (Fall 2015 – Spring 2017)
  • Early Foreign Language Learning in Inclusive Settings (Fall 2013 – Present)
  • Sandbox Study of Designing Online Courses for English Learners (Summer 2014 – Fall 2015)