Thesis Defence Meetings
Meltem Deniz Moran
Program: MA, English Language Teaching
Thesis Title: Preparatory School Teachers' Understanding of and Practices with Diversity and Inclusion in Language Education: A Case Study
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. A. Cendel Karaman
Date: Wednesday, August 31, 2022
Time: 13:00
Venue: Online Meeting
E. Yasin Çiftçi
Program: PhD, English Language Teaching
Thesis Title: Neoliberal Common Sense and Short-Term Study Abroad: A Critical Qualitative Inquiry Into Prospective English Language Teachers' Discourses and Experiences
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. A. Cendel Karaman
Date: Thursday, September 1, 2022
Time: 10:00
Venue: Online Meeting
Fahime Serhatti
Program: PhD, English Literature
Thesis Title: Representations of Familial Transgressions and Moral Injury in The Novels of Daniel Defoe
Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Margaret J-M Sönmez
Date: Wednesday, April 6, 2022
Time: 11:00
Venue: Online Meeting
Sadenur Doğan Aslantatar
Program: PhD, English Literature
Thesis Title: Construction of Narrative Worlds in Mimetic and Anti-Mimetic Fiction: A Critical Reading of Possible Worlds Theory
Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Elif Öztabak-Avcı
Date: Thursday, March 10, 2022
Time: 14:00
Venue: Online Meeting
Nesrin Koç
Program: PhD, English Literature
Thesis Title: The Reconstruction of Authorial Identity in Contemporary Author Fictions: A.S. Byatt's Possession, David Lodge's Author, Author and Maggie Gee's Virginia Woolf in Manhattan
Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Elif Öztabak-Avcı
Date: Tuesday, July 27, 2021
Time: 13:30
Venue: Online Meeting
Elif Toprak Sakız
Program: PhD, English Literature
Thesis Title: Vernacular Cosmopolitanism in Postmillenial British Fiction
Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nil Korkut-Naykı
Date: Thursday, July 1, 2021
Time: 11:30
Venue: Online Meeting
Deniz Kırpıklı
Program: PhD, English Literature
Thesis Title: The Role of Transcultural Memory in the Construction of Identity in Caryl Phillips's Fiction
Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Elif Öztabak-Avcı
Date: Thursday, July 01, 2021
Time: 09:30
Venue: Online Meeting
Burcu Yüksel
Program: MA, English Language Teaching
Thesis Title: Professional Development Challenges Experienced by Language Instructors at a Foundation University: A Case Study
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. A. Cendel Karaman
Date: Friday, January 22, 2021
Time: 10:00
Venue: Online Meeting
Rana ÖzkayaProgram: Ph.D., English Literature Thesis Title: WOOLF IN SPACE: SUBVERSIVE INTERVENTIONS IN THE CONTEMPORARY SPATIAL CONSTRUCTIONS AND DISCOURSES OF THE DOMINANT SOCIO-SPATIAL ORDER IN VIRGINIA WOOLF’S FICTION Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Margaret J-M Sönmez Date: Monday, December 28, 2020 Time: 16:40 Venue: Online Meeting Elif Derya ŞenduranProgram: Ph.D., English Literature Thesis Title: THE INTERSECTION BETWEEN TWO OTHERS, THE EAST AND THE WEST IN E.M. FORSTER’S A PASSAGE TO INDIA Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Nurten Birlik Date: Friday, November 20, 2020 Time: 14:30 Venue: Online Meeting Samindokht Ronaghzadeh
Program: Ph.D., English Literature Thesis Title: Linguistic Performativity of Suicide in the Works of the Selected British Dramatists of the 1990s Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Dürrin Alpakın Martinez Caro Date: Monday, November 9, 2020 Time: 10:30 Venue: Online Meeting Sermet Melis BaysalProgram: MA, English Literature Thesis Title: Trauma, Survival, and Resistance: Possibilities of Recovery in Monica Ali’s Brick Lane and Arundhati Roy’s The God of Small Things Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hülya YILDIZ-BAĞÇE Date: Friday, January 31, 2020 Time: 10:00 Venue: EF-B 40 Ahmet Can VargünProgram: MA, English Literature Thesis Title: Subversion of the Empire and Colonial Spatial Narratives in Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness and Almayer's Folly Supervisor: Asst. Prof. Dr. Hülya YILDIZ-BAĞÇE Date: Monday, November 4, 2019 Time: 10:00 Venue: EF-B 22 |
Hasan Şerif BaltacıProgram: MA, English Language Teaching Thesis Title: Investigating Professional Identity and Organizational Citizenship Behaviors of EFL Instructors: A Case Study in a Higher Education Context Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. A. Cendel Karaman Date: Friday, September 6, 2019 Time: 13:30 Venue: EFA-01 Selin TanışProgram: MA, English Language Teaching Thesis Title: Research Engagement in and beyond Pre-service Teacher Education: A Case Study of an English Language Teacher Education Program in Turkey Supervisor: Assist. Prof. Dr. Ali Fuad Selvi Co-Supervisor: Dr. Deniz Şallı-Çopur Date: Friday, September 6, 2019 Time: 14:00 Venue: EFB-21 |
Özlem ÖnalProgram: MA, English Literature Thesis Title: An Analysis of Hyperreality in John Fowles’s The Magus and Paul Auster’s Moon Palace Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Dürrin Alpakın Martinez Caro Date: Thursday, September 5, 2019 Time: 10:30 Venue: |
Bilge BulutProgram: PhD, English Literature Thesis Title: The Problem of Otherness in In the Heart of the Country by J.M. Coetzee, Night Lessons by Latife Tekin and Lighthousekeeping by Jeannette Winterson Supervisor: Asst. Prof. Dr. Hülya YILDIZ-BAĞÇE Date: Friday, September 6, 2019 Time: 14:00 Venue: EF-B 22 |
Mehmet AkkuşProgram: PhD, English Language Teaching Thesis Title: A Usage-Based Investigation of Converbial Constructions in Heritage Speakers’ Turkish Spoken in the Netherlands Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Çiğdem Sağın Şimşek Co-Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Ad M. Backus Date: Tuesday, September 10, 2019 Time: 10:00 Venue: EF-B 22 |
Murat ÇağlıyanProgram: PhD, English Literature Thesis Title: Tracing the Jamesian Influence on Selected Novels of Manners by John Galsworthy, Natsume Soseki, and F. Scott Fitzgerald Supervisor: Assist. Prof. Dr. Dürrin Alpakın Martinez Caro Date: Monday, January 28, 2019 Time: 14:00 Venue: EFB-22 |
Özge Yakut TütüncüoğluProgram: PhD, English Literature Thesis Title: The Renunciation, Distortion and Subversion of Hegemonic Discourses in Liz Lochhead’s Plays Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nurten BİRLİK Date: Friday, December 28, 2018 Time: 14:30 Venue: EFB-21 |
Merve Aydoğdu ÇelikProgram: PhD, English Literature Thesis Title: Female Agency in the Early Modern Romance in British and Italian Context: Lady Mary Wroth, Anna Weamys, Moderata Fonte and Giulia Bigolina Supervisor: Assist. Prof. Dr. Dürrin Alpakın Martinez Caro Date: Friday, December 21, 2018 Time: 13:30 Venue: EFB-22 |
Şafak AltunsoyProgram: PhD, English Literature Thesis Title: Female Subjectivity in the Poetries of Eavan Boland, Kathleen Jamie and Gülten Akın Supervisor: Assist. Prof. Dr. Dürrin Alpakın Martinez Caro Date: Friday, December 21, 2018 Time: 15:30 Venue: EFB-22 |
Zümrüt AltındağProgram: PhD, English Literature Thesis Title: Ecocentric Polyphony: The Subversion Of Dualistic Thinking In Dylan Thomas’s Poetry Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nurten BİRLİK Date: Friday, December 21, 2018 Time: 11:30 Venue: MYO Meeting room |
Gözde BalıkçıProgram: PhD, English Language Teaching Thesis Title: Establishment and Maintenance of the Pedagogical Focus in Teacher-led Foreign Language Classrooms in Practicum Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Gölge SEFEROĞLU Date: Friday, September 7, 2018 Time: 14:00 Venue: EF-B 22 |
Gülsevin Güleryüz KaraProgram: MA, English Literature Thesis Title: Spatial Politics in Nadeem Aslam's The Wasted Vigil and The Blind Man's Garden Supervisor: Asst. Prof. Dr. Hülya YILDIZ-BAĞÇE Date: Tuesday, August 14, 2018 Time: 10:00 Venue: EF-B 21 |
Rahime Çokay NebioğluProgram: PhD, English Literature Thesis Title: Deleuze and Contemporary Dystopia Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nil KORKUT NAYKI Date: Monday, July 16, 2018 Time: 16:00 Venue: EF-B 21 |
İnci Nur İlkyaz AkınProgram: MA, English Language Teaching Thesis Title: Student and Instructor Perceptions on Pair and Group Work Speaking Activities: A Case Study at a State University in Turkey Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Perihan Savaş Date: Tuesday, June 07, 2018 Time: 10:00 Venue: EF-B 21 |
Mehmet Emre AltınbaşProgram: MA, English Language Teaching Thesis Title: The Use of Multiplayer Online Computer Games in Developing EFL Skills Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Perihan Savaş Date: Tuesday, June 05, 2018 Time: 16:00 Venue: EF-B 22 |
Mehran ShadiProgram: PhD, English Literature Thesis Title: Convergence of Text and Reader: A Study of Textual Strategies and the Formation of Configurative Meaning in Selected Works of Fiction Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Margaret SÖNMEZ Date: Friday, June 1, 2018 Time: 14:30 Venue: MYO Meeting Room |
Maryam NajafibabanazarProgram: PhD, English Literature Thesis Title: Literary Encoding of Modernist Alienation in the Language and Spaces of James Joyce's Ulysses and Sadeq Hedayat's The Blind Owl Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Margaret SÖNMEZ Date: Tuesday, December 26, 2017 Time: 09:30 Venue: |
Nilüfer Can DaşkınProgram: PhD, English Language Teaching Thesis Title: A Conversation Analytic Study of Reference to a Past Learning Event (RPLE) in L2 Classroom Interaction: Implications for Informal Formative Assessment Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Çiler HATIPOĞLU Date: Tuesday, September 26, 2017 Time: 09:00 Venue: EF-B 22 |
Funda DörtkulakProgram: PhD, English Language Teaching Thesis Title: Compliments and Compliment Responses in Turkish and American English: A Contrastive Pragmatics Study of a Facebook Corpus Supervisor: Assist. Prof. Dr. Hale IŞIK GÜLER Date: Thursday, September 7, 2017 Time: NA Venue: Rektörlük Binası, küçük toplantı salonu |
Gülden TanerProgram: PhD, English Language Teaching Thesis Title: Investigating Teacher Competences with regard to Traditional and Alternative Teacher Education Programs Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Gölge SEFEROĞLU Date: Thursday, September 7, 2017 Time: 14:00 Venue: EF - Meeting Room |
Burçin YapıcıProgram: PhD, English Language Teaching Thesis Title: Measuring Re-Exposure and Long-Term Effects of Processing Instruction on the Acquisition of English Negative Adverbials of Inversion Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Çiler HATIPOĞLU Date: Thursday, July 27, 2017 Time: 10:00 Venue: EF-B 22 |
Ömer Faruk İpekProgram: PhD, English Language Teaching Thesis Title: Investigation of Systemic Change at a University Preparatory Language Department: The Northview Case Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. A. Cendel Karaman Date: Wednesday, June 21, 2017 Time: 10:00 Venue: EF-B 22 |
Gamze ErdemProgram: MA, English Language Teaching Thesis Title: In-Service English Teachers' Use of Information and Communication Technology for Self-Directed Professional Development Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Perihan Savaş Date: Thursday, June 15, 2017 Time: 15:30 Venue: EF-B 21 |
Tuğba YıldırımProgram: MA, English Language Teaching Thesis Title: The Perceptions of EFL Instructors and Administrators on Teacher Autonomy: A Case Study Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Perihan Savaş Date: Thursday, June 15, 2017 Time: 13:30 Venue: EF-B 21 |
Şeyda Selen ÇimenProgram: PhD, English Language Teaching Thesis Title: A Case Study on Pre-service English Teachers’ Cognitions and Practices Regarding Most Commonly Experienced In-class Challenges Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Ayşegül Daloğlu Date: Thursday, April 27, 2017 Time: 13:30 Venue: MYO Meeting Room |
Servet Günce ErmanProgram: MA, English Language Teaching Thesis Title: "Things take time here": An ethnography on the social and professional adjustment challenges and strategies of two American Fullbright Teaching Assistants in Turkey Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Betil Eröz-Tuğa Date: Friday, December 2nd, 2016 Time: 15:30 Venue: EF A 01 |
Clive Malcolm CampbellProgram: MA, English Literature Thesis Title: The Quest in Le Mort d'Arthur, Orlando Furioso, and Don Quixote Supervisor: Assist. Prof. Dr. Dürrin Alpakın Martinez Caro Date: Monday, December 5th, 2016 Time: 13:30 Venue: EF B 21 |
Hüsniye Neşe ArslanProgram: MA, English Language Teaching Thesis Title: Exploring the Sense of Belongingness and Its Relation to Language Preference across Generations among Turkish Immigrants in the United States Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Çiğdem Sağın Şimşek Date: Wednesday, December 7th, 2016 Time: 11:30 Venue: EF B 22 |
Sakine ÇabukProgram: PhD, English Language Teaching Thesis Title: A Cross-Linguistic Approach to Adpositions in Third Language Acquisition Process Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Çiğdem Sağın Şimşek Co-supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Martina Gracanin Yüksek Date: Friday, December 9th, 2016 Time: 10:00 Venue: EF B 22 |
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Establıshment And Maıntenance Of The Pedagogıcal Focus In Teacher-Led Foreıgn Language Classrooms In Practıcum |