{"id":24,"date":"2026-05-14T17:39:45","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T17:39:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/matefl.bilkent.edu.tr\/?page_id=24"},"modified":"2026-06-22T11:42:48","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T11:42:48","slug":"faculty","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/matefl.bilkent.edu.tr\/?page_id=24","title":{"rendered":"Faculty"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Necmi Ak\u015fit<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tijen Ak\u015fit<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/matefl.bilkent.edu.tr\/?page_id=55\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"55\"><strong>Duygu F. \u015eafak<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>New staff joining the team<strong> <\/strong>as of September 2026:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ubalaman.com\/\">Ufuk Balaman<\/a><\/strong>, Full Professor, Incoming Director of the MA-TEFL program<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mehmet Sak<\/strong>, Assistant Professor<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-accent-3-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-fe9bc6f8b83b29965f174a102e50c01c\"><strong>THE INCOMING <\/strong><strong>MA-TEFL <\/strong><strong>TEAM <\/strong><strong>(as of September 2026)<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>published in <\/strong>Bilingualism: Language and Cognition; Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism; Journal of Psycholinguistic Research; Second Language Research; Studies in Second Language Acquisition; Language Teaching; Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development; Innovation In Language Learning and Teaching; Language Teaching Research; Foreign Language Annals; European Journal of Education; Journal of Pragmatics; English for Academic Purposes; International Journal of Applied Linguistics; Applied Linguistics; Learning, Culture and Social Interaction; European Journal of Teacher Education; Language and Intercultural Communication; Linguistics and Education; Health Communication; Computer Assisted Language Learning; Language Assessment Quarterly; ReCALL; Applied Linguistics Review; SYSTEM; TESOL Quarterly; Pragmatics; Research on Language and Social Interaction; Text &amp; Talk; Language Learning &amp; Technology <br>(this list only includes the incoming team\u2019s papers published in SSCI-indexed journals before June, 2026).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>holds editorial seats<\/strong> in TESOL Quarterly; SYSTEM; Linguistics &amp; Education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>published<\/strong> books and chapters in Springer, Routledge, Palgrave.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>led projects funded by<\/strong> European Union, T\u00dcB\u0130TAK; DFG (Germany), DFF (Denmark), British Council.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>received research awards from<\/strong> Bilim Akademisi (BAGEP), IAPLL, International CALL, HacettepeUniversity<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>supervised<\/strong> postgraduate theses of more than 30 MA &amp; PhD students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>is well-networked with<\/strong> Applied Linguistics, ELT, SLA, TEFL, and LTE researchers worldwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"709\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/matefl.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/MA-TEFL-poster-709x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-58\" srcset=\"https:\/\/matefl.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/MA-TEFL-poster-709x1024.png 709w, https:\/\/matefl.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/MA-TEFL-poster-208x300.png 208w, https:\/\/matefl.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/MA-TEFL-poster-768x1109.png 768w, https:\/\/matefl.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/MA-TEFL-poster-1063x1536.png 1063w, https:\/\/matefl.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/MA-TEFL-poster-1418x2048.png 1418w, https:\/\/matefl.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/MA-TEFL-poster-scaled.png 1772w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 100vw, 709px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Necmi Ak\u015fit Tijen Ak\u015fit Duygu F. \u015eafak New staff joining the team as of September 2026: Ufuk Balaman, Full Professor, Incoming Director of the MA-TEFL program Mehmet Sak, Assistant Professor THE INCOMING MA-TEFL TEAM (as of September 2026) published in Bilingualism: Language and Cognition; 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