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G. BAHAR OTCU-GRILLMAN149-31 80th Street • Howard Beach, NY 11414(212) 731 40 20 • gotcu@mercy.eduEDUCATIONTeachers College, Columbia University - New York, USAEd. D., International Educational Development May 2009Focus: Language, Literacy, and TechnologyEd. M., International Educational Development February 2008Focus: Language, Literacy, and TechnologyMiddle East Technical University (METU) - Ankara, TurkeyM. A., English Language Teaching September 2000B. A., Foreign Language Education, 4 th rank in graduating class July 1997TEACHING EXPERIENCEMercy College, New York, USASeptember 2010 - presentTESOL/Bilingual EducationAssistant Professor Courses: Theory and Practice in Bilingual Education, Teaching English as a Second Language, Methodsand Materials of TESOL, Linguistics and Language Development, Cultural Perspectives and the TeachingLearning Process, Soup or Salad: Recipes for Global Communication, Clinical Practice Experience andSeminar, Bilingual Mentored Internship and Seminar Teaching, full-time to graduate students at Dobbs Ferry, Manhattan, Bronx, and online campuses Teaching at Mercy College’s international TESOL Master’s program in Vienna and Innsbruck, Austria Mentoring junior and adjunct faculty teaching TESOL/Bilingual Education program courses Developing multi-modal weekly lectures, achievement tests and academic course materials Facilitating classroom and online discussion (Blackboard, Blackboard Collaborate, Wimba) Providing timely feedback on individual and group projects and evaluating them Participating in various projects and committees within the School of Education: Executive Committee ofthe Department of Literacy and Multilingual Studies (LMS), International Committee of the Department ofLMS, TESOL/Bilingual Education NCATE Committee, Newsletter Committee, NCATE Subcommittee,TESOL/Bilingual Education Faculty Search Committee. Participating in various projects and committees within the college: International Review Board Committee,Global and Cultural Diversity Committee, Middle States Standards Workgroup, Fulbright Scholar ProposalWorkgroup, Foundations of Excellence-Diversity Subgroup, Parent Center Committee, Diversity andGlobal Citizenship in Curriculum Committee. Doing scholarly research and presentations regarding language and education Working closely with The Provost’s Office and Center for Global Engagement for international issues,international student recruitment, cultural and professional events Developing international partnerships between Turkish and Turkish-American IHE and organizationsProfessional Business College, New York, USA April 2010 - September 2010ESL DepartmentFull-time Professor Courses taught: ESL Reading, ESL Grammar, ESL Writing, Life Skills Taught, full-time, English to undergraduate students at all proficiency levels Developed, implemented, and evaluated achievement tests and course materials Used multi-modal, student-centered and integrated-skill ESL teaching methodsAdelphi University, New York, USA Middle East Technical University (METU) is an international university and provides instruction in an English-onlyimmersion environment. All subjects are taught and tested in English.

G. Bahar Otcu-Grillman 2 / 9Manhattan Center, Department of TESOL/Bilingual EducationAdjunct Assistant Professor March 2010 - September 2010 Course taught: Linguistics for Teachers: Psycho-structural Considerations. Developed multi-modal 4-hour weekend lectures, achievement tests and academic course materials Facilitated classroom discussion Provided timely feedback on individual and group projects and evaluated themCity University of New York, New York, USACity College, Department of Bilingual Education/TESOL & Department of EnglishAdjunct Lecturer/Adjunct Assistant Professor September 2006 - September 2010Hunter College, Department of Bilingual EducationAdjunct Lecturer January 2009 - September 2010Courses taught: Language Minority Students and Urban Schooling in the US, Teaching ESL to Adult Speakers ofOther Languages, Psycho- and Sociolinguistic Foundations of Bilingual Education, Methods of Teaching English,Psychology of Language Learning and Teaching, ESL Reading Developed multi-modal weekly lectures, achievement tests and academic course materials Facilitated classroom and online discussion Provided timely feedback on individual and group projects and evaluated themLong Island University, New York, USABrooklyn Campus, Department of TESOL & Department of Early Childhood EducationAdjunct Assistant Professor September 2008 - September 2010 Courses taught: Curriculum and TESOL Pedagogy, New York City Teaching Fellows Seminar, BilingualChildhood Education, Bilingual Childhood Education Seminar Mentored, observed, and evaluated student-teachers and NYCT Fellows in NYC K-12 schools Held meetings with students’ Principals, Assistant Principals and school mentors in K-12 schools Provided individual consultation to students on-site, through e-mails and/or telephone Developed the entire clinical practice seminar curricula Facilitated classroom and online discussion Provided timely feedback on individual and group projects and evaluated themTeachers College, Columbia University, New York, USADepartment of Applied Linguistics/TESOLClinical Supervisor September 2006 - September 2010Community English ProgramMaster Teacher September 2006 - September 2010 Courses taught: Supervision for Student Teaching in TESOL, Supervision for Secondary Student Teachingin TESOL, General ESL Supervised, observed, and evaluated student-teachers and Peace Corps Fellows in NYC K-12 schools Provided individual consultation to supervisees on-site, through e-mails and/or telephone Taught English to adult learners as a master (model) teacher Accepted observers - novice teachers - to my ESL classes and modeled good ESL teaching Provided individual consultation to novice teachers on-site, through e-mails and/or telephone Developed and implemented achievement tests and course materials for my ESL courses Used multi-modal, student-centered and integrated-skill ESL teaching methodsMiddle East Technical University, Ankara, TurkeyDepartment of Basic EnglishFull-time Professor, English August 2000 - January 2004Department of Foreign Language EducationFull-time Research Assistant September 1997 - August 2000 Courses taught: Readings in English I & II, English Composition I & II, English Grammar I & II, SpokenEnglish I & II, TOEFL Preparation, General English Taught, full-time, English to undergraduate and graduate students at all proficiency levels Developed, implemented, and evaluated achievement tests and course materials

G. Bahar Otcu-Grillman 3 / 9 Used multi-modal, student-centered and integrated-skill ESL teaching methods Assisted test-preparer to write, edit, and evaluate tests at the Department’s Testing Office Proofread and edited departmental teaching materials for content, grammar, and spelling Tutored senior and graduate students on writing at the university’s Writing Skills Center Completed Cambridge University’s Certificate for Overseas Teachers of English (COTE)Turkish-American Association, Ankara, TurkeyInstructor, English September 1996 - August 1997 When still a senior, started teaching English to all proficiency-level learners Completed a one-month pre-service program for new teachers Regularly attended weekly professional-development sessions of the institutionRESEARCH EXPERIENCEMercy College, New York, USASeptember 2010 - presentTESOL/Bilingual EducationAssistant Professor Published books, papers, and book chapters regarding bilingual education and TESOL in refereed journalsand books Attended and presented bilingual education research in many conferences such as NABE, NYSABE, ILA,AAAL, Heritage Language Institute Particularly took interest in and did research on digital storytelling, game-based learning, and theireducational useTeachers College, Columbia University, New York, USAPost-doctoral Researcher June 2009 - December 2009Professional development needs of Turkish heritage language school teachers, funded by Center for WorldLanguages, University of California, Los Angeles Attended Third Heritage Language Summer Institute held by National Heritage Language Resource Centerof UCLA hosted by University of Illinois Developed and carried out data collection on heritage instructors’ perceptions of professional development Observed classroom instruction at a Turkish heritage school Interviewed heritage language instructors Analyzed audio-recorded and written data qualitatively and quantitatively Prepared written documents, articles, and reportsDoctoral Study January 2004 - May 2009Language maintenance and cultural identity construction in a Turkish Saturday school in New York City, Ed.D.dissertation, funded by Higher Education Council of Turkey Employed an ethnographic research design Developed and carried out data collection on maintenance bilingual education Observed classroom instruction at a Turkish heritage school Audio and video-recorded observations, took field notes throughout Interviewed heritage language instructors, administrators, students and their parents Developed and administered a socio-linguistic survey to the school parents Transcribed and analyzed audio-recorded and written data qualitatively and quantitatively Used Discourse analysis as an analytical tool of qualitative data Carried out one pilot study Prepared written documents, articles, oral and written reportsSpecial Interest Research January 2005 - December 2007Requesting in L2: Pragmatic development of Turkish learners of English, funded by German Research Foundation,University of Koblenz-Landau and Teachers College, Columbia University Employed an experimental (cross-sectional) research design Developed and carried-out data collection on the development of English learners’ requests

G. Bahar Otcu-Grillman 4 / 9 Had English learners and English native speakers role-play request situations Video-taped the role-plays of research participants Transcribed and analyzed video-recorded data qualitatively and quantitatively Used CCSARP manual in data coding Cooperated with Dr. Zeyrek in transcribing, coding, analyzing, and interpreting dataMiddle East Technical University, Ankara, TurkeyResearch Assistant September 1997 - September 2000Production of requests by Turkish EFL learners, M.A. thesis, funded by METU Academic Research Fund Employed an experimental research design Developed and carried-out data collection on English learners’ requests Had English learners and English native speakers role-play request situations Video-taped the role-plays of research participants and transcribed them Devised a questionnaire from transcribed role-plays and administered it to native speaker judges Analyzed transcribed data and native speaker judgments qualitatively and quantitatively Used an earlier version of CCSARP manual in data coding Used SPSS for statistical analyses of the dataEvaluating the English language curriculum at METU Development Foundation Ankara School, an educationalproject carried out at METU Participated in the data collection as a research assistant Entered quantitative data into SPSS Assisted in the coding, entry, and analysis of the qualitative dataStudent Assistant September 1996 - September 1997Computational linguistics: A graduation thesis, B.A. thesis, funded by Department of Foreign Language EducationStudent Assistant Fund Carried out a descriptive study on computational linguistics Assisted faculty members in grading papers, data entry and budget Tutored fellow students as requested by faculty membersPUBLICATIONSBooks:García, O., Zakharia, Z., and Otcu, B. (Eds.) (2013). Bilingual community education and multilingualism: Beyondheritage languages in a global city. Multilingual Matters.Otcu, B. (2010). Language maintenance and cultural identity construction: A linguistic ethnography of Discoursesin a complementary school in the US. VDM Verlag Dr. Muller.Chapters in Edited Volumes:Otcu-Grillman, B. (forthcoming). Pragmatics in a Turkish community school discourse: A study on youngbilinguals’ speech acts. In Güler, A., and Bayyurt, Y. (Eds.) Second language acquisition of Turkish. JohnBenjamins.García, O., Zakharia, Z., and Otcu, B. (2013) Bilingual community education: Beyond heritage language educationand bilingual education in New York. In García, O., Zakharia, Z., and Otcu, B. (Eds.) Bilingual communityeducation and multilingualism: Beyond heritage languages in a global city. Multilingual Matters.García, O., Zakharia, Z., and Otcu, B. (Eds.) (2013). Introduction. Bilingual community education andmultilingualism: Beyond heritage languages in a global city. Multilingual Matters.Otcu, B. (2013) Turkishness in New York: Languages, ideologies and identities in a community-based school. InGarcía, O., Zakharia, Z., and Otcu, B. (Eds.) Bilingual community education and multilingualism: Beyondheritage languages in a global city. Multilingual Matters.Göy, E., Zeyrek, D., and Otcu, B. (2012). Developmental patterns in internal modification use in requests: Aquantitative study on Turkish learners of English. In Economidou-Kogetsidis, M. and Woodfield, H. (Eds.)Interlanguage request modification. John Benjamins.Otcu, B., & Zeyrek, D. (2008). Development of requests: A study on Turkish learners of English. In Martin Pützand JoAnne Neff-van Aertselaer (Eds.), Developing contrastive pragmatics: Interlanguage and crossculturalperspectives (pp.265-298). Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter.

G. Bahar Otcu-Grillman 5 / 9Articles in Refereed Journals:Otcu-Grillman, B. (forthcoming). Turkish in the US: Sense of belonging and identities among Turkish immigrants.Bilig.Otcu-Grillman, B. (forthcoming). Turkish ethnolinguistic diaspora community in the US: Successes and challenges.International Journal of the Sociology of Language.Corrêa d’Almeida, A., and Otcu, B. (forthcoming). The Portuguese language in the United Nations: Framing policydesign. International Journal of the Sociology of Language.Otcu, B. (2010). Heritage language maintenance and cultural identity formation: The case of a Turkish Saturdayschool in NYC. Heritage Language Journal, 7 (2), 112-137.Articles in Conference Proceedings:Otcu, B., & Zeyrek, D. (2006). Requesting in L2: Pragmatic Development of Turkish Learners of English. In SeriesA: General and Theoretical Papers, Paper 680. Essen: Universität Duisburg-Essen.Otcu, B., & Tankut, P. (2003). What requests require: Requisites of oral production. Proceedings of the 8 thInternational Bilkent University School of English Language ELT Conference: Speaking in theMonolingual Classroom: Need for a Fresh Approach? Ankara: Bilkent University Press.Article in International Publications:Otcu-Grillman, B., & Newhouse, E. (2012). On Austrian terrains: Mercy College Master of Science in TeachingEnglish candidates. 20 Years, 1992-2012: A Successful Score of Years Addressing New Challenges inInternational Education, Building Bridges, Creating New Opportunities, 29-31. Wien: AAECA.Book Reviews:Otcu-Grillman, B. (forthcoming). A review of Educational linguistics in practice: Applying the local globally andthe global locally by Francis M. Hult and Kendall A. King (Eds.), 2011, Multilingual Matters. HeritageLanguage Journal.Otcu-Grillman, B. (2013). A review of Language attrition by Schmid, M. S., 2011, Cambridge University Press.Linguist List, 24.1.2013, Vol. 24.460.Otcu-Grillman, B. (2013). A review of The Essence and the margin: National identities and collective memories incontemporary European Culture by Laura Rorato and Anna Saunders (Eds.), 2009, Rodopi. EuropeanLegacy, 18, 1.Otcu, B. (2012). A review of Scar of tongue: Consequences of the ban on the use of mother tongue in education andexperiences of Kurdish students in Turkey by Coşkun, V., Derince, M. Ş., and Uçarlar, N., 2011, DISAPublications. Language Policy. DOI : 10.1007/s10993-012-9251-x.Otcu, G. B. (2001). A review of How Language Comes to Children: from Birth to Two Years byBénédicte de Boysson-Bardies, 1999, The MIT Press. European Legacy, 6 (6).Short Stories:Otcu, B. (1997). Artifical blue. FLE Newsletter. METU, Ankara: Foreign Language Education Department.Otcu, B. (1996). The unanswerable question. FLE Newsletter. METU, Ankara: Foreign Language EducationDepartment.REFEREED JOURNALSAnthropological Education QuarterlyJournal of Intercultural PragmaticsJournal of Language Teaching and Learning (in Editorial Board)Sage Open Access Journal (Article Editor)CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONSOtcu-Grillman, B. “We still continue with old methods:” Professional development needs of Turkish heritageschool teachers. Presented at NABE 2013, 42 nd Annual National Association for Bilingual EducationConference, Lake Buena Vista, Florida, February 7-9, 2013.Otcu-Grillman, B., and Miller, JK. Learning ESL through digital storytelling. Workshop presented at MercyCollege Parent Center, 1200 Waters Place, Bronx, New York, December 11, 2013.Otcu, B., and Corrêa d'Almeida, A. The Portuguese language in the United Nations: Framing policy design.Presented at Language and the United Nations: A Symposium, UN, New York, May 1, 2012.Otcu, B. "Our mother tongue Turkish, we learn lovingly”: Discourses of activity/semiotic building in Turkishcomplementary education in the US. Presented at Comparative and International Education SocietyConference (CIES 2012), Puerto Rico, April 22-27, 2012.

G. Bahar Otcu-Grillman 6 / 9Otcu, B., and Miller, JK. Digital storytelling: Integrating reflective practice through multimedia in the TESOLGraduate Program. Presented at WNET (PBS) Celebration of Teaching and Learning, New York, March16-17, 2012.Otcu, B. Turkishness in New York: Languages, ideologies, and identities in a community-based school. Presented atNYSABE 35th Annual Conference, Melville, New York, March 10, 2012.Otcu, B. Digital storytelling in graduate education: Collaborative research and evaluation in a linguistics course.Presented at 33 rd Ethnography Forum, Philadelphia, PA, February 24-25, 2012.Otcu, B. Three C’s: Discourses of world building in a Turkish heritage school in the United States. Presented at the5 th National Heritage Language Resource Center Summer Institute. University of California at Los Angeles(UCLA), June 26-July 1, 2011.Otcu, B. Turkish community education in New York: Language ideologies and linguistic identities in acomplementary school. Presented at the 56 th Annual Conference of the International LinguisticsAssociation: Globalization, Language Contact and Language Vitality. Rutgers University, New Jersey,April 15-17, 2011.Otcu, B. “We go to school six days a week”: Education of immigrants’ children in community-based schools.Presented at Immigration and Education Conference, City College of New York, March 19, 2011.Otcu, B. (Invited Speaker). Ethnographic research and leadership in community-based organizations. Presented atEDSA 510, Mercy College, New York, NY, December 1, 2010.Otcu, B. (Invited Speaker) Linguistic and cultural maintenance in community-based schools. Presented atInternational Education Week 2010, Teachers College, New York, NY, November 18, 2010.Otcu, B. (Invited Panelist) Keys to international student success in the US graduate classrooms. Presented atTeachers College, New York, NY, September 27, 2010.Otcu, B. (Invited Speaker) Linguistic and cultural maintenance in community-based schools. Presented atInternational Education Week 2010, Teachers College, New York, NY, November 18, 2010.Otcu, B. Language choices and identities: Discourses of relationship building in a Turkish Saturday school in NewYork City. Presented at the American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) 2010 Conference,Atlanta, GA, March 6-9, 2010.Otcu, B. Against all odds: Discourses on struggle and continuity in a Turkish heritage school in New York.Presented at the First International Heritage Language Conference, Los Angeles, CA, February 19-21,2010.Otcu, B. Heritage language maintenance and cultural identity formation: The case of a Turkish Saturday school inNYC. Presented at the First International Heritage Language Conference, Los Angeles, CA, February 19-21, 2010.Otcu, B. (Invited Speaker) Language and cultural identity maintenance in community-based language schools: Thecase of a Turkish Saturday school in NYC. Workshop presented at 28 th Bilingual ESL Conference, WilliamPaterson University, New Jersey, NJ, December 5, 2008.Otcu, B. Turkish in the U.S.: A view from a Saturday school in New York City. Presented at InternationalLinguistic Association’s (ILA) 53 rd Annual Conference, SUNY College at Old Westbury, New York, NY,April 11-13, 2008.Otcu, B. Social practices and discourse in a Turkish community-based school in New York City. Presented atComparative and International Education Society's (CIES) 52nd Annual Conference, Teachers College,New York, NY, March 17 - 21, 2008.Otcu, B., &. Chung, J., Turkish and Korean heritage language schools in New York City: Two case studies. Paperpresented at 19 th Annual Conference of Ethnographic and Qualitative Research in Education, Cedarville,OH, June 8, 2007.Otcu, B. (Invited Speaker) Requesting in L2: Pragmatic development of Turkish learners of English. Presented atInternational Education Week 2006, Teachers College, New York, NY, November 16, 2006.Otcu, B., & Zeyrek, D. Development of requests: A study on Turkish learners of English. Paper presented at 31 stInternational LAUD Symposium, Landau/Pfalz, Germany, March 27, 2006.Otcu, B. Teaching English word stress: Problems and solutions. Presented at 35 th Annual New York State (NYS)TESOL Conference, New York University, NY, November 11, 2005.Otcu, B. Corrective feedback in communicative language teaching classrooms. Presented at NYS TESOL One DayMini Area Conference, Pace University, New York, NY, April 30, 2005.Otcu, B. Production of requests by Turkish EFL learners. Presented at NYS TESOL One Day Mini AreaConference, Pace University, New York, NY, April 17, 2004.

G. Bahar Otcu-Grillman 7 / 9Otcu, B., & Tankut, P. What requests require: Requisites of oral production. Paper presented at 8 th InternationalBilkent University School of English Language ELT Conference. Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey,January 23, 2003.SPEECHES BY INVITATIONZakharia, Z., Otcu-Grillman, B., and guests. A book panel for Bilingual education and multilingualism: Beyondheritage languages in a global city. CCNY Department of Teaching, Learning & Culture and The New YorkState Association for Bilingual Education (NYSABE), CCNY, New York, NY, Monday, 5-7 pm, April 8,2013.Otcu-Grillman, B., & Guests. Bilingual education and multilingualism: Beyond heritage languages in a global city.Book talk given at Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY, Tuesday, 5:30-7 pm.,December 4, 2012.Otcu-Grillman, B. Writer’s Corner featuring Dr. Bahar Otcu-Grillman, A Co-editor of Bilingual Education andMultilingualism: Beyond Heritage Languages in a Global City. Mercy College, Dobbs Ferry, NY, Monday,4-5:30 pm., November 19, 2012.Otcu, B. Language maintenance & cultural identity construction. Book talk given at Teachers College, ColumbiaUniversity, New York, NY, Tuesday, 3-4:30 pm., June 21, 2011.Otcu, B. Ethnographic research and leadership in community-based organizations. EDSA 510, Mercy College, NewYork, NY, December 1, 2010.Otcu, B. Keys to international student success in the US graduate classrooms. Teachers College, New York, NY,September 27, 2010.Otcu, B. Increasing international student class participation. International Education Week 2010, Teachers College,New York, NY, November 18, 2009.Otcu, B. Türk dili ve kültürünün Amerika’daki Türk toplumunca devamlılığının sağlanması ve kadının bu konudakiönemi [Maintenance of Turkish language and culture by the Turkish community in the USA and theimportance of women in this respect]. Hudson Turkish American Cultural Association (HUTACA), NewJersey, NJ, March 8, 2008.Otcu, B. Anadilimiz Türkçe'nin Amerika'da korunması ve Türk kültürel kimliğinin yaşatılması [Preserving Turkishas a mother tongue and maintaining Turkish cultural identity in the USA]. Turkish Consulate, New York,NY, November 24, 2007.MEDIA INTERVIEWSFebruary 19, 2011 “Ethnographic study investigates future of Turkish in America,” Zaman Gazetesi (TimeNewspaper), Turkey. http://us.zaman.com.tr/us-tr/newsDetail_getNewsById.action?newsId=46123January 27, 2008 “Immigrant languages may be lost within three generations,” Zaman Gazetesi (TimeNewspaper), Pazar Eki (Sunday Edition), Turkey. http://pazar.zaman.com.trJanuary 18, 2008 “If you lose Turkish, you also lose your cultural values,” Zaman Gazetesi (TimeNewspaper), USA.. http://www.zamanus.com/usDecember 29, 2007 “What weekend schools and families can do to maintain Turkish in the USA,” YeniUfuklar (New Horizons), Turkish Radio Television, Turkey.January 6, 2007 “Turkish academicians’ experiences in the USA,” Yeni Ufuklar (New Horizons), TurkishRadio Television, Turkey.November 25, 2006 “Language problems that Turkish immigrants in the USA face,” Yeni Ufuklar (NewHorizons), Turkish Radio Television, Turkey.PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS/HONORSNew York Association of Bilingual Education (NYSABE)Elected Turkish Language Delegate, Voting Board Member2013-presentRegular individual memberships: NABE, TESOL, NYSTESOL, CIES.GRANTS/AWARDSMercy College, New YorkTravel Grant, Istanbul Aydın University Partnership meeting 2011Conference Travel Grants between 2010-present2010-present

G. Bahar Otcu-Grillman 8 / 9Anadolu University, TurkeyNHLRC Conference Travel Grant 2010AAAL 2010 Conference Travel Grant 2010University of California, Los AngelesNational Heritage Language Resource Center Research Fund 2009Teachers College, Columbia University, New YorkGrant-in-Aid Scholarship 2009ITSF Conference Travel Scholarship 2006, 2007Donald Tewskbury Memorial Fund 2006Program Assistant Scholarship 2004-2005General Scholarship 2004German Research Foundation & University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany31 st International LAUD Symposium Travel Fund 2006Higher Education Council of TurkeyGraduate Study Scholarship 2004-2009Middle East Technical University, TurkeyAcademic Research Fund 2000Foreign Language Education (FLE) Department, Student Assistant Fund 1996, 1997FLE Department, Writing Competition: Short Story, 1 st Runner Up 1997FLE Department, Writing Competition: Short Story, Winner 1996Superior Academic Performance Scholarship 1994-1997DEVELOPMENTAL EXPERIENCETeachers College, Columbia University, New York, USAGotttesman Libraries September 2007 - June 2009Library Associate Digitized library archives via scanning and uploading to college online database Read online archival collections and wrote abstracts Created and finalized archival digitizing projectsAcademic Computing Services March 2004 - September 2007Computer Lab Consultant Solved college members’ computer problems Maintained orderliness in the computer labs Managed the register and cash flow from members for lab use Attended in-service training technology workshopsCommunity English Program (CEP) February 2004 - February 2005Assistant Coordinator Assisted in staffing and student recruitment Took care of the program budget Created a student number assignment system Administered a large-scale proficiency test both in paper-pencil version and in a computer lab Updated databases and teachers’ materials Observed ESL classes and gave feedback to novice teachers Held orientation workshops and conference sessions for teachers-in-trainingTRAINING/CERTIFICATIONCourses at Teachers College and METU: Language Acquisition, Second Language Acquisition (SLA), AdvancedSLA, Linguistics for English Language Teaching, Advanced Syntax, Semantic Systems and the Lexicon, EnglishLanguage Testing, English Language Teaching Methods, Task-Based Language Teaching, Introduction toCognitive Linguistics, Cross-Cultural Pragmatics, Cultural Aspects of Language Teaching, Phonetics and

G. Bahar Otcu-Grillman 9 / 9Phonology, Ethnography and Participant Observation, Language and Identity, Communicative Practices,Languages, Societies and Schools, Cued Speech, Discourse Analysis, Discourse Analysis for Translation, ResearchLiteracy in Applied Linguistics/TESOL, Gender, Language, and Education, Developing Critical Thinkers,Introduction to Basic Statistics.NHLRC-UCLA Third Heritage Language Summer InstituteUniversity of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA - June 22-26, 2009COTE, Cambridge University Certificate for Overseas Teachers of EnglishAffiliate: Middle East Technical University - Ankara, Turkey, October 2001Cognitive Science Preparatory ProgramMiddle East Technical University - Ankara, Turkey, September 1997-1998Computer skills/workshops: Blackboard, Wimba, Digital Storytelling, MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook,HTML, SPSS, N-Vivo, Mac.Languages: Turkish (native), English (near native), Spanish (fluent), French (intermediate), German (basic)PRO BONO SERVICEVice President, Lingua Franca Consulting Group 2007 - 2010Board Member, Turkish Women’s League of America (TWLA) 2007 – 2009All Nations Celebration Presenter, International House, New York, NY 2008Medical Interpreter (Turkish-English), CP Language Institute, New York, NY 2005 - 2007Language Teacher (Turkish), NYC Turkish Social Club, New York, NY 2005Global Classroom Presenter, Metro International, New York, NY 2005