Plenary Speakers
Deniz Şallı-Çopur
Bio:
Dr. Deniz Şallı-Çopur is a teacher educator in the Department of Foreign Language Education at Middle East Technical University. Here, she has been teaching methodology and practicum courses to prospective teachers of English. Her areas of interest are pre-service teacher education, materials design, program evaluation, and assessment. She also takes part in program evaluation and curriculum studies as an external researcher.
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Megan Madigan Peercy
Bio:
Megan Madigan Peercy, Ph.D. is a Professor in the Department of Teaching and Learning, Policy and Leadership at the University of Maryland, USA, where she teaches in two specializations: Applied Linguistics and Language Education, and Teacher Education and Professional Development. Her research examines pedagogies of teacher education and the preparation and career-long development of teachers who work with multilingual learners (MLLs). As a former MLL and Spanish teacher, she is deeply invested in bringing practice and theory into dialogue to support teachers and students. Her research has been funded by the Spencer Foundation, the Institute of Education Sciences, and the Maryland State Department of Education. Examples of her recent work appear in Linguistics and Education, Teaching and Teacher Education, TESOL Quarterly, and TESOL Journal. Her co-authored book Core Practices for Teaching Multilingual Students: Humanizing Pedagogies for Equity, and accompanying YouTube channel, are important resources for P-12 teachers of MLLs. Dr. Peercy is recipient of the American Educational Research Association Leadership Through Research Award, and Mid-Career Award, from the Second Language Research group. She has also been named a University of Maryland Distinguished Scholar-Teacher.
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