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Fatima Seyma Kizil

fskizil@syr.edu

EDUCATION
Syracuse University, Syracuse NY Aug 2018- Continue
PhD Literacy Education
Syracuse University, Syracuse NY Aug 2019- Dec 2020
Designing Digital Instruction Certificate of Advanced Study
Syracuse University, Syracuse NY Aug 2016 - May 2018
Master of Teaching and Curriculum in School of Education
Kocaeli University, Kocaeli / Turkey Aug 2007 – May 2011
Bachelor of Turkish Language and Literature in Faculty of Arts and Science
AWARDS / SCHOLARSHIPS
Turkey Ministry of Education Scholarship Program 2014 – Continue
 Received highest scholarship that funded a Master`s and Doctoral degree in education (based on
test scores, experiences, interviews)
SOE Research and Creative Grants May 2020-May 2021
 My proposal (A Book Club for Adolescent Refugees and Immigrants in Syracuse
#SYRELLBookClub) for the Creative & Research Grant competition for the 2020 Spring term
has been selected for funding.
New York Public Humanities Fellowship April 2020
 My proposal (Book Club as a Tool for Raising High Literacy Skills and Community Building for
ELL Students: A Book Club for Adolescent Refugees and Immigrants in Syracuse
#SYRELLBookClub) was selected as the first alternate for the Fellowship at Syracuse University
CERTIFICATION
Speed Reading Techniques and Detection Certification June 2013
Mind Development Coaching Program, Pi Education Laboratory Aug 2012
 Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) certification program.
Pedagogic Training Program, Kocaeli University Aug 2011- May 2012
 Teaching certification program in Turkey.
EXPERIENCE
Co-Instructor of Children's and Adolescent Literature Course, Syracuse University Spring 2021
Teaching Assistant Collage Learning Strategies Course, Syracuse University Aug 2019 – Present
Founder Manager, IKA Training Consultancy Center Sep 2012 – May 2015
 Supervised 4 employees
 After school program for ADHD and dyslexic students
 Working with parents
Turkish Language Teacher, Kayseri Safa College Sep 2011 – June 2012
 Teaching Turkish language and literature to 6th grades students
 Collaborated with students, parents and teacher to analyze, report and encourage progress towards
learning objectives
Student Teacher, Turkey Ministry of Education Sep 2010 – June 2011
 Teaching Turkish language and literature to 10th grade students
 Constructed measurable learning objectives and communicated them in class and through weekly
assignment sheets
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT EXPERIENCE
ISCNY (The Islamic Society of Central New York) Oct 2020- Continue
 Conducting "Compass of life Reading" book club program under the Weekend school program of
the community center for culturally and linguistically diverse students at middle school age
(Online synchronous and asynchronous meetings to requirements of the COVID process)
SUPRA (Syracuse University Program for Refugee Assistance) Aug 2016 - Dec 2016
 Teaching volunteer English to refugees at The North Side Learning Center (NSLC)
SEMINARS / WORKSHOPS
Children Literature Workshop Dec 2020-Jan 20201
 6 Weeks long program on the Children Literature by the Author Tugba Coskuner
Getup- Genus Academy of Sciences Board Dec 2012-Aug 2013
 Turkish language studies to ADHD and Dyslexic students
Kayseri Kocasinan Municipality Family Communication and Speed Reading Seminar Oct 2013
 Organizing the seminar to families and teachers
Organizing Various Institutions and School Seminars and Training of Speed Reading 2013-2015
AFFILIATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS
American Educational Research Association 2020 - Continue
Literacy Research Association 2020 - Continue
The National Council of Teachers of English 2020 - Continue
National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity 2020 - Continue

WORKING PAPERS

Kizil, F.S. (2020). Curious, Enthusiastic Inventors Need More Than That! Maker Space for
Middle Schoolers. [ Review of the book Making Middle School Cultivating Critical Literacy and
Interdisciplinary Learning in Maker Spaces by Fulton, S. & Urbanski. C. U. 2020]. English
Education
https://ncte.org/resources/journals/english-education/reviewing-the-field/

Research of the Reader Identity of the Middle School Youth in out of School Community Based
Online Book Club (IRB approved work in progress)
Opinions and Experiences of Learners of Turkish (at Syracuse University): Comparing Turkish
to Their Native Languages (IRB approved, work in progress)

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