I joined the Psychology department at Kingston University London as a lecturer in November 2019 following a period of 2 years as a post-doctoral researcher in the department of Linguistics and English Language at Lancaster University, working on a project that focused on young children's language skills and their perspective-taking abilities.
I am particularly interested in collaborative projects and in supervising doctoral studies in creativity, psycholinguistics, executive functions, and theory of mind, and I have a keen interest in cross-cultural and/or cross-linguistic research.
In 2013, I was fortunate to be awarded full MSc and PhD scholarships from the Turkish Ministry of National Education. I completed my MSc in Developmental Psychology at Lancaster University in 2014, and my PhD at the University of Sheffield in 2018. My PhD research was on young children's creativity and the impact of touchscreen use and peer collaboration on creative performance, an area I hope I can develop further while at Kingston.
As well as presenting in academic conferences and seminars, I also value communicating research with the wider community and disseminate academic studies in public engagement events. I took part in public science festivals such as Pint of Science, Festival of the Mind, and British Science Week. I am the Pint of Science Coordinator for Kingston University, and in 2021, we held our first event. Our lab, Developing Minds, also holds events to share academic knowledge with the public.
Lecturer in Developmental Psychology
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