Publications
Book Reviews
Candan, D. (2025). Review of the book Variation in University Student Writing: A communicative text approach, by L. Goulart. English for Specific Purposes, 79, 101–103. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.esp.2025.05.001
Newsletter Articles
Candan, D. (2026). “Fake it Until You Make It”, AAALGrad Newsletter, Spring 2026.
Candan, D. (2025). “Side by Side Through Graduate School”, AAALGrad Newsletter, Fall 2025.
Presentations
Oral Presentations
Candan, D. N., Kim, Y, & Park, Y. L. (March, 2026). Presentation titled “AI-Enhanced Data-Driven Learning in Pragmatic Competence in L2 Disagreements” presented at AAAL2026, Chicago, IL, USA.
Candan, D. N. (October, 2025). Work-in-Progress presentation titled “Examining the Evolution of Modal VACs Across L2 Proficiency Levels: A Corpus-Based Study” presented at the Learner Corpus Research Graduate Conference (LCRGrad2025) hosted online by the Chemnitz University of Technology, Germany.
Candan, D. N. (March, 2025). Presentation titled “Move Analysis on Book Reviews Written by Graduate Students and their Insights into their Writing Experience” presented at the 3-Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition, Georgia State University, Atlanta, USA.
Candan, D. N. (February, 2025). Presentation titled “Comparing the Effects of Computer-Based DDL and Paper-Based DDL on Vocabulary Acquisition” presented at the 3rd “Graduate Conference for Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity”, Georgia State University, Atlanta, USA.
Candan, D. N. (August, 2023). Presentation titled “Using Corpora to Teach Vocabulary” presented in a Continuous Professional Development session organized by Istinye University Foreign Languages Department, Istanbul, Türkiye.
Candan, D. N. (2022, June). Presentation titled “Using Corpora for English for Academic Purposes” presented online at the “Spring 2022 BUCorLing Lecture Series” organized by Bogaziçi University Corpus Linguistics Research Group (BUCorLing) in collobaration with PH Ludwigsburg University of Education.
Grants & Awards
2024
Conference grant awarded by Istinye University to attend “ETZ Educational Technologies Summit” with the theme “New Reality”, Istanbul, Türkiye
2023
Conference grant awarded by Istinye University to attend “SFL International Conference on Best Practices in SLA” hosted by Altınbas University, Istanbul, Türkiye
2018
High honors, Bogaziçi University, Istanbul, Türkiye
2013-2018
Scholarship awarded by the Turkish National Scholarships Institution to support successful students
Professional Development Experience
Member of the Boğaziçi University Corpus Linguistics Research Group (BUCorLing)
(2021-2022)
carried out studies on how teachers engage with corpora in language teaching and learning and explored ways to enhance their understanding and effective use of these tools; organized the “Spring 2022 BUCorLing Lecture Series” and gave a presentation on integrating corpus tools into pedagogy to support teacher development.