SLAT Professor wins 2023 American Educational Research Association - Second Language Research Mid-Career Award

April 20, 2023

SLAT is thrilled to announce that Dr. Hayriye Kayi-Aydar, Associate Professor in the Department of English and the SLAT Program and Program Director for EAL, has won the 2023 American Educational Research Association (AERA) - Second Language Research - Special Interest Group Mid-Career Award. This award honors an outstanding scholar who has developed a research agenda for between 6 and 15 years beyond the conferral of the doctorate degree. The award is designed to recognize an individual with a promising program of research on significant issues reflecting the purpose and goals of the Second Language Research Special Interest Group:

  1. To advance knowledge related to second language education
  2. To encourage scholarly inquiry related to second language education
  3. To promote the use of research to improve teaching and learning

Congratulations Hayriye! SLAT is so proud of you!