Neşe Demir Nalcı [ne'ʃɛ 'demiɾ̥̌ 'nald͡ʒɯ]

My name is Neşe, which means joy in my native language Turkish.

I am a 5th year PhD student in the Linguistics Department at UC San Diego. My research primarily focuses on vowel harmony in non-standard Turkish varieties and is closely related to language contact, L2 acquisition, and language attitudes.

Before starting my PhD adventure, I completed my B.A. in 2013 in English Language Teaching at Middle East Technical University, Turkey. Upon graduating, I served as an English language teacher for two years at Bilkent University, Turkey. I hold my master's degree in Linguistics from Syracuse University, NY.