Research Experience

Current Projects

• Keser, A. E., & Anjum, J. (2025). The Role of Working Memory and Syntactic Complexity in Real-Time Language Processing: An Eye-Tracking Study. UGA Aphasia and Related Conditions (ARC) Lab, Athens, GA [In progress]. 

Conference Presentations & Publications

• Anjum, J., Niharika, M. K., Keser, A. E., & Scoggins, K. (2025). A systematic review of Semantic-Feature Based Treatments (SBTs) in bilingual aphasia [Poster presentation]. Nordic Aphasia Conference, Uppsala, Sweden in June 2025. 

• Keser, A. E. & Kucuk, E. B. (2024). Linguistic Relativity and L2 Performance: The Impact of Language Family Proximity on TOEFL iBT Scores. Paper accepted for presentation at the Linguistics Society of UGA in Athens, GA in March 2025.

• Keser, A. E., Kucuk, E. B., & Selvi, A. F. (2024). Double-tapping language ideologies in the marketplace: an Instagrammatic exploration of ELT micro-celebrities/Influencers. Paper accepted for presentation at TESOL International Convention in Long Beach, CA in March 2025.

• Keser, A. E. (2023). Stakeholder Attitudes toward the use of AI Tools in Academia. Presented at TESOL International Association Graduate Student Forum in Tampa, FL in March 2024.

• Keser, A. E., & Kucuk, E. B. (2023). Bridging the gap between linguistic diversity and standardized testing: addressing global Englishes in language teaching and assessment. Paper presented at Southeastern Conference on Linguistics (SECOL) XCI and Language Variety in South (LAVIS) V Joint Conference in Athens, GA in April 2024.

• Keser, A. E. (2023). Generative AI, a friend or foe? Paper presented at Alabama Mississippi TESOL Conference in Tupelo, MS in January 2024.

• Keser, A. E., & Kucuk, E. B. (2021, December). The effects of personal space on Turkish EFL learners. Paper presented at Erasmus+ VALIANT Project, Language Technology and Teaching Conference, Ankara, Turkey in December 2021.

• Keser, A. E., & Kucuk, E. B. (2021). Have the brain studies entered our classrooms in this digital age? A literature review study in Turkey. Eurasian Journal of Educational Sciences Congress Proceedings, Aksaray, Turkey, 8 (1), (pp. 1203-1215). 

Manuscripts on Formal Linguistics

• Keser, A. E. (2022). Exploring the synergy between generative syntax and poetry composition: An exploratory study on Shakespearean sonnets [Unpublished Manuscript], The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa

• Keser, A. E. (2022). Syntactic differences between English and Turkish: a contrastive analysis within the framework of Chomskyan generative approach [Unpublished Manuscript], The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa

• Keser, A. E. (2022). Preposition stranding in American English: a corpus-aided comparative study on the prescriptive and descriptive form of English [Unpublished Manuscript], The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa

• Keser, A. E. (2022). Syntactic analysis of verb use in Broca’s aphasic speech: a corpus construction study [Unpublished Manuscript], The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa

• Keser, A. E. (2022, October). Morpho-syntactic and phonological differences between Dari-Persian and English [Poster Presentation],The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa

• Keser, A. E., & Kucuk, E. B. (2022, July). Sluicing in Russian: a cross linguistics study on the differences and similarities between Turkish and Russian [Poster Presentation], Middle East Technical University, Ankara

Manuscripts on SLA

• Keser, A. E. (2023). The use of technology in ESL classrooms: benefits and challenges [Unpublished Manuscript], The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa

• Keser, A. E. (2023, April). Standardized Testing vs. Global Englishes [Discussion Leadership, Poster Presentation], The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa

• Keser, A. E. (2023). Representation of World Englishes in standardized language testing: a critical approach [Unpublished Manuscript], The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa

• Keser, A. E. (2023). Personal space (proxemics) and language production skills: a critical approach to the TOEFL iBT speaking section setting [Unpublished Manuscript], The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa

• Keser, A. E. (2023). The role of interaction in second language acquisition [Unpublished Manuscript], The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa

• Keser, A. E. (2023, April). New technologies in education [Discussion Leadership, Poster Presentation], The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa

• Keser, A. E. (2023, September). The linguistic aspects of second language acquisition [Discussion Leadership, Poster Presentation], The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa

• Keser, A. E. (2022). Culture, communication and the journey of English as a global language [Unpublished Manuscript], Middle East Technical University, Ankara