Babürhan Üzüm, PhDAssociate Professor of Bilingual Education and English as a Second Language (ESL)
Research, Teaching & Service
About Me
I am an Associate Professor of Bilingual Education and ESL at the School of Teaching and Learning at Sam Houston State University. My research interests include intercultural communication, computer mediated communication, telecollaboration, language teacher education, and language teacher identity development. In addition, I teach undergraduate and graduate courses in second language assessment, sheltered instruction in K12 settings, and teaching second language writing.
- Award for Excellence in Research, (2018) College of Education, Sam Houston State University
- Research Support with Mary Petron, (2015) College of Education, Sam Houston State University ($2000)
- Enrichment fund, College of Education, Sam Houston State University ($500)
- Interdisciplinary Inquiry and Teaching Fellowship (2011), James Madison College, Michigan State University ($5,000)
- Research support fellowship (2011), College of Arts and Letters, Michigan State University ($4,500)
- Interdisciplinary Inquiry and Teaching Fellowship (2010), James Madison College, Michigan State University ($5,000)
- Award for Classroom Action Research (2009), “How Written Recasts Influence the Processing of Corrective Feedback: A Case of Noticability and Explicitness” TESOL ($1,000)
Uzum B., Yazan, B., & Selvi, A. F. (2017, March) Inclusive and Exclusive Pronouns in Multicultural Teacher Education Textbooks. Paper presented at the annual conference of Teachers of English to the Speakers of Other Languages, Seattle, WA.
Ates, B., Petron, M., & Uzum, B. (2017, March) Recommendations for Online Master’s TESOL Students and Faculty. Paper presented at the annual conference of Teachers of English to the Speakers of Other Languages, Seattle, WA.
Uzum, B. (2017, March) Being and (Un)becoming Teachers: Teacher Candidates’ Professional Dispositions towards Linguistic Diversity. Paper presented at the annual international conference of American Association for Applied Linguistics, Portland, OR.
Uzum, B. & Yazan, B. (2017, March) Marginalizing and Stereotyping through Pronouns in Multicultural Teacher Education Textbooks: Implications for Intercultural Citizenship. Paper presented at the annual international conference of American Association for Applied Linguistics, Portland, OR.
Uzum, B. (2017, February) Positioning and Interculturality in Multicultural Teacher Education Textbooks. Paper presented at the annual Universality of Global Education Issues Conference, The Woodlands, TX.
Uzum, B. (2017, February) Empowering Teachers for Linguistic Diversity: In Search of Professional Dispositions. Paper presented at the 10th International Conference on Language Teacher Education, Los Angeles, CA.
Uzum, B. & Yazan, B. (2017, February) Inclusive Discourse and Intercultural Citizenship. Paper presented at the 10th International Conference on Language Teacher Education, Los Angeles, CA.
Uzum, B. & Contreras-Vanegas, A. (2016, November) Preparing Preservice Teachers for ELLs: An Academic Community Engagement Approach. Paper presented at the annual regional conference of Texas-Teachers of English to the Speakers of Other Languages, IV, Houston, TX.
Uzum, B. (2016, October) Self-reflection and Action Research for Novice Teachers. Paper presented at the annual Joan Prouty Conference at Sam Houston State University, College of Education, Huntsville, TX.
Petrón, M. & Uzum, B. (2016, August). Accommodations for ELLs in Mainstream Classrooms. Presentation and workshop presented at the annual Bring’em Back Kats conference at Sam Houston State University, College of Education, The Woodlands, TX.
Uzum, B. (2016, April). Glocal Experiences in your Own Backyard: Teacher Candidates Developing Intercultural Competence. Paper presented as part of a colloquium titled Building a Theory of Teacher Interculturality: Investigating Immersion Field Experiences in Culturally & Linguistically Different Spaces with Smolcic, E., Katunich, J., & Avineri, N. at the annual meeting of the American Association for Applied Linguistics, Orlando, FL.
Uzum, B. (2016, April). Going above and beyond Textbooks: Voices of Preservice Teachers in an ESL Field Experience. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Association for Applied Linguistics, Orlando, FL.
Uzum, B., Yazan, B., & Selvi, A. F. (2016, April). Us/them, Here/there: Pronouns of Othering and Marginalization in ESL Textbooks. Paper presented at the annual conference of Teachers of English to the Speakers of Other Languages, Baltimore, MD.
Uzum, B. & Petrón, M. (2015, November) Preservice ESL Teachers’ Development through Academic Community Engagement. Paper presented at the annual regional conference of Texas-Teachers of English to the Speakers of Other Languages, IV, Houston, TX.
Uzum, B. & Petron, M. (2015, October) How do preservice teachers negotiate their beliefs and practices in an academic community engagement project? Paper presented at the annual conference of Texas- Teaching English to the Speakers of Other Languages, San Antonio, TX.
Uzum, B. (2015, October) What do teachers need to know about second language assessment?: Introducing WARP V framework. Quickshare presented at the annual conference of Texas- Teaching English to the Speakers of Other Languages, San Antonio, TX.
Uzum, B. & Selvi, A.F. (2015, May) Marginalization and Othering in Multicultural Teacher Education Textbooks. 12th METU International English Language Teaching Conference, Ankara, Turkey.
Uzum, B., Petrón, M. & Berg, H. (2015, March) Preparing Pre-service Teachers for Diverse Educational Contexts: A Service Learning Project. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Association for Applied Linguistics, Toronto, Canada.
Uzum, B. (2014, March) Cultural Influences on International Teaching Assistants' Classroom Interactions. Paper presented at the annual meeting of Teachers of English to the Speakers of Other Languages, Portland, OR.
Uzum, B. (2014, March) Biographical, Contextual, and Dialogic Factors in Foreign Language Teacher Socialization Research. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Association for Applied Linguistics, Portland, OR.
Teaching
• BESL 2301 Multicultural Influences on Learning
• TESL 3303 Literacy Strategies for English Language Learners
• BESL 5311 Applied Linguistics in ESL/EFL Settings
• BESL 5316 Computer Assisted Language Learning in ESL/EFL Settings
• BESL 5317 Second Language Assessment in ESL/EFL Settings
• BESL 6088 Sheltered Instruction in K12 Settings
• BESL 6315 Action Research in Second Language Settings
• BESL 6325 Teaching Second Language Writing
• CIED 5383 Integrating Current Technologies in Teaching
• COUN 7373 Statistical Methods for Second Language Literacy Research
