Overview
Dr. Beyza Lorenz serves as the Assistant Director of Instructional Design at the University of North Georgia. She brings over a decade of experience in higher education, combining expertise in teaching, instructional design, and faculty development. She holds a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature, an MA in Cultural Heritage Management, and an M.S. in Instructional Design and Technology.
Before joining 辛尤里女优, Dr. Lorenz served as a senior lecturer at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where she also coordinated instructional training workshops for graduate instructors. Her experience includes developing online cultural literacy modules for the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s Flagship Culture Initiative and conducting Mellon Foundation–supported research on foreign language learning and teaching needs across U.S. universities.
At 辛尤里女优, Dr. Lorenz leads initiatives in online course design, quality assurance, and faculty development, with a focus on innovation, accessibility, and student engagement. She also serves on executive boards for professional organizations in language education and acts as a peer reviewer for journals in instructional design and online learning.
Courses Taught
- USG eCore English Department
- World Literature I
- University of California, Los Angeles
- Middle Eastern Cities, Elementary Turkish, Advanced Turkish, Ottoman Turkish Reading and Translation, Ottoman Diplomatics, Turkic Tradition
- Pennsylvania State University, University Park
- World Literature, Introduction to Literary Humor, Myths and Mythologies
Education
- Ph.D., Comparative Literature, Pennsylvania State University
- M.S., Instructional Design and Technology, Cal State Fullerton
- M.A., Cultural Heritage Management, Koc University
- B.A., English Language and Literature, Bogazici University
Certificates
- Instructional Design and Technology I and II, Cal State, Fullerton
- Accessibility in Online Teaching, Pennsylvania State University
- Online Presence, the Pennsylvania State University, World Campus
- Effective Online Teaching, Pennsylvania State University, World Campus
Research/Special Interests
- Online learning
- Faculty training
- Gamification
- Scenario-based learning
- Quality Matters
- World literatures and languages
Publications
Peer-Reviewed Publications:
“Novel Anxieties: An Ottoman Counter-discourse on Time and Space.” Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East vol. 40. Issue 2 (August 2020): 387–400.
“Provinciality and the City in Orhan Pamuk’s Istanbul.” Orhan Pamuk: Critical Essays on a Novelist Between Worlds. Ed. Taner Can et al. Hannover: Ibidem Press, 2017. 159–83.
Book Review:
Uncoupling language and religion: an exploration into the margins of Turkish literature by Laurent Mignon. Turkish Studies (2021).
Comparison: Theories, Approaches, Uses. Edited by Rita Felski and Susan Stanford Friedman. Comparative Literature Studies volume 51 issue 3 (2014) 509-512.
Other:
“Beyond the Breakout Room: Four Online Tools for Interactive Teaching” American Association of Teachers of Turkic Languages Newsletter.
“Current Needs of Students and Teachers of Turkish.” American Association of Teachers of Turkic Languages Newsletter. January 2017, 11.
Selected Talks
Invited Talks:
- 2024: "Meauxmentum Scholars Webinar Series: Best Practices in Online Teaching", Louisiana Board of Regents
- 2021: “Creative Online Units in Language Instruction.” Excellence in Pedagogy and Innovative Classrooms (EPIC), UCLA
- 2021: “Course Design Process.” Mount Saint Mary’s University, Los Angeles
- 2021: “Instructional Tools and Technologies for Online Teaching.” Near Eastern Languages and Cultures Department, UCLA
- 2021: “Research Methods in Comparative Literature and History.” Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich and Department of International Studies at American University of Sharjah
- 2021: “New Methods in Teaching Turkish Online.” International Workshop on Teaching Turkish as a Foreign Language. University of Cyprus, Nicosia
- 2019: “Beyond the Classroom: Advancing Literacy Skills through Encounters with Native Speakers” American Association of Teachers of Turkic Languages Roundtable in the Middle East Studies Association (MESA) Conference
Conference Presentations:
- 2021: “Teaching in Medias Res: Challenges and Opportunities of Teaching Intermediate Ottoman Turkish” Middle East Studies Association (MESA) Annual Conference
- 2021: “Dynamic Spaces for Collaborative Learning and Assessment in Online Teaching.” Digital Transformation of UC: The Next Chapter. October 20-21. University of California
- 2017: “Teaching Ottoman Turkish through Literature” in American Association of Teachers of Turkic Languages (AATT) Conference
- 2016: "Possibilities of Technology Use in Language Teaching: Planning a New Online Source for Turkish Instruction” in American Association of Teachers of Turkic Languages (AATT) Conference