Erika H. Gilson

Princeton University
Near Eastern Studies, retired

Title:  Professor
Degree:  Ph.D. ’81, University of Pennsylvania

• Professional Affiliations
• American Association of Teachers of Turkic Languages (AATT) Honorary President
• National Middle East Language Resource Center (NMELRC)
• Middle East Studies Association (MESA)
• National Council of Organizations of Less Commonly Taught Languages [NCOLCTL]
• Ottoman and Turkish Studies Association (OTSA)
• Awards and Honors
• ‘Honorary President of AATT,’ Middle East Studies Association [2013]
• ‘Jere L. Bacharach Service Award,‘ Middle East Studies Association [2012]
• ‘A. Ronald Walton Award for Distinguished Service in the Field of LCTLs,’ National Council of Less Commonly Taught Languages [2008]

• Recent Activities
• “Turkic Languages, their Writing Systems, and Alphabet Reform Movements,” Lecture, Azeri Language Workshop, UPenn, April 26, 2018
• “ABD’de Akademik Ortamlarda Yabancı Dil olarak Türkçe Öğretimi,”
  Eurasia Higher Education Summit,  Lütfi Kırdar International Convention and Exhibition Center, Istanbul, February 15, 2018
• “Early Language-Related Reforms of the Turkish Republic,” Lecture, Stockton University, Galloway, NJ, October 24, 2016
• “Online Assessment Tool for Turkish Reading and Listening Proficiency: Intermediate, Advanced, Superior Levels,” BYU-ACTFL Project, Team Leader, July 2016 – September 2017
• “Turkish Pedagogy: A Conversation with Peers,” Facilitator, Middle East Center at UPenn, Philadelphia, PA, August 26, 2016
• “Alphabet Issues of the Turkic Languages,” Lecture, Middle East Center at UPenn, Philadelphia, PA, March 16, 2016
• “Time for a Standard International Turkish Test,” 8th International Turkish Education-Language Teaching Conference, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey, October 1, 2015
• “The Quest for a Common Alphabet for Turkic,” Program in Translation and Intercultural Communication, Princeton University, March 9, 2015

Contact:
Email – ehgilson@sas.upenn.edu