Ali Özcan
Blending the line between language and technology.
I am an undergraduate student in the Department of English Language Teaching, specializing in Educational Technology. I design interactive learning tools using JavaScript, React, and Python, focusing on making language education more accessible and engaging. I also work with AI-assisted development tools to prototype and scale these systems. I aim to further explore the intersection of language learning, human-computer interaction, and digital pedagogy at the graduate level.
Education
Pamukkale Üniversitesi
Bachelor’s Degree in Teaching English as a Foreign Language. Advanced specialization in English Literature and contemporary Language Teaching methodologies.
ANS w Koninie
Erasmus+ International Mobility program focusing on English Philology. Active participant in cross-cultural academic activities and community engagement.
Research
Panopticism and Biopower in The Substance: A Foucauldian Analysis
An analysis of Coralie Fargeat’s 2024 film through Foucault’s theories of surveillance and biopower, examining the cycle of self-assessment and normalization in modern society.
Projects
A mobile-first interface that rethinks how users discover academic research, shifting from search-based access to feed-based exploration. It explores more intuitive ways of engaging with academic content, lowering the barrier to research discovery. Built with React and integrated with open-access academic APIs (e.g., OpenAlex, Crossref, YÖK Tez Merkezi).
A bilingual interactive research site and analysis pipeline for comparing how Turkish political candidates use language in interview transcripts. It extracts candidate speech blocks, normalizes Turkish text, analyzes word and phrase frequencies, and presents the findings through a static web interface.
A browsable interactive educational tool developed to teach English vocabulary and astronomy through immersive exploration.
Leadership & Community
Directing community engagement and visual design for the Science Fiction and Fantasy Society. Organized events with 100+ participants and fostered a creative, inclusive ecosystem for the student population.
Co-managed a cultural integration project at PADAM (Pamukkale Language Teaching Application and Research Center). Facilitated Turkish language learning and cultural exchange for international students through interactive workshops and immersive community events.