Author's Biography
Jessica Tiregol received a Ph.D. in Near Eastern Studies with a concentration in the areas of Turkish and Late-Ottoman studies from Princeton University. Her research examined the role of primary education in nation-state-building for the case of the early Turkish Republic. Her professional experience has been in the field of instructional technology, specifically web development, content and project management. She has developed web sites and has assisted in computer-aided instruction for countless courses and organizations in all fields especially foreign languages. She is currently working at the College Library Instructional Computing Commons at UCLA and has begun a project for a field-specific on-line language instruction network and program allowing for distinctions among language learners such as those studying for business and others studying it for research purposes.
