Dr. Peri Yuksel is a tenured associate professor of psychology at NJCU. Dr. Yuksel鈥檚 research concerns bilingual language development, parenting across cultures, trauma-informed pedagogy, and effective teaching and learning environments that facilitate student success and engagement in psychological literacy and global citizenship. Dr. Yuksel published in the field of psycholinguistics, scholarship of teaching and learning, and international education. She always encourages her students to conduct research for peer review. Among others, Dr. Yuksel chairs the Annual NJCU Pedagogy Day and serves in the NJCU鈥檚 Honors Program and Institutional Review Board. She is the co-advisor to the NJCU Psychology Society and Chapter of Psi Chi.
She received the Isenberg Award in recognition of her endangered language documentation, which helped in the publication and distribution of two children鈥檚 books in the endangered Laz language.
Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology from The Graduate Center (GC), City University of New York (CUNY), New York.
B.A. in a unique and interdisciplinary area of concentration (AOCs), "Cognitive Psychology and Language Acquisition" from CUNY BA/BS in Interdisciplinary and Unique Studies, CUNY; home school: John Jay College of Criminal Justice (JJAY), CUNY.
Courses Taught:
PSYC-110: Introduction to Psychology
PSYC-150: Development from Birth to Adolescence
PSYC-152: Development from Adolescence to Adulthood
PSYC-154: Lifespan
PSYC-300: Psychopathology of Childhood & Adolescence
PSYC-336: Senior Research Seminar
PSYC-350: Advanced Development
PSYC-343: Learning
PSYC-344: Cognition
PSYC-410: Advanced General Psychology
PSYC-490: Cross-Cultural Psychology
PSYC-2492: Independent Study
PSYC-606: Research Methodology and Applications (F2F)
PSYC-603: Developmental Psychology (F2F, sync online)
HON-360: Upper-Level Seminar: Problem-Solving
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