[All are refereed national/international conferences except for ones marked as “invited”]
Durgunoglu, A.Y. , Oney, B., Kuscul, H., Canturk, M., Aslan, F., & Yasa, M. (2004). Adult literacy and women’s empowerment. Paper to be presented at the American Educational Research Association meetings, San Diego.
Durgunoglu, A.Y. (2003). Language and literacy development in linguistically diverse populations. Workshop presented at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. [Invited]
Durgunoglu, A.Y. (2003). Affective dimensions of adult literacy development. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association meetings, Chicago.
Durgunoglu, A.Y. & Oney, B. (2002). Cognitive components of adult literacy development. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association meetings, New Orleans.
Durgunoglu, A.Y. & Oney, B. (2002). Characteristics of the functional adult literacy program and how it can be implemented in Southeastern Turkey. Paper presented at Southeastern Turkey development and empowerment conference, Istanbul, Turkey. [Invited]
Durgunoglu, A.Y. (2002). How can the home language help in literacy development of English language learners? Keynote talk presented at the California State University/California Department of Education Reading Initiative Forum. Ontario, CA. [Invited]
Durgunoglu, A.Y. (2001). Linguistic characteristics of Turkish and their implications for literacy development. Paper presented at the NATO-Advanced Study Institute, Italy. [Invited]
Durgunoglu, A.Y. (2001). Using cross-language transfer as a diagnostic tool. Presented at the International Dyslexia Association meetings, Albuquerque, NM. [Invited]
Durgunoglu, A.Y. (2000). Literacy development in different linguistic contexts. Presented at the International Congress of Psychology. Stockholm, Sweden.
Durgunoglu, A.Y. & Oney, B. (2000). Acquiring literacy in a transparent orthography. Presented at the Society for the Scientific Studies of Reading, Stockholm, Sweden.
Durgunoglu, A.Y. Literacy development in a multilingual context. (1999). Presented at the Central Asia Literacy Forum, Istanbul, Turkey. [Invited]
Oney, B. & Durgunoglu, A.Y. (1999). Cognitive processes in adult literacy development. Presented at the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading meetings, Montreal.
Durgunoglu, A.Y. (1999). Cognitive foundations of literacy development. Talk presented at the Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey [Invited]
Durgunoglu, A.Y. (1999). The impact of an adult literacy program. Symposium presented at the Koc University, Istanbul, Turkey. [Invited]
Durgunoglu, A.Y. (1998). Language and literacy development in bilinguals. Talk presented at the University of South Carolina [invited].
Durgunoglu, A.Y., & Oney, B. (1998). Implementation and evaluation of an adult literacy program. Presented at the International Reading Association World Conference, Jamaica.
Oney, B., Venezky, R., & Durgunoglu, A.Y. (1997). Is English orthography really the pits? Presented at the meetings of the National Reading Conference, Scottsdale, AZ.
Oney, B., & Durgunoglu, A.Y. (1997). Beginning reading and reading difficulties: Effects of language and orthography. Presented at the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading meetings, Chicago.
Oney, B., & Durgunoglu, A.Y., (1997). Beginning reading and its difficulties in an orthographically transparent language. Presented at the American Educational Research Association meetings, Chicago.
Peynircioglu, Z. Durgunoglu, A.Y., Kusefoglu, Oney, B. (1996). Phonological awareness and musical ear. Presented at Psychonomic Society meeting, Chicago.
Durgunoglu, A.Y., Oney, B., & Kuscul, H. (1996). A functional adult literacy program: Pilot and its evaluation. Presented at the National Psychology Conference, Istanbul, Turkey.
Durgunoglu, A.Y., & Oney, B. (1996). Phonological awareness and beginning reading. Presented at the International Conference on Child Language, Istanbul, Turkey.
Durgunoglu, A.Y., & Oney, B. (1996). A cross-linguistic comparison of phonological awareness and word recognition. Presented at the American Educational Research Association meetings. New York City.
Oney, B., & Durgunoglu, A.Y. (1996). A pilot adult literacy program in Istanbul, Turkey. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association meetings. New York City.
Durgunoglu, A.Y., & Oney, B. (1996). Development and evaluation of an adult literacy program. Presented at the International Literacy Institute, Philadelphia, PA.
Durgunoglu, A.Y., Mir, M., & Arino-Marti, S. (1995). Spelling proficiency in the two languages of bilingual students. Presented at the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading. San Francisco.
Durgunoglu, A.Y., Mir, M., & Arino-Marti, S. (1994). The role of L1 and L2 reading processes. Presented at the meetings of the National Reading Conference. San Diego, CA.
Oney, B. & Durgunoglu, A.Y. (1994). Beginning to read in Turkish: A phonologically transparent orthography. Presented at the American Educational Research Association meetings. New Orleans.
Durgunoglu, A.Y., Mir, M., & Arino-Marti, S. (1993). The role of first language in acquiring literacy in a second language. Presented at European Association for Research in Learning and Instruction, Aix-en-Provence, France.
Durgunoglu, A.Y. The role of semantic context on repetition priming effects. (1993). Presented at the Psychonomic Society meetings, Washington, D.C.
Durgunoglu, A.Y. (1993). Cross‑language transfer in components of literacy. Symposium organized for the American Association for Applied Linguistics meetings. Atlanta.
Durgunoglu, A.Y., Mir, M., & Ariño-Martí, S. (1993). The role of first language in second‑language literacy acquisition. Presented at the American Association for Applied Linguistics meetings. Atlanta.
Durgunoglu, A.Y., Ariño-Martí, S., & Mir, M. (1993). Literacy development of first-grade Spanish-speaking students. Presented at the American Educational Research Association meetings. Atlanta.
Durgunoglu, A.Y. (1992). Cross‑language transfer in literacy acquisition of bilingual children. Talk presented at the Speaker Series of Second Language Acquisition and Teacher Education Program, University of Illinois. [Invited]
Durgunoglu, A.Y. & Geva, E. (1992). Transfer of basic reading skills across the two languages of bilinguals. Symposium organized for the American Educational Research Association meetings. San Francisco.
Durgunoglu, A.Y., Nagy, W.E., Hancin, B.J., Mir, M., & Ariño-Martí, S. (1992). Cross-language transfer in Spanish and English word recognition processes. Presented at the American Educational Research Association meetings. San Francisco.
Durgunoglu, A.Y., & Hancin, B.J. (1991). Context change and recognition of repeated words. Presented at the meetings of the Psychonomic Society. San Francisco.
Durgunoglu, A.Y., Nagy, W.E., & Hancin, B.J. (1991). Cross-language transfer of phonemic awareness. Presented at the meetings of the Midwestern Psychological Association. Chicago.
Nagy, W.E., García, G.E., Durgunoglu, A.Y., & Hancin, B.J. (1991). Spanish-English bilingual children's use and recognition of cognates in English reading. Presented at the meetings of the American Educational Research Association. Chicago.
Durgunoglu, A. Y. (1990). Reading in a nonnative language. Presented at the meetings of the International Reading Association/Tenth Conference on Reading Research. Atlanta.
Jehng, J‑C., & Durgunoglu, A.Y. (1990). Elaborative inferences and reading comprehension of expository texts. Presented at the meetings of the American Educational Research Association, Boston.
Durgunoglu, A.Y., & García, G.E. (1989). Effects of implicit or explicit memory instructions on bilingual memory. Presented at the meetings of the Psychonomic Society, Atlanta.
Durgunoglu, A.Y., & Jehng, J-C. (1989). The effect of cognitive flexibility and text organization on knowledge acquisition. Presented at the meetings of the American Educational Research Association. San Francisco.
Spiro, R.J., Jehng, J-C, Durgunoglu, A.Y., McGinley, W., Jacobson, M., & Feltovich, P. (1988). Beyond schema theory: Developing flexible knowledge for independent reading comprehension in the content areas. Presented at the National Reading Conference. Tucson, Arizona.
Durgunoglu, A.Y., Spiro, R.J., Boerger, A.E. & Schmitz, J. (1988). Acquisition and application of knowledge in a complex content domain. Presented at the meetings of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago.
Durgunoglu, A.Y. (1987). A comparison of the two versions of Stanovich and West's (1983) reading model. Presented at the meetings of the Midwestern Psychological Association. Chicago.
Roediger, H.L., Weldon, M.S., Challis, B., & Durgunoglu, A.Y. (1986). Effects of conceptual information on priming in word fragment completion. Presented at the meetings of the Psychonomic Society. New Orleans.
Neely, J.H., & Durgunoglu, A.Y. (1985). Orthographic priming and recall vs. recognition dependencies in word fragment completion. Presented at the meetings of the Psychonomic Society. Boston.
Durgunoglu, A.Y., & Roediger, H.L. Accessing bilingual memory. (1985). Presented at the meetings of the Midwestern Psychological Association. Chicago.
Durgunoglu, A.Y., & Neely, J.H. (1984). Episodic and semantic priming effects in a lexical decision task. Presented at the meetings of the Midwestern Psychological Association. Chicago.