Contact Information
707 S. Mathews Ave.
Urbana, IL 61801
Research Interests
Adult Literacy, Language Teacher Development, Multilingual Pedagogies, Educational Technologies
Education
MA in TESL, The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2025)
MA in English Language Teaching, Middle East Technical University (2024)
BA in English Language Teaching, Istanbul University (2021)
Grants
Fulbright Master's Scholarship
Courses Taught
TURK 201 Elementary Turkish
Undergraduate ESL 112 and 115 and Graduate ESL 511, 512, and 515 Academic Writing courses
Recent Publications
Trasher, T., Yarrington, K., Alarcón, L., & Varlik, E. (2026). Virtual reality in the Spanish classroom: A longitudinal control–experimental research study. Language Learning & Technology, 30(1), 1–25. https://doi.org/10.64152/10125/73692
Mendoza, A., Varlik, E., Yildirimer, E., Amiri, A., & Diaz, J. (2026). Teaching Reading to Afghan Women with Emergent Textual Literacy: A Plurilingual Approach. LESLLA Symposium Proceedings, 21(1). https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19924750
Varlik, E., Yildirimer, E., & Varlik, C. (2026, March 12). Three paths, one community: Diverse research approaches and shared teaching experiences with refugee women. TESOL Refugee Concerns Newsletter. https://my.tesol.org/news/11483847
Varlik, E. (2026, March 2). Behind the scenes of using virtual reality in language classrooms: My journey as a research assistant. The FLTMAG. https://doi.org/10.69732/OFTE2053
Varlik, E. (2025, July 22). Virtual study sessions for adult literacy education teachers’ multilingual awareness (M.A. thesis, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign). University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. https://hdl.handle.net/2142/129962