Bilge Kalkavan rođena je 08.11.1973. u Izmiru u Turskoj.

Osnovne studije je završila na Bilkent Univerzitetu, Fakultet humanističkih nauka i književnosti, odsjek za engleski jezik i književnost u Ankari, Turska. Master studije je završila na Baškent Univerzitetu u Ankari i stekla zvanje “magistar poslovne administracije”. Naziv njene magistarske teze glasi “The Influence of Organizational Justice Perception on Burnout: A Research on Teachers”. Drugu magistarsku diplomu  stekla je na Hellenic American Univerzitetu u Grčkoj i stekla zvanje  -  magistarka umjetnosti u primjenjenoj lingvistici. Nayiv magistarske teze glasi: “Investigating the Threshold Hypothesis of EFL (B2) Learners: Strategy Use in the Process of L2 Reading”. Doktorsku diploma iz komunikologije stekla je  na Hasan Kalyoncu Univerzitetu u Turskoj, a naziv doktorske disertacije glasi: “Supporting International Students  Intercultural Communications and Adjustment Process to University through activities based on Interactional Rituals: An Action Research in Communication Studies”. Zvanje doktora filozofije i primjenjene lingvistike stekla je na Hellenic American Univerzitetu u Grčkoj, a naziv doktorske disertacije je: “Storytelling in Multilingual Focus Groups: The Teaching and Learning of Turkish in Greece”.

Bilge Kalkavan ima bogato međunarodno radno iskustvo koje je stekla kao predavač i angažovana osoba na Hasan Kalyoncu univerzitetu (Fakultet za komunikacije, Fakultet za obrazovanje, Škola stranih jezika), MEF univerzitetu, Bahcesehir univerzitetu, Istanbul Kultur univerzitetu, Sinav koledžu u Ankari, mentorski rad u Grčkoj (Teaching Turkish to Foreigners program), Michingan State University Exams – The American College u Grčkoj, Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) u Islanskoj Republici Iranu, itd. Takođe gospođa Bilge bila je gostujući predavač na Fakultetu za turizam i hotelijerstvo, UCG, kao i na Univerzitetu Salamaca u Španiji.

Publikacije:

Hacifazlioglu, O., Kuyumcu, M. I., Kalkavan, B. & Cheung, R. (2022).

Traversing in waters of uncertainty during covid-19: The voices of academic leaders from Turkey. International Perspectives on Leadership in Higher Educations (pp. 237-

253). In A. Blair, D. Evans, C. Hughes & M. Tight (Eds.). UK: Emerald Pub. Hacifazlioglu, O., Kalkavan, B., Yang, C., Unlu, G., Gurun, S. (2023).

Cultivating teacher resilience through intercultural interaction and collaboration. In ISATT Yearbook: Approaches to Teacher Education Volume II (pp. 307-325). C.Craig, R. Kane & J. J. Mena (Eds.). UK: Emerald Pub.

Druge publikacije:

 Magnuson, P. & Kalkavan, B. (2020). Language Awareness with Esperanto. Leysin American School Educational Research, Leysin, Switzerland.

Radovi predstavljeni na međunarodnim konferencijama:

Kalkavan, B. & Küçükerdoğan, B. B. (2022). “Discourse Analysis in Advertisements: Intercultural Interaction”. First International Language-for-All Conference’22

(LFAC’22), Çukurova University, Adana-Türkiye (21-22 October 2022).

 Kalkavan, B., Magnuson, P. & Deupree, A. (2022). “Student and Teacher Experiences in Sheltered Classes: Challenges and Opportunities for a better Learning

and Teaching Climate”. ISAAT 2022 Conference Inclusive Ethics in Education as a new Horizon for Teachers and Teaching, University of Bordeaux, Bordeaux-France (6-7 October

2022).

 Akyılmaz, Ö., Kalkavan, B. & Uğurlu, S. (2021). Dijital İçerik Üretimi ve Yönetiminde İnsan Merkezli İçeriklerin Etkileşimi: Instagram Gaziantep Hikayeleri Örneğiyle

(The Interaction of Human Centered Content in Dijital Content Production and Management: With the Example of Instagram Gaziantep Stories). 1st International Media and Cultural

Studies Conference (INMECS21) Hasan Kalyoncu Üniversitesi, Gaziantep-Türkiye (6-7September 2021).

Kalkavan B. (2019) “The Influence of Organizational Justice Perception on Burnout: A Research on Teachers”. 10th International Forum of Educational Administration

(IFEA-10) Antalya- Türkiye (November, 07-10, 2019).

Kalkavan, B., Baş, S., Kurt, K. ve Altun, E. (2019) “Anne ve Babaların Çocuk Kitapları Üzerine Tutumları” (The Attitudes of Parents on Children’s Books).14th

National Early Childhood Education Student Congress, Maltepe University, İstanbul- Türkiye (April, 25-27 2019).

Kalkavan B. (2016) “One Story Different Schemas”. 1st InternationalConference Europe in Discourse: Identity, Diversity Borders, Hellenic American University, Athens-Greece (September 23-25, 2016).

Seminari i treninzi:

IB PYP Teacher Trainer, Hasan Kalyoncu University, Continuous Education Center

(September 15, 2022-present)

- Online Seminar given on Media Literacy and Discourse Analysis, Hasan Kalyoncu

University (February 8, 2022).

- Online Seminar given on Media Literacy and Discourse Analysis, Hasan Kalyoncu

University (April 14, 2021)