Dr. Peri Yuksel earned her Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology from The Graduate Center of the City University of New York. Currently, she is a tenured Associate Professor of Psychology at New Jersey City University. Concerned with bilingual language development, parenting across cultures, and effective teaching and learning environments that facilitate student success, Dr. Yuksel contributed to the field of psycholinguistics, scholarship of teaching and learning, and international education. She actively uses high-impact factors for effective teaching and consistently encourages students to engage in critical and creative research for peer review. Notably, Dr. Peri Yuksel was honored with the Isenberg Award for her work in documenting an endangered language, which helped in the publication and distribution of two children’s books in the endangered Laz language.