Maharrem Ayar

University of California, Davis
Ph.D. in Linguistics

Boğaziçi University
B.A. in Linguistics

Integration of B-Formats to Sign Language Classifier Constructions
The Symposium on Language Research — Davis, CA, USA

My Sign App: Supporting Sign Language Acquisition of Deaf Children with Hearing Parents
Student Conference on Linguistics — İstanbul, Türkiye (with Dilay Z. Karadöller)

A Proposition for Typology of Modality Markers in Sign Languages
Boğaziçi University Student Conference on Theoretical and Experimental Linguistics (BUSTCEL) — İstanbul, Türkiye

Project Manager
Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics

Project Manager
SRCD Small Grants Program for Early Career Scholars: "My Sign App"

Project Assistant
TADNET — EU Endangered Languages Network

Project Assistant
Boğaziçi University Research Fund (#14458)

LIN 103B — Linguistic Analysis II: Morphology, Syntax, Semantics
Fall Quarter, Teaching Assistant, University of California, Davis

LIN 131 — Introduction to Syntactic Theory
Spring Quarter, Teaching Assistant, University of California, Davis

LIN 001Y — Introduction to Linguistics (Hybrid)
Winter Quarter, Teaching Assistant, University of California, Davis

LIN 001Y — Introduction to Linguistics (Hybrid)
Winter & Fall Quarters, Teaching Assistant, University of California, Davis

LIN 001Y — Introduction to Linguistics (Hybrid)
Winter, Spring & Fall Quarters, Teaching Assistant, University of California, Davis

LIN 001 — Introduction to Linguistics
Fall Quarter, Teaching Assistant, University of California, Davis

Ad Hoc Reviewer
Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (CogSci 2026)

Bilimin En Zor Problemi Serisi
"The Hardest Problem of Science" — Popular cognitive science series on Medium (CogIST)

Mentalese Muhabbet: İşaret Dili Biliş Hakkında Ne Söylüyor?
"What Does Sign Language Say About Cognition?" — Featured guest episode on Spotify