Breana Bayraktar

Instructor

faculty development, alternative grading practices, instructor feedback practices, multilingual students, community college students, scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL)

Dr. Bayraktar is an educational developer with the Stearns Center for Teaching and Learning, where she specializes in blended learning/hybrid pedagogy, supports classroom inquiry (Scholarship of Teaching and Learning/SoTL) projects, and runs learning communities focused on faculty grading and feedback practices. She is also principal investigator for a SCHEV grant-funded, cross-institutional and multidisciplinary investigation of AI in Teaching & Learning. Prior to joining the Stearns Center, she taught English as a second language at the community college level and worked in curriculum development, assessment, and teacher preparation. Dr. Bayraktar's current research projects focus on community in/as faculty development, alternative grading and instructor feedback practices, and artificial intelligence in teaching and learning.

Current Research

Please explore current research projects here: breanabayraktar.com/research.

Selected Publications

Bayraktar, Breana, Dayna Henry, and Jessica Taggart. 2025. “Navigating the AI-Enabled Education Landscape: A Multifaceted Approach to Providing Effective Professional Learning and Support for Educators.” Theory Into Practice, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1080/00405841.2025.2528543.

Bayraktar, Breana, and Indigo Eriksen. 2025. “Reduced Stress through Agency and Autonomy: Community College Student Perspectives of Labor-Based Grading.” Teaching English in the Two Year College 52 (1): 21–43.

Bayraktar, Breana, Kiruthika Ragupathi, and Katherine A. Troyer. 2025. “Building Trust Through Feedback: A Conceptual Framework for Educators.” Teaching and Learning Inquiry 13 (January). https://doi.org/10.20343/teachlearninqu.13.7.

Bayraktar, Breana. 2025. “Finding Community through an Academic Development Collective: Overcoming Constraints through Strategic Collaboration.” International Journal for Academic Development 29 (02): 255–68. https://doi.org/10.1080/1360144X.2024.2337227.

Expanded Publication List

Bayraktar, Breana, Lisa Mastrangelo, Jolivette Mecenas, and Katherine Daily O’Meara. 2025. “Equity-Minded Writing Placement for a ‘New Normal’: Four Case Studies of Student Self-Placement (SSP).” In WPAing in a Pandemic and beyond: Revision, Innovation, and Advocacy, edited by Todd Ruecker and Sheila Carter-Tod. Utah State University Press.

Bayraktar, Breana, Kim Case, Jodi Fisler, and Heather Keith. 2024. “Cross-Institutional FLCs That Support Equity-Based Pedagogy and Student Success.” In Faculty Learning Communities: Working Towards a More Equitable, Just, and Antiracist Future in Higher Education, edited by Kristin N. Rainville, David Title, and Cynthia G. Desrochers. Transforming Teaching and Learning in Higher Education. Information Age Publishing.

Bayraktar, Breana. 2023. “Inclusive Student Engagement Strategies and Students’ Sense of Belonging in Multimodal Learning Environments.” In Emerging Stronger: Pedagogical Lessons from the Pandemic, edited by Jeffrey Chin and Michele Lee Kozimor. Routledge. http://doi.org/10.4324/9781003316336-2.

Bayraktar, Breana. 2023. “Supporting English Language Learners in the Era of Direct Enrollment.” Inquiry: The Journal of the Virginia Community Colleges 26 (1). https://commons.vccs.edu/inquiry/vol26/iss1/5.

Allison, Kiera, Sherri Brown, Katherine Miscavige, Rip Verkerke, Breana Bayraktar, Jessica Taggart, Dayna Henry. 2025. “Substitution vs. Collaboration: How Faculty Conceptions of Human-AI Relationships Shape Pedagogical Choices.” Preprint, University of Virginia, May 19. https://doi.org/10.18130/0Y4V-MB43.

Grants and Fellowships

"AI in Teaching and Learning" project was awarded the Fund for Excellence and Innovation grant from the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia, 2024-2026. ($93,000)

Education

Dr. Bayraktar received her EdD from Manhattanville College, where she focused on how faculty professional development influences teaching practices. She received an MEd with a focus on adult education from George Mason University and a BA in French and history from the College of William & Mary.