2025 - Present
Postdoctoral Fellow
Teachers College, Columbia University, New York
ERVA NIHAN KANDEMIR
Welcome To My Webpage!
On this website, I share my research, reading life, and personal notes on books and films.
About
I’m Erva Nihan Kandemir Yıldıran, a Postdoctoral Fellow at Teachers College, Columbia University, and a cognitive scientist. I study the cognitive and educational processes that shape how learning unfolds, and it is a question that has followed me through different stages of my work.
Outside of research, I keep returning to books and films, and to the small details that linger after them. I like collecting those moments and writing them down.
Take a look at my CV for a fuller view of my academic path, research, and teaching.
Research
2022 - 2025
PhD in Cognitive Science
CNRS and ENS-PSL, Paris
2020 - 2022
Master's in Cognitive Science
ENS-PSL and Universite de Paris Cite
2016 - 2020
Bachelor's in Psychology
Middle East Technical University (METU), Ankara
Selected Publications
- Kandemir, E. N., Gurgand, L., Esposito, E., & Ramus, F. (2026). A Meta-Analysis of the Impact of Feedback Timing on Learning Outcomes in Computer-Assisted Learning. Educational Psychology Review, 38, 13. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-026-10117-8
- Kandemir, E. N., Vie, J. J., Sanchez-Ayte, A., Palombi, O., & Ramus, F. (2026). Investigating the Influence of Training Difficulty on the Learning Outcomes of Medical Students. Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 42(1), e70172. https://doi.org/10.1002/jcal.70172
- Kandemir, E. N., Vie, J. J., Sanchez-Ayte, A., Palombi, O., & Ramus, F. (2024, March). Adaptation of the Multi-Concept Multivariate Elo Rating System to Medical Students' Training Data. Proceedings of the 14th Learning Analytics and Knowledge Conference (pp. 123-133). https://doi.org/10.1145/3636555.3636858
Personal Archive
For as long as I can remember, I've wanted a library of my own.
Because to me, libraries are memories, little life stories on their own.
Maybe that's why, in every city I've lived in, I built small libraries, quiet accumulations of books gathered along the way. But each new beginning also meant leaving something behind. Shelves emptied, books dispersed. Leaving a library behind almost feels like losing memories.
So I started looking for something more lasting. More portable.
This space is the result: a digital archive of books and films, my own small library, reimagined.
Here, I keep track of what I read and watch, along with notes, lines I love, and fragments that stay with me.
In a way, this page is my personal timeline, a record not only of what I remember, but of what I choose to remember.
Maybe something here will stay with you, too.
Welcome.
Latest Watched Films
Imported from my Letterboxd diary with watch date, release year, country, rating, and review notes.
Latest Read Books
The three most recent books from my personal reading shelf.
Contact
I am always happy to connect for research collaborations, interdisciplinary projects, and thoughtful conversations around learning and education.
