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, a cognitive scientist. I study the cognitive and educational processes that shape learning.
Outside of research, I spend most of my time with books and films, drink a lot of coffee, try to keep my plants alive, and like holding on to small moments by writing them down.
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 in themselves. And apparently, if that photo is any evidence, shelves bring out my number five smile, which I swear is a real one :).
Maybe that's why, in every city I've lived in, I built small libraries, quiet accumulations of books gathered along the way. But academic life comes with many new beginnings, and each one also means leaving something behind. Shelves emptied, books dispersed. Leaving a library behind almost feels like losing memories. Kundera might have diagnosed me with a lack of nostalgia!
So I started looking for something more lasting. More portable.
This space is the result: a digital archive of books and films.
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
Latest Read Books
Contact
Feel free to reach out for collaborations, conversations on learning and education, or shared interests in books and films.
