Hatun Zengin-Bolatkale

hzengin@sdsu.eduorcid.org/0000-0003-2681-7150

Research Relationships

Appointments

Grants Research and Enterprise Writing (GREW) Fellows current

https://slhs.sdsu.edu/people/faculty/zengin-bolatkale-hatun

Assistant Professor, 2024-Present
School of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, San Diego State University, San Diego, US
Assistant Professor, 2022-2024
Communicative Sciences and Deaf Studies, California State University, Fresno, Fresno, California, US
Assistant Professor, 2020-2022
Speech and Language Therapy, Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, TR
Research Assistant Professor, 2017-2019
Hearing and Speech Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, US
Research Assistant and Teaching Assistant, 2011-2016
Hearing and Speech Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, US

PhD, 2011-2016
Hearing and Speech Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, US
M.A., 2008-2011
Speech and Hearing Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, US

Speech Language Pathologist, 2014-Present
CCC-SLP, American Speech Language Hearing Association, Rockville, MD, US

Profile updated September 18, 2026.

Scholarship

Academic Publications

Cortical emotional reactivity, caregiver-reported emotional control, and stuttering frequency in young children

Hatun Zengin-Bolatkale; Alexandra P. Key; Robin M. Jones

Journal of Fluency Disorders, 2025, journal article

Child development Developmental psychology Stuttering in children

Validation of the Vanderbilt Responses to Your Child’s Speech Rating Scale for Parents of Young Children Who Stutter

Singer, C.M.; Kelly, E.M.; White, A.Z.; Hatun Zengin-Bolatkale; Jones, R.M.

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2022, journal article

Child development Communication disorders Stuttering in children

Visual food cue processing in children with Prader-Willi Syndrome

Key, A.P.; Jones, D.; Hatun Zengin-Bolatkale; Roof, E.; Hunt-Hawkins, H.

Physiology and Behavior, 2021, journal article

Developmental disabilities Eating disorders in children Prader-Willi syndrome Visual perception in children

Eye tracking as an objective measure of hyperphagia in children with Prader-Willi syndrome

Key, A.P.; Hatun Zengin-Bolatkale; Dimitropoulos, A.; Doernberg, E.

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A, 2020, journal article

Children Eating disorders in children Eye tracking Hyperphagia

Sympathetic arousal as a marker of chronicity in childhood stuttering

Hatun Zengin-Bolatkale; Conture, E.G.; Walden, T.A.; Jones, R.M.

Developmental Neuropsychology, 2018, journal article

Arousal (Physiology) Autonomic nervous system Pediatrics Psychophysiology Stuttering in children Sympathetic nervous system

Cortical associates of emotional reactivity and regulation in childhood stuttering

Hatun Zengin-Bolatkale; Conture, E.G.; Key, A.P.; Walden, T.A.; Jones, R.M.

Journal of Fluency Disorders, 2018, journal article

Child development Developmental psychology Neurology Stuttering Stuttering in children Visual evoked response

Sympathetic arousal of young children who stutter during a stressful picture naming task

Hatun Zengin-Bolatkale; Conture, E.G.; Walden, T.A.

Journal of Fluency Disorders, 2015, journal article

Arousal (Physiology) Autonomic nervous system Stress in children Stuttering in children Sympathetic nervous system

Corpus callosum morphology in children who stutter

Choo, A.L.; Chang, S.-E.; Hatun Zengin-Bolatkale; Ambrose, N.G.; Loucks, T.M.

Journal of Communication Disorders, 2012, journal article

Brain--Morphology Child development Corpus callosum Magnetic resonance imaging Speech disorders in children Stuttering in children