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Education
- PhD, Comparative Literature, Penn State University
- MS, Instructional Design and Technology, CSU Fullerton
- MA, Koç University, Istanbul
- BA, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul
Research
- Comparative literature
- World literature
- Nineteenth- and twentieth-century Ottoman literature
- Modern Middle Eastern literature
- Language teaching pedagogy
- E-learning
- Instructional design
Publications
Articles
- Review of Uncoupling language and religion: an exploration into the margins of Turkish literature by Laurent Mignon. Turkish Studies. Routledge. September 2021.
- “Beyond the Breakout Room: Four Online Tools for Interactive Teaching”
American Association of Teachers of Turkic Languages Newsletter. February 2021, 9-10.
- “Novel Anxieties: An Ottoman Counter-discourse on Time and Space.” Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East vol. 40. Issue 2 (August 2020): 387–400.
- “Provinciality and the City in Orhan Pamuk’s Istanbul.” Orhan Pamuk: Critical Essays on a Novelist Between Worlds. Ed. Taner Can et al. Hannover: Ibidem, 2017. 159-83.
- “Current Needs of Students and Teachers of Turkish.” American Association of Teachers of Turkic Languages Newsletter. January 2017, 11.
- Review of Comparison: Theories, Approaches, Uses. Edited by Rita Felski and Susan Stanford Friedman. Comparative Literature Studies 51.3. (2014) 509-512.
Honors & Awards
- Non-Senate Faculty Professional Development Award (2022)
- Excellence in Pedagogy and Innovative Classrooms (EPIC) Language Pedagogical Grant (2022)
- Language Faculty Professional Development Travel Grant (CNES) (2019)
- Mellon Foundation Grant for Research on Turkish Teaching (with CNES) (2017)
Courses
Undergraduate
- Elementary Turkish (TURKIC 101 A, B, C)
- Advanced Turkish (TURKIC 102 A, B, C)
- Turkish Tradition
- Middle Eastern Cities (ME STD 177)
Graduate
- Readings in Ottoman
- Ottoman Diplomatics
Service
- American Association of Teachers of Turkic Languages Executive Board Member
- Walter G. Andrews Ottoman Turkish Translation Award Committee Member