Aslı Tekinay

Aslı Tekinay

Chair
Özlem Öğüt

Özlem Öğüt

Vice Chair
Aylin Alkaç

Aylin Alkaç

Lecturer of English Literature

Tel: +90 212 359 6966
E-mail: alkacayl@boun.edu.tr
Office: TB 508

Education

Ph.D. (2008) Boğaziçi University, English Literature 

M.A. (2001) Boğaziçi University, English Literature

B.A. (1996) Boğaziçi University, Department of Western Languages and Literatures

Research Interests

Contemporary novel, poststructuralist literary criticism, psychoanalytic criticism, gender studies, postcolonial studies.

Işıl Baş

Işıl Baş

Associate Professor of English Literature / Coordinator of Cultural and Critical Studies M.A. Program

Tel:
E-mail: isil@boun.edu.tr
Office: TB 420

Education

Ph. D. (1992) Boğaziçi University; English Literature

M.A. (1987) Boğaziçi University; English Literature

B.A. (1984) Boğaziçi University; Department of Western Languages and Literatures

T.E.F.L. Certificate (1984) Boğaziçi University

Research Interests

Cultural and critical theory, gender studies, contemporary novel

Leila Braverman

Leila Braverman

Lecturer of Expository Writing

Tel: +90-212-359-6970
E-mail: leila.braverman@boun.edu.tr
Office: TB 521

Education

MLA  (2010), St Edward’s University

BBA  (2003), University of Houston, International Studies

Research Interests

Feminism and gender identities in children’s and adolescent literature, narrative theory, language and identity, multicultural education

Naz Bulamur

Naz Bulamur

Assistant Professor of English Literature / Transfer Students Advisor

Tel: +90-212-359-7435
E-mail: naz.bulamur@boun.edu.tr
Office: TB 524

Education 

Ph. D. (2009) University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; Literary Studies

M.A. (2002) Yeditepe University; Department of English

B.A. (1997) Boğazici University; Department of Western Languages and Literatures

Research Interests

Contemporary fiction, nineteenth-century British and American women writers, postmodernism, postcolonial theory, orientalism, feminist criticism

Publications

Eda Dedebaş Dündar

Eda Dedebaş Dündar

Assistant Professor of English Literature / Sophomore Advisor

Tel: +90 212 359 6959
E-mail: eda.dedebas@boun.edu.tr
Office: TB 425

Education:

Ph.D.(2013) University of Connecticut,  in Comparative Literary and Cultural Studies.

MA (2007) Bogazici University, English Language and Literature

BA (2004) Bogazici University, English Language and Literature.

Research Interests:

Women writers from the Middle East, human rights narratives and dramatic literature, and contemporary Anglophone literature

Başak Demirhan

Başak Demirhan

Lecturer of English Literature / Junior Advisor / Summer School Coordinator

Tel: +90-212-359-6626
E-mail: basak.demirhan boun.edu.tr
Office: TB 460

Education :

Ph.D. (2010) Rice University; English Department

M. A. (2006) Rice University; English Department

B. A. (2002) Boazici University; Western Languages and Literatures

Research Interests:

Victorian novel, the long eighteenth century, feminism and gender, history of medicine.

Emine Fişek

Emine Fişek

Assistant Professor of English Literature

Tel: +90-212-359-6625
E-mail: emine.fisek@boun.edu.tr
Office: TB 475

Education:

Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow, Johns Hopkins University, 2010-2012

Ph. D. University of California-Berkeley (2010)

B.A. (2003) Swarthmore College

Research Interests:

Theatre and performance studies, French and Francophone studies, anthropology of ritual and bodily practices, human rights and humanitarianism

Kim Fortuny

Kim Fortuny

Associate Professor of English Literature

Tel: +90-212-359-6626
E-mail: fortuny@boun.edu.tr
Office: TB 460

Education:

Ph. D. (2000) University of Iowa; Department of English

M.A. (1993) Portland State University; Department of English

T.E.S.L. Certificate (1993) Portland State University

B.A. (1988) Boğaziçi University; Department of Western Languages and Literatures

Research Interests:

Modern and contemporary poetry, travel literature, creative non-fiction, nature writing, ecopoetics

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Özlem Görey

Özlem Görey

Assistant Professor of English Literature / Senior Advisor / Amnesty Advisor

Tel: +90 212 359 6971
E-mail: gorey@boun.edu.tr
Office: TB 440

Education:

Ph.D. (2000) University of Leicester

M.A. (1992) University of Leicester; Mass Communication Research.

B.A. (1990) Boğaziçi University; Department of Western Languages and Literatures.

Research Interests

Feminist literary theory, ethnic literature (Latina, Chicana, African American studies), mythology, contemporary poetry

Ethan Guagliardo

Ethan Guagliardo

Assistant Professor of English Literature

Tel: +90 212 359 6625
E-mail: ethan.guagliardo@boun.edu.tr
Office: TB 475

Education

PhD. (2015), University of Notre Dame

M.A. (2008), Louisiana State University

B.A., (2006), Louisiana State University

Research Interests

Early modern literature; Shakespeare and Milton; political theology, philosophy, and secularization; reception of antiquity in the Renaissance.

Matthew Gumpert

Matthew Gumpert

Associate Professor of Comparative Literature / Graduate Advisor

Tel: +90 (212) 359-4689
E-mail: matthew.gumpert@boun.edu.tr
Office: TB 475

Education 

Ph.D. (1992), Harvard University, Department of Comparative Literature

M.A. (1986), Harvard University, Department of Comparative Literature

B.A. (1984), Princeton University, Department of Comparative Literature

Research Interests

Critical theory and philosophy, classics and classical influences, architecture and sculpture

Jameson Kismet Bell

Jameson Kismet Bell

Assistant Professor of Western Languages and Literatures / Coordinator of Copywriting Certificate Program / Coordinator of Erasmus Program / Advisor for Special Students and SOAS Exchange

Tel: +90 212 359 6971
E-mail: j.kismetbell@boun.edu.tr
Office: TB 440

Education:

Ph.D. (2011) Pennsylvania State University

M.A. (2002) Pennsylvania State University

B.A. (2000) Bethel College

Research Interests:

Literature and medicine, the body, and knowledge, performance and media studies
Mª Pilar Milagros

Mª Pilar Milagros

Assistant Professor of Rhetoric/Writing

Tel: +90 212 359 6966
E-mail: pilar.milagros@boun.edu.tr
Office: TB 508

Education:

Ph.D. (2011) New Mexico State University; Rhetoric and Professional Communication,

M.A. (2001) New Mexico State University; Hispanic Literatures and Creative Writing

B.A. (1994) University of Lleida; English Language and Literature

Research Interests:

discourse analysis; digital/multimodal and intercultural rhetoric; social constructs; and accessibility

Özlem Öğüt

Özlem Öğüt

Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature / Coordinator of Film Studies Certificate Program

Tel. +90 212 359 6625
E-mail: ozlemogu@boun.edu.tr
Office: TB 475

Education:

Ph.D. (1999) Department of Comparative Literature; Purdue University

M.A. (1991) Department of English Language and Literature; Boğaziçi University

B.A. (1988) Department of English Language and Literature; Boğaziçi University

Research Interests

Modern and postmodern fiction, semiotics, ethnic studies

Hande Tekdemir

Hande Tekdemir

Assistant Professor of English Literature / Coordinator of Double-Major Programs

Tel. +90 0212 359 7440
E-mail: hande.tekdemir@boun.edu.tr
Office:TB 529

Education 

Ph.D. (2008) University of Southern California

M.A. (2003) Bogazici University

B.A. (2000) Bogazici University

Research Interests

Urban theory & literature, modern novel, postcolonial studies, history & literature

Publications

Aslı Tekinay

Aslı Tekinay

Professor of English Literature / Department Chair / Coordinator of American Studies Certificate Program / Graduate Advisor

Tel:
Email: tekinay@boun.edu.tr
Office:TB 420

Education

Ph.D. (1992) Department of Western Languages and Literatures; Boğazıcı University

M.A. (1987) Department of English; Southern Illinois University

B.A. (1985) Department of English; Boğazıcı University

T.E.F.L. Certificate (1985) Boğazıcı University

Research Interests

Contemporary British and American drama, twentieth century African American literature
ethnic studies

Cihan Yurdaün

Cihan Yurdaün

Lecturer of English Literature / Freshman Advisor

Tel: +90 212 359 6959
Email: cihan.yurdaun@boun.edu.tr
Office: TB 425

Education

Ph.D. (2014) Department of Western Languages and Literatures; Boğazıcı University

M.A. (2007) Department of Western Languages and Literatures; Boğazıcı University

B.A. (2004) Sociology; Boğazıcı University

Research Interests

Modern and contemporary poetry, Critical theory and philosophy