Education
PhD Comparative Literature, with minors in Middle Eastern Studies & Women’s and Gender Studies / University of Texas at Austin, USA 2026
MSc Comparative Literature (Distinction) / University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom 2017
BA Social and Political Sciences (Honors) / Sabancı University, Istanbul-Turkey 2014
Undergraduate Certificate in Humanities and Social Sciences / Universiteit van Amsterdam, the Netherlands 2013
Liceo Italiano di Istanbul, Turkey 2009
Awards and Fellowships
Writers & Artists Grant, G&L Review Worldwide | 2025
Graduate Continuing Dissertation Completion Fellowship, UT Austin COLA | 2025-26
Excellence in Doctoral Dissertation, UT Austin Department of Women’s & Gender Studies | 2025
Appleman Fellowship, Schusterman Center | 2025
Harry Ransom Center, Frederic D. Weinstein Archival Fellowship in 20th Century American Literature | 2025
Graduate Writing Fellowship, UT Austin COLA | 2025
Doctoral Excellence Award, Dept of Women’s and Gender Studies, UT Austin | 2025
Duke University Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick Research Grant, Rubenstein Library & Sally Bingham Center | 2024
LLILAS Benson Digital Scholarship Fellowship with Gloria E. Anzaldúa Papers | 2024
Keyman Modern Turkish Studies Article Workshop, Northwestern University | 2024
Harvard Institute for World Literature Fellowship | 2024
Summer Writing Fellowship, UT Austin COLA | 2024
Digital Humanities Research Project Development Award | 2024
Excellence in Dissertation, Honorable Mention, UT Austin Dept of WGS | 2024
Teresa Lozano Institute of Latin American Studies Travel Award | 2024
Modern Language Association (MLA) Travel Award | 2024
International Education Scholarship, Texas Global | 2024
Thematic Continuing Dissertation Fellowship, College of Liberal Arts UT Austin | 2023-24
Mellon & ACLS Academic Alternatives Fellowship, with Dr. Ashley Coleman-Taylor | Spring 2023
John Slatin Prize for Electronic Media in Education, Honorable Mention, DRW | Spring 2023
Princeton University Library Research Grant | Fall 2023
Texas Language Center Professional Development Award | Fall 2023
McIlhany Endowed Presidential Fellowship in Liberal Arts for Graduate Research | 2022-23
Office of Diversity Equity and Inclusion Award, College of Liberal Arts UT Austin | Fall 2022
Program in Comparative Literature PDA, UT Austin | Fall 2022
Western Ottomanists Travel Award, UCLA | Fall 2022
Dept of Women’s and Gender Studies Travel Grant, UT Austin | Fall 2022
Dept of Middle Eastern Studies Professional Development Award, UT Austin | Fall 2022
Scherzer Excellence Endowment Fund | Summer 2022
University Graduate Professional Development Award, UT Austin | Summer 2022
Dept of Middle Eastern Studies Professional Development Award, UT Austin | Spring 2022
University Graduate Professional Development Award, UT Austin | Summer 2021
Melih and Selma Selvili Memorial Scholarship, Texas Exes | Fall 2020 & Fall 2021
Zekiye and Hilmi Selvili Memorial Scholarship, Texas Exes | Fall 2020 & Fall 2021
Comparative Literature Summer Research Fellowship, UT Austin | Summer 2020
University Graduate Professional Development Award, UT Austin | Spring 2020
University Graduate Professional Development Award, UT Austin | Fall 2019
Comparative Literature Graduate Excellence Recruitment Fellowship, UT Austin | 2019-2025
Dean’s High Honor List (3.95/4.00), Sabanci University, Turkey | Spring 2014
Dean’s High Honor List (3.50/4.00), Sabanci University, Turkey | Fall 2013
Dean’s High Honor List (3.90/4.00), Sabanci University, Turkey | Spring 2013
Dean’s High Honor List (3.51/4.00), Sabanci University, Turkey | Fall 2012
Monthly Merit Scholarship, Sabanci University, Turkey | 2012-2014
Languages
Turkish, native proficiency
English, near-native proficiency in reading, writing, speaking
Spanish, advanced proficiency in reading, writing, speaking
Italian, advanced proficiency in reading, writing, speaking
French, proficiency in reading and writing
Latin, proficiency in reading and writing
Portuguese, proficiency in reading
Ottoman, proficiency in reading
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