Contact Information
3137 LCLB
Office Hours
Spring 2026: W 2-4
Research Areas
Biography
Turkish, English, Spanish, Japanese, Ladino
Zeynep has a background in Literature and Cultural Studies and has previously worked on comparative modernisms and existentialism in Turkish and Latin American literature. Her current research interests include the literature of the Sephardic diaspora, intersections of collective memory and cultural identity, and subaltern studies.
Grants
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Distinguished Graduate Fellowship in the Humanities & Arts
Courses Taught
CWL 241 Early Masterpieces of Western Culture (TA)
CWL 242 Modern Masterpieces of Western Culture (TA)