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Biography
Nesrin Yavas was born in İstanbul in 1966. She was graduated from Kadıköy Kız Koleji in 1983. She received her BA from English Language Teaching Department, Dokuz Eylül Unıversity. She received her MA from American Culture and Literature Department, Dokuz Eylül University. In 2000, she was admitted to the doctoral program at American Culture and Literature Department, Ege University. She started working as a research assistant the same year. She received her Ph D in 2008. She has been teaching at the same department since then.
Education Information
2001 - 2008
2001 - 2008Doctorate
Ege University, Faculty Of Literature, Department Of American Culture And Literature, Turkey
1994 - 1997
1994 - 1997Postgraduate
Dokuz Eylul University, Faculty Of Letters, Department Of Amerıcan Culture And Lıterature, Turkey
1987 - 1991
1987 - 1991Undergraduate
Dokuz Eylul University, Buca Faculty Of Educatıon, Department Of Foreıgn Language Educatıon, Turkey
Dissertations
2008
2008Doctorate
"All The Women Are White, All The Blacks Are Men": A Typology of Black Women's Images In The Literary Tradition of African American Women Writers 
Ege Üniversitesi, Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü
1997
1997Postgraduate
The City in Contemporary Afro-American Novel
Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi, Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsüs, Amerikan Kültürü Ve Edebiyatı
Foreign Languages
B2 Upper Intermediate
B2 Upper IntermediateGerman
C1 Advanced
C1 AdvancedEnglish
Research Areas
Social Sciences and Humanities, Philology, Western Languages and Literatures, American Culture and Literature
Academic Titles / Tasks
2018 - Continues
2018 - ContinuesAssistant Professor
Ege University, Faculty Of Literature, Amerikan Kültürü Ve Edebiyatı Bölümü
2000 - 2018
2000 - 2018Assistant Professor
Ege University, Faculty Of Literature, Amerikan Kültürü Ve Edebiyatı Bölümü
Courses
Advising Theses
2018
2018Postgraduate
Representatıons of Arab American Identities in the Works of Diana Abu-Jaber
YAVAŞ N.
Ş.Yeşilçavdar(Student)
2012
2012Postgraduate
Görünmez Adamın Portresi: Paul Auster öykülerinde post-modern temalar, otobiyografik açılımlar ve kelime oyunları
YAVAŞ N.
B.MİNNET(Student)
2012
2012Postgraduate
How to define Theodore Roethke's poetry: Confessional, romantic and metaphysical aspects of Theodore Roethke's poetry
YAVAŞ N.
H.VELİOĞLU(Student)
2012
2012Postgraduate
Search for roots in contemporary Armenian-American literature
YAVAŞ N.
C.DANIŞMANT(Student)
Articles Published in Journals That Entered SCI, SSCI and AHCI Indexes
2014
2014Gloria Naylor’s Mama Day: Magical Realism as the Site of Black Female Agency and Empowerment
YAVAŞ N.
Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, vol.158, pp.247-253, 2014 (Journal Indexed in SSCI)
Articles Published in Other Journals
2021
2021NEEDLEWORK AS POLITICAL AND CULTURAL RESISTANCE IN CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN NOVEL
Yavaş N.
HOMEROS, vol.4, no.2, pp.51-59, 2021 (Journal Indexed in ESCI)
Supported Projects
2017 - 2021
2017 - 2021
ORTADOĞU KÖKENLİ AMERİKAN TİYATROSUNDA KİMLİK İNŞAALARI VE KARŞI SÖYLEMLER
Project Supported by Higher Education Institutions
(Project Abstract)
(Project Final Report)
YAVAŞ N. (Executive)
2009 - 2014
2009 - 2014