Education
University of Iowa, MFA Candidate, Nonfiction Writing Program
    Iowa City – IA, USA (2012 – 2015)
Gettysburg College, BA, English with concentration in Writing
    Gettysburg – PA, USA (2004 – 2008)
Institut Américain Universitaire & Marchutz School of Art, Art History and Oil Painting
    Study abroad: Aix-en-Provence, France (09/2008 – 12/2008)
Robert College, High School Diploma, Concentration in Literature and Languages
    Istanbul, Turkey (1999 – 2004)

Honors & Awards
University of Iowa Arts Fellowship (August 2012 – August 2014)
Honorable Mention, Prairie Lights Nonfiction Prize (2014)
Constantine Christofides Prize in Literature and Art History, Institut Américain Universitaire,
Centre d’Aix, France (2008)
Stephen Crane Fiction Contest, 1st Prize (2007)
Gettysburg College Residence Life Everyday Creativity Award (2006)

Work Experience
Instructor, General Education Literature, Interpretation of Literature
    University of Iowa – IA, USA (August 2014 – May 2015)
Judge, Mercury Magazine Nonfiction Prize
    Gettysburg College – PA, USA (February 2015)
Instructor, Undergraduate Writing Master Classes
“Recreating Honest Memory” and “Internal Landscape/External Landscape”
    University of Iowa – IA, USA (April 2013, November 2014)
Director of Arts and Publications, and English Literature teacher
    Eduka Group, Istanbul, Turkey (February 2010 – June 2010)
Freelance Translator
    Istanbul, Turkey (May 2009 – Present)
Freelance English as a Second Language Teacher
    Aix-en-Provence, France (January 2009 – May 2009)
Circulation Desk Student Supervisor
    Musselman Library, Gettysburg – PA, USA (September 2005 – May 2008)
Technical Services Assistant, Musselman Library
    Gettysburg – PA, USA (May 2007 – September 2007)
Circulation Desk and Stacks Student Worker
    Musselman Library, Gettysburg – PA, USA (September 2004 – May 2005)
Community Leader, Gettysburg College Residence Life
    Gettysburg – PA, USA (August 2005 – May 2006)

Publications
Wickit Hikayeleri—Ely’da Komplo by Joan Lennon, translation
    İş Bankası Kültür Yayınları, 2011
Wickit Hikayeleri—Bataklık Altınları by Joan Lennon, translation
    İş Bankası Kültür Yayınları, 2011
Sakar Fareler by Sorrel Anderson, translation
    İş Bankası Kültür Yayınları, 2012

Languages
Turkish, English (Fluent); French, Spanish (Advanced)

Conferences & Certificates
AWP Writers’ Conference (2008, 2011, 2012)
The Gettysburg Review Writers’ Conference and Workshops, Gettysburg – PA, USA (2008)

Extra Curricular
Istanbul European Choir, Turkey (2000 – 2003, 2009)
Gettysburg College Concert Choir (2007 – 2008)
Gettysburg College World Music Ensemble (2004 – 2006)
Gettysburg College Women’s Choir (2004 – 2005)