Pinar Tasdemir
Email: tasdemir@wisc.edu
Year Admitted: 2019
Bio
Pinar Tasdemir is a Ph.D. Candidate in the English Department at UW-Madison. She received her BA and MA in English Literature at Bogazici University in Istanbul, Turkey, where she also obtained a certificate in Film Studies. Her dissertation examines American true crime narratives and political economy’s impact on the genre’s structures with a focus on mass culture, media, ideology, and literary theory.
Research Interests
20th & 21st century American Crime Fiction and True Crime; Political Theory; Law and Literature; Media and Popular Culture Studies; Genre and Novel Theory
Degree(s) and Institution
B.A., English, Bogazici University
M.A., English, Bogazici University
Selected Publications or Research
“Art, Resistance, and the University: The Case of BounSergi”. World Humanities Report, CHCI, 2022.