• Degree: Began Ph.D. program in 2012
• Concentration: Critique, Image, and Politics
• Advisor: James W. Watts

Duygu is a PhD candidate in Religion with a Certificate of Advanced Study (CAS) in Women’s and Gender Studies, and in Middle Eastern Affairs. She got her MA degree in Cultural Studies from Sabanci University and BA degrees in English Language and Literature and in Philosophy (double major) from Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey. Her work focuses on religion and feminism; gender and sacred texts; Jewish, Christian and Muslim women’s theologies; and women’s and minority literature in the MENA.