Prof. TANFER EMİN TUNÇ

Tanfer Emin Tunc is a Professor of American Studies at Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey. She holds a BA, MA and PhD in United States History from Stony Brook University, and specializes in American social and cultural history; women’s and gender studies; science, technology and society studies (STS); the history of medicine, sexuality and reproduction; and transnational American Studies. Prof. Tunc is the recipient of numerous grants and fellowships, including awards from the National Science Foundation, the Woodrow Wilson Foundation of Princeton University, Rockefeller University, Duke University, the University of Michigan, Smith College, the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, the Hastings Center for Bioethics and Public Policy, and the Salzburg Global Fellowship. She serves on the advisory board of Hacettepe University's Women’s Research and Implementation Center (HUWRIC) and on the editorial board of the Journal of American Studies of Turkey (JAST).