Education
2020 - Present
2020 - PresentUndergraduate
Anadolu University, Açıköğretim Fakültesi, Türk Dili Ve Edebiyatı Bölümü (Aöf), Turkey
2010 - 2015
2010 - 2015Doctorate
University of Glasgow, School of Modern Languages and Cultures, Comperative Literature, United Kingdom
2009 - 2010
2009 - 2010Postgraduate
The University of Sussex, School of English, Modern and Contemporary Literature, Culture and Thought, United Kingdom
2003 - 2007
2003 - 2007Undergraduate
Ankara University, Faculty Of Language, Hıstory And Geography, Department Of Western Languages And Lıterature, Turkey
Dissertations
2015
2015Doctorate
The Representation of Middle East Identities in Comics Journalism
University of Glasgow
2010
2010Postgraduate
Parody and Travesty, Mystery and Illusion in Tom Stoppard's Plays
University of Sussex, School of English, Modern and Contemporary Literature, Culture and Thought
Foreign Languages
C2 Mastery
C2 MasteryEnglish
B2 Upper Intermediate
B2 Upper IntermediateGerman
Research Areas
English Language and Literature
Comparative Literature
Academic Positions
2020 - Present
2020 - PresentAssistant Professor
Erciyes University, Edebiyat Fakültesi, İngiliz Dili ve Edebiyatı
2015 - 2020
2015 - 2020Lecturer PhD
Bilecik Seyh Edebali University, Sogut Vocatıonal School, Department Of Transport Servıces
Managerial Experience
2021 - Present
2021 - PresentVice Dean
Erciyes University, Edebiyat Fakültesi
2021 - Present
2021 - PresentErciyes University
2020 - Present
2020 - PresentErciyes University
2015 - Present
2015 - PresentBilecik Seyh Edebali University
2015 - Present
2015 - PresentBilecik Seyh Edebali University
2020 - 2021
2020 - 2021Deputy Head of Department
Erciyes University, Edebiyat Fakültesi, İngiliz Dili ve Edebiyatı
Non Academic Experience
2012 - 2015
2012 - 2015Türkçe Öğretmeni
UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW, Türkçe Öğretmeni
2007 - 2009
2007 - 2009İNGİLİZCE ÖĞRETMENLİĞİ
MİLLİ EĞİTİM BAKANLIĞI, İNGİLİZCE ÖĞRETMENLİĞİ
Courses
Supervised Theses
in Progress
in ProgressPostgraduate
SHE COMPARED HERSELF TO A NEWLY BLOOMED DAISY": FEMINISM IN RAMİZE ERER'S CARTOONS
Koçak K. (Advisor)
H.KOÇAK(Student)
in Progress
in ProgressPostgraduate
REPRESENTATION OF FRANCOPHONE AND ANGLOPHONE AFRICAN'S PRE-COLONIAL TRADITIONS AND THE INFLUENCE OF THEIR COLONIZERS ' CULTURE.
Koçak K. (Advisor)
A.OKPAGNI(Student)
in Progress
in ProgressPostgraduate
READING BERTOLT BRECHT'S THE CAUCASIAN CHALK CIRCLE AND HALDUN TANER'S EŞEĞİN GÖLGESİ AS EPIC THEATRE
Koçak K. (Advisor)
O.ŞEVENK(Student)
in Progress
in ProgressPostgraduate
A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF YAŞAR KEMAL'S THE LEGEND OF THE THOUSAND BULLS AND JOHN STEINBECK'S THE GRAPES OF WRATH WITH A SOCIAL REALISTIC PERSPECTIVE
Koçak K. (Advisor)
M.AYDIN(Student)
in Progress
in ProgressPostgraduate
READING AFGHAN CULTURE AND LIVES OF AGHANI WOMEN THROUGH NOVELS
Koçak K. (Advisor)
H.KABIRI(Student)
2022
2022Postgraduate
A comparative revision of the clothing style of the Ottomans through Dutch and British travelogues
Koçak K. (Advisor)
H.AÇIK(Student)
2022
2022Postgraduate
POSTMODERN ELEMENTS IN TOM STOPPARD'S THE REAL INSPECTOR HOUND AND FERHAN ŞENSOY'S FİŞNE PAHÇESU
Koçak K. (Advisor)
H.ZEYNEP(Student)
Articles Published in Other Journals
2023
2023A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF YAŞAR KEMAL’S THE LEGEND OF THE THOUSAND BULLS AND JOHN STEINBECK’S THE GRAPES OF WRATH FROM A SOCIAL REALISTIC PERSPECTIVE
KOÇAK K., AYDIN M.
KARE : ULUSLARARASI KARŞILAŞTIRMALI EDEBIYAT TARIH VE DÜŞÜNCE DERGISI = KARE : INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE LITERATURE, HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY , no.15, pp.61-74, 2023 (Peer-Reviewed Journal)
2023
2023Reading America’s Psyche After 9/11 through Camp X-Ray
KOÇAK K.
ÇANKAYA UNIVERSITY JOURNAL OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES (CUJHSS)
, vol.17, no.1, pp.1-13, 2023 (Peer-Reviewed Journal)
2023
2023Reading Ottoman Costumes in The Travelogues Of John Covel and Cornelis De Bruyn
KOÇAK K., AÇIK H.
International Journal of Humanities and Education (IJHE) , vol.9, no.19, pp.269-282, 2023 (Peer-Reviewed Journal)
2023
2023Graphic Polyphony in Shaun Tan’s The Arrival
KOÇAK K., SARIKAYA İ.
Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics
, vol.14, no.3, pp.396-407, 2023 (Scopus)
2022
2022Nationalism: A Chronological Reading
KOÇAK K.
Temaşa Erciyes Üniversitesi Felsefe Bölümü Dergisi , no.18, pp.36-54, 2022 (Peer-Reviewed Journal)
2022
2022NEW SUPERHEROES: THE REPRESENTATIONS OF THE HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS IN GRAPHIC MEDICINE DURING THE TIME OF COVID-19
KOÇAK K., TÜRK ÖZTOPAL E.
İnönü Üniversitesi Uluslararası Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi , vol.11, no.1, pp.165-181, 2022 (Peer-Reviewed Journal)
2020
2020II. Abdülhamid’in Karşı Propaganda Hamlesi Olarak Amerikalı Karikatürist Homer Davenport’un Osmanlı’ya Seyahati
KOÇAK K.
KARE- Uluslararası Karşılaştırmalı Edebiyat, Tarih ve Düşünce Dergisi , no.10, pp.81-119, 2020 (Peer-Reviewed Journal)
2019
2019Parody and Mystery in Tom Stoppard’s The Real Inspector Hound and Jumpers
KOÇAK K.
Kare: Uluslararası Edebiyat, Tarih ve Düşünce Dergisi , no.6, pp.88-109, 2019 (Peer-Reviewed Journal)
2017
2017Spotlight of Hitler: Never-Ending Trauma in Art Spiegelman’s Graphic Novel Maus
KOÇAK K.
Asos Journal , vol.5, no.62, pp.319-328, 2017 (Peer-Reviewed Journal)
2017
2017Comics Journalism: Towards A Definition
Koçak K.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HUMANITIES AND CULTURAL STUDIES
, vol.4, no.3, pp.173-199, 2017 (Peer-Reviewed Journal)
2017
2017Far from the Maddening Crowd: Guy Delisle as Cultural Reporter
KOÇAK K.
International Journal of Comic Art , vol.19, no.1, pp.428-478, 2017 (Peer-Reviewed Journal)
2014
2014Interview with Guy Delisle
KOÇAK K.
EUROPEAN COMIC ART , vol.7, no.2, pp.90-114, 2014 (ESCI)
Papers Presented at Peer-Reviewed Scientific Conferences
2022
2022“The Man Who Founded English Language”: Reading English Language, Culture and Literature in Umut Sarikaya’s Caricatures
KOÇAK K.
15th INTERNATIONAL IDEA CONFERENCE: STUDIES IN ENGLISH, Hatay, Turkey, 11 - 13 May 2022, (Summary Text)
2019
2019Göç ve Mülteci Sorununu Batılı Çizgiromanlardan Okumak
KOÇAK K.
VI. Uluslararası Batı Kültürü ve Edebiyatları Araştırmaları Sempozyumu (BAKEA), Kayseri, Turkey, 20 - 22 November 2019, (Summary Text)
2017
2017Ortadoğu’yu Çizgi Romanlardan Okumak
KOÇAK K.
Uluslararası Ortadoğu Kongresi (Dil, Tarih, Edebiyat), Ankara, Turkey, 30 - 31 October 2017, pp.247-265, (Full Text)
2017
2017The Depiction of Britishness in Turkish Comics
KOÇAK K.
Transnational Graphic Narratives, University of Siegen, Siegen, Germany, 31 July - 05 August 2017, (Summary Text)
2017
2017Reading War in Syria in Comics
KOÇAK K.
The Eighth International Graphic Novel, Comics Conference and Bandes Dessinées Society Conference, Dundee, United Kingdom, 26 - 30 June 2017, pp.41, (Summary Text)
2016
2016Bir Edebi Tür Olarak Çizgiroman
KOÇAK K.
VI. Uluslararası Karşılaştırmalı Edebiyat Bilimi Kongresi, Konya, Turkey, 12 - 14 October 2016, pp.515-521, (Full Text)
2014
2014Politics in Comics Journalism
KOÇAK K.
The Fifth International Graphic Novel and Comics Conference, Londrina, Brazil, 18 - 20 July 2014, (Full Text)
2013
2013Censorship and Banning of Comics A Look at the Last Decade in Turkey
KOÇAK K.
International Comics and Graphic Novel and International Bande Dessinée Society Joint Conference, DUNDEE, GLASGOW, United Kingdom, 24 - 28 June 2013, (Full Text)
2012
2012Comics in Education Cin Ali Example from Turkey
KOÇAK K.
The Third International Comics Conference: Comics Rock, Bournemouth, United Kingdom, 28 - 29 June 2012, (Full Text)
Books
2021
2021ON THE BOUNDARIES OF SECURITY: CLASHING VALUES IN THE POST-9/11 DISNEY WORLD
KOÇAK K.
in: Exploring Borders and Boundaries in the Humanities, Melih Karakuzu, Hasan Baktır, Banu Akçeşme, Betül Ateşci Koçak, Editor, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Newcastle, pp.303-314, 2021
2016
2016Tintin’xxs Journey in Turkey
KOÇAK K.
in: The Comics of Herge When the Lines are not so Clear, Joe Sutliff Sanders, Editor, University Press of Mississippi, Jackson, Mississippi, pp.177-190, 2016
2015
2015A Graphic Novel Response to the Iraq War from Turkey: Ayşegül Savaşta: Irak Şahini
KOÇAK K., sadia z.
in: Islam and the West A Love Story, Mukherjee, Sumita; Zulfiqar, Sadia , Editor, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, pp.83-100, 2015
Funded Projects
2023 - 2026
2023 - 2026