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Current Member

Ayten Gundogdu

Affiliation

Social Science

Field of Study

Political Theory

Home Institution

Barnard College-Columbia University
Ayten Gündoğdu is a political theorist with research interests in modern and contemporary political thought, migration, and human rights. At IAS, she will be completing a book on migrant deaths and disappearances, examining the regime of impunity surrounding racialized operations of border violence.

Dates at IAS

Member
School of Social Science

Degrees

University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Ph.D.
2008
Boğaziçi University
B.A.
1999

Honors

2018
Heyman Center Fellowship, Columbia University
2017
Mellon Mid-Career Research Fellowship, Yale University
2011
Postdoctoral Fellowship, Mahindra Humanities Center, Harvard University

Appointments

Barnard College-Columbia University
2016
Associate Professor
Barnard College-Columbia University
2008–2016
Assistant Professor