Tulin Tosun

SPECIALIZATION

Early Modern Literature, Shakespeare, Renaissance & Elizabethan Theatre, Ottoman History and culture, Women and Gender.

 

Tülin Ece Tosun is an Assistant Teaching Professor of Cornerstone Integrated Liberal Arts and the Assistant Director for Cornerstone, Indianapolis.  She received her Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from Purdue University in 2018. She specializes in Shakespeare and cross-cultural Mediterranean encounters in early modern travel narratives. Her work has appeared in Interactions (2012) and Academic Communication Textbook (2021). She is one of the authors of Purdue Language and Cultural Exchange Program’s Digital Guidebook for ENGL 110 published by Top Hot (2020). She is currently working on her book project, Haremization of Desdemona: A Comparative Study of Shakespeare’s Othello in the Ottoman Harem Context. She is the recipient of the 2023 Antonia Syson Cornerstone Teaching Award.

Articles and Book Chapters

“Academic Writing: Applications and Academic Portfolio.” Academic and Professional Communication: Skills and Strategies for Advanced English Language Use. Matthew Allen and Mark Haugen (Lead eds). 2021, Digital Textbook Published by TopHat Digitally.

“Women Writers and Rewriting Epic as a Female Genre.” Interactions, 21, 2012, pp. 79–93.

Books

Othello’s Origin and Desdemona’s Haremization: Understanding Shakespeare’s Mind through Mediterranean Geographies and Ottoman Culture. Manuscript in Preparation.

Academic and Professional Communication: Skills and Strategies for Advanced English Language Use. 2021, Digital Textbook Published by TopHat Digitally. Contributor.

Purdue Language and Cultural Exchange, Guidebook for ENGL 110. Matthew Allena and Sarah Fehrman (Lead Eds). Tulin Ece Tosun, Armand Affricano, Heejeon Bras et al. (Contributors). Digital Textbook, Published by TopHat Digitally, 2019.

Selected Awards and Fellowships

2016–2018
Mary Gitzen Excellence in Teaching Award, Oral English Proficiency Program, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN.

March 2016
Tosun, Tulin Ece, Yuhan Huang. “Digital Education: Are You Really Ready?” Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN (Best Presentation: First Place).

2013–2016
English Department Excellence in Teaching Award, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN.

2012–2016
Quintilian Award for Top 10% of Introductory Composition Instructor Evaluations, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN.

2010-2011
General Excellence Award, SUNY-Fredonia.

2009-2010
1929 Graduate’s Award – First Place, SUNY-Fredonia.