Metin Boşnak

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Metin Boşnak (b. 1965, Turkey) is a Turkish linguist, academic and published poet. His academic publications include contributions to the fields of comparative literature and cognitive linguistics.

Metin Boşnak has a BA in TEFL from College of Education, 19 Mayıs University, Samsun, Turkey. As a Fulbright scholar, he completed his M.A. in Comparative Literature at Indiana University, Bloomington in 1990. On return to Turkey he pursued a Ph.D. in American Studies at Hacettepe University, Ankara, which was completed in 1996.[1]

Dr. Boşnak published a collection of poetry in English and Turkish in 1987, Behind My Shadow. Since then he has been publishing scholarly articles on various aspects of Comparative Literature and American Studies. He presented several papers at home and abroad, co-edited two academic periodicals, Academia (1995), and Kızılırmak (1992).

Dr. Boşnak set up, and has chaired the Department of American Studies at Fatih University (since September 2000-August 2007). Earlier he set up and chaired the Department of English Language and Literature at Fatih University (September 1997-January 2006). He also chaired the Department of Foreign Languages at Fatih University (February 1998-July 1999).[2] As of 2008 he lectures at St. Louis Community College (STLCC-Meramec campus) Missouri. He has professional affiliations with MLA, ACLA, ICLA, ASA and MCCA.

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  1. ^ Fatih University (2007)
  2. ^ Fatih University (2007)

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  • Fatih University (2007). Abstracts and Biographies (MS DOC). 2nd Annual Transdisciplinary Literary and Cultural Studies Conference: Metamorphosis and Place, May 24–26, 2007, Istanbul. Retrieved on 2008-06-04.

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