Tuba Akin is a PhD student in Sociocultural/Linguistic Anthropology with an expected graduation date in 2028. 

Do you currently, or have you in the past worked as a TA, RA, or GA? If so, list your position(s).

TA for Anthropology Department 2023-continued; RA for Dr. Greenberg 2023 winter and summer break

What are your research or academic interests?

Social Movements and Collective Action; ethnic mobilization, inter-organizational dynamics, hybridization of social movements and civil society, human rights and activism; Linguistic Anthropology; political discourse, language and ethnicity; Romani Studies in Europe and Turkey

In 1-2 sentences, tell us more about your thesis/dissertation research.

I seek to study transnational dynamics among Romani organizations in Turkey and Europe to better understand Romani mobilization in Turkey. Moreover, I focus on how subjects of different Roma communities appropriate and reconfigure diverse political discourses in their socialization processes, organization strategies, and public expressions of identity.

Do you have anything else you'd like to share for this spotlight?

I am also a pro-Roma Roma rights activist who has worked with different Romani Civil Society Organizations since 2019.