I am a sociocultural anthropologist from Seoul. I study religion, politics, and gender in contemporary Türkiye/Turkey, receiving my Ph.D. in anthropology from the University of Chicago in August 2025. Currently, I am a teaching fellow in the Department of Anthropology and the college. I offer courses in anthropology, human rights, and social theory.
My research examines how religious sensibilities shape collective life in a polarized society in gendered ways. Drawing on the anthropology of religion and secularism, semiotic approaches to communication, and feminist social theory, I explore this question in contemporary Turkish society, where Sunni Muslims are divided over the questions of the social role of Islam and the state's intervention in religious life. By examining the fractures and disagreements that traverse shared identities and showing how social relations persist amid division, my research advances an anthropological understanding of polarization as a political condition that heightens the everyday vulnerabilities of belonging.
