Assoc. Prof. NAZAN YILDIZ ÇİÇEKÇİ

     Nazan Yıldız graduated from the English Language and Literature Department at Karadeniz Technical University in 2004. In 2005, she started to work as a research assistant in the same department. In 2007, she graduated from the same university with a master’s degree in Applied Linguistics with her thesis entitled “An Experimental Study on Enhancing Critical Thinking through a Literature-Based Critical Thinking Programme in the Department of English Language and Literature at Karadeniz Technical University”. In 2008, she became a Ph.D. student in the English Language and Literature Department  at Hacettepe University and started to work as a research assistant in the same department. In 2015, she received her Ph.D. degree with her thesis entitled “Hybridity in Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales: Reconstructing the Estate Boundaries”. She holds a certificate in critical thinking skills from the American English Institute, University of Oregon. She has national and international publications and papers. Her main areas of interest are Medieval English Literature, Medieval History, Chaucer, Old English Literature, English Novel, Women's Studies, Gender Studies, Comparative Literature, Colonial-Postcolonial English Literature, and Critical Thinking and Literature. She is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of English Language and Literature at Karadeniz Technical University.