Basak Gemici Profile

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Dr. Basak Gemici

  • Department: Social Sciences
  • Assistant Professor of Sociology
  • Email: bgemici@tamuct.edu
  • Office/Room: Heritage Hall, HH-204S

Dr. Basak Gemici is a political and cultural sociologist whose research focuses on authoritarian populism, gender, race, and conflict in everyday life using feminist research practice. Before coming to TAMUCT, Basak Gemici was a post-doctoral research fellow at the Center for Emerging Democracies, University of Michigan. She received her Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Pittsburgh in 2022, where she also completed doctoral certificates in Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies and Cultural Studies. Basak is currently working on her book project, "Authoritarian Populism and Conflict in Daily Life," based on field research in Turkey between 2017 and 2019.

Research Publications:

2023 Gemici, Basak. “Authoritarian Populism and Social Discomfort in Everyday Life” Social Problems (online first: https://doi.org/10.1093/socpro/spad036).

2021 Gemici, Basak. “Human Security Approach to Emergency Rule in Turkey.” In: Bonino S., Ricucci R. (eds) Islam and Security in the West. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. Invited chapter contribution.

  • 2021 Elise Boulding Graduate Student Paper Award Honorable Mention, ASA Peace, War, and Social Conflict Section
  • 2021 Norman P. Hummon Memorial Research Award for Outstanding Research, Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences, University of Pittsburgh

2018 Smith, Jackie, Gemici, Basak., Plummer, Samantha,& Hughes, Melanie. M. “Transnational Social Movement Organizations and Counter-hegemonic Struggles Today.” Journal of World-Systems Research. 24(2), 372-403.