Biographical Sketch

Having spent a year in Argentina, Ali studied Civil Engineering for a year and a half. Ali changed his major to English in 2004 (He is very happy about that decision). After earning a double major in English and Philosophy from Bogazici University in 2009, he went on to pursue a master’s degree in English at the University of Warwick. Ali taught English to freshmen at his home university for 2 years before coming to USC to start a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature.

Ali’s current research interests include digital humanities, critical theory, late Ottoman Empire, modernist fiction and poetry in English and Spanish, and nationalism.