Alternative Spaces, Identity and Language in Afrofuturist Writing

Tugba Akman Kaplan completed a degree in liberal arts and general studies at Monroe Community College, USA and a BA at SUNY Geneseo, USA in 2006. She completed her MA in Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) at Bahcesehir University, Turkey in 2012. She finished her PhD studies in comparative literature in 2020. She had worked in the preparatory schools of various private universities and became a faculty member of the Department of English Literature and Language at Istanbul Gelisim University after receiving her PhD. She has published several academic papers, journal articles and book chapters on Afrofuturism as well as comparative literature. She is currently Head of English Language and Literature Department in Istanbul Gelisim University.