Serkan Görkemli
Associate Professor
English
About
Serkan Görkemli is an Associate Professor of English at UConn, Stamford. Görkemli’s Current Research includes:
Conferences
- Chair and speaker on the panel “Lambda Literary Fellows on Transnational and Intersectional Queer Fiction”. The Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP) Conference, 7 March 2020.
- General Contributor in Fiction, The Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, 14-24 August 2019.
- Fiction Fellow, Lambda Literary Writers’ Retreat for Emerging LGBTQ Voices, 5-12 August 2018.
- Speaker on the panel “Nothing Can Happen Nowhere: The Craft of Setting in LGBTQ-Themed Fiction”. The Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP) Conference, 9 March 2018.
Fiction
- “Sweet Tooth.” Joyland Magazine, 31 Jul. 2020.
- “Kastro.” Epiphany, A Literary Journal, Spring/Summer Issue on the Theme of Borders, 16 Jun. 2020, 41-51.
- “LoverZ.” Foglifter, 20 Apr. 2019, 113-119.
- “Big Sister.” Ploughshares, 16 Apr. 2019, 115-123.
- “Webbed” (reprint). Emerge: 2018 Lambda Fellows Anthology, edited by JD Scott, Independently Published, Mar. 9, 2019, pp. 357-362.
- “Webbed.” Chelsea Station, 24 Jul. 2018.
- Book Chapter: “Designing and Teaching Introduction to LGBT Literature in the U.S. and Turkey from a Transnational Perspective.” Approaches to Teaching LGBT Literature, edited by William P. Banks and John Pruitt, Peter Lang, 2018, pp. 49-69.
- “Runway.” The Iowa Review, forthcoming.
- “Outing.” X-R-A-Y Literary Magazine, forthcoming.
Specialties
Rhetoric and composition, LGBT literature, creative writing (fiction)

serkan.gorkemli@uconn.edu | |
Phone | 203-251-9585 |
CV | gorkemli-cv |
Mailing Address | University of Connecticut Department of English 215 Glenbrook Road, U-4025 Storrs, CT 06269-4025 |
Campus | Stamford |
Office Hours | On leave for Fall 2021 |
Link | http://english.uconn.edu/serkan-gorkemli/ |