Serkan Görkemli

Professor

English

Serkan Görkemli is a professor of English at the University of Connecticut and teaches writing and literature at the Stamford campus. He is the author of two books: Sweet Tooth and Other Stories (University Press of Kentucky, 2024; 2024 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards silver winner in LGBTQ+ fiction and finalist in short stories, and 2025 Housatonic Book Awards finalist in fiction) and Grassroots Literacies: Lesbian and Gay Activism and the Internet in Turkey (SUNY Press, 2014; 2015 Lavender Rhetorics Book Award winner). Originally from Türkiye, he has a Ph.D. in English from Purdue University.

Specialties

  • Creative Writing
  • LGBTQ+ Literature
  • Writing Studies

 

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Contact Information
Emailserkan.gorkemli@uconn.edu
Phone203-251-9585
CV gorkemli-cv-sept25
Mailing Address1 University Pl. Stamford, CT 06901
CampusStamford
Office HoursSpring 2026: Tu & Thu 12-2pm (In-Person)
Linkhttp://english.uconn.edu/serkan-gorkemli/