Doga Tekin | CV
UCLA || Linguistic Anthropology
University of California,
Los Angeles
Department of Anthropology
Department of Anthropology
Education
Exp. Spring 2026
Ph.D. Linguistic Anthropology
University of California, Los Angeles
University of California, Los Angeles
Winter 2022
M.A. Linguistic Anthropology
University of California, Los Angeles
University of California, Los Angeles
Thesis Title: “Claiming Big Sur: How Places Enter Semiosis”
M.A. Thesis Committee: Dr. Erin Debenport, Dr. Paul Kroskrity, & Dr. H. Samy Alim
2014-2018
B.S. Cornell University, College of Agricultural Life Sciences
Interdisciplinary Studies Major with focus on Linguistic Anthropology
Education & Fungal Biology Minors
Interdisciplinary Studies Major with focus on Linguistic Anthropology
Education & Fungal Biology Minors
Certifications
2022
Urban Humanities Graduate Certificate
UCLA Department of Architecture and Urban Design
Honors & Awards
2022
Graduate Student Working Group Fellowship
UCLA Luskin Institute on Inequality and Democracy
Project title: “Decarcerating Public Libraries: Pedagogy and Praxis”
2021
Summer Mentored Research Fellowship
University of California, Los Angeles | Department of Anthropology
2018
Distinction in Research
Cornell University, College of Agricultural Life Sciences | Research Honors Program
Publications
Workshops & Presentations
Tekin, Doğa, Rebecca Smith. 2023. "Sound and Sonic Production: Interactive Listening and Recording Workshop" Workshop, Inaugural Urban Humanities Global (Un)Conference, Tuscon AZ, March 3-5, 2023.
Tekin, Doğa, Rebecca Smith. 2023. "Experimental Sound Workshop" Workshop, UCLA Urban Humanities Initiative, Los Angeles CA, January 11-25, 2023.
Tekin, Doğa. 2020. "Drawing in the Language of Animacy." Workshop, POC Fungi Community: A Fungi Gathering on Kumeyaay Territory, San Diego CA, March 1, 2020.
Tekin, Doğa. 2018. "Getting to Know Your Mushrooms: Close-Observational Drawing in the Field." Workshop, New Moon Mycology Summit, Wingdale NY, August 18, 2018.
Tekin, Doğa. 2020. Review of Looking Like a Language, Sounding
Like a Race: Raciolinguistic Ideologies and the Learning of Latinidad, by Jonathan Rosa, Journal of Linguistic Anthropology 30 (2): 277-78.
https://doi.org/10.1111/jola.12266.
Workshops & Presentations
Tekin, Doğa, Rebecca Smith. 2023. "Sound and Sonic Production: Interactive Listening and Recording Workshop" Workshop, Inaugural Urban Humanities Global (Un)Conference, Tuscon AZ, March 3-5, 2023.
Tekin, Doğa, Rebecca Smith. 2023. "Experimental Sound Workshop" Workshop, UCLA Urban Humanities Initiative, Los Angeles CA, January 11-25, 2023.
Tekin, Doğa. 2020. "Drawing in the Language of Animacy." Workshop, POC Fungi Community: A Fungi Gathering on Kumeyaay Territory, San Diego CA, March 1, 2020.
Tekin, Doğa. 2018. "Getting to Know Your Mushrooms: Close-Observational Drawing in the Field." Workshop, New Moon Mycology Summit, Wingdale NY, August 18, 2018.
Exhibition History
Tekin, Doğa. "Myco-Attunements." Nepantla Spora, 1 October 2021 - 23 October 2021, POC Fungi Community, San Diego, CA.
Tekin, Doğa. "Schizophyllum commune." Nepantla Spora, 1 October 2021 - 23 October 2021, POC Fungi Community, San Diego, CA.
Teaching Experience
Summer 2022
Graduate Instructor | University of California, Los Angeles
Department of Anthropology
Department of Anthropology
Anthro 146: Urban Anthropology (syllabus)
Anthro 132: Anthropology of the Environment (syllabus)
2020-present
Teaching Associate | University of California, Los Angeles
Department of Anthropology
Department of Anthropology
Anthro 4: Culture and Communication (Fall 2020, Winter 2020, and Fall 2021)
Anthro 169: Governance and Power in Mexico-U.S. Borderlands
Anthro M152P: Language Development and Socialization
Anthro 1: Human Evolution
Anthro 495: Teaching Anthropology
Anthro 195CE: Ethnography and Experience in Los Angeles
2020-present
Graduate Student Assistant
Fowler Museum Education Department | Los Angeles, CA
Fowler Museum Education Department | Los Angeles, CA
2018-2019
Pre-K Teaching Assistant and Garden Mentor
Ithaca Children’s Garden | Ithaca, NY
Ithaca Children’s Garden | Ithaca, NY
2017-2018
Education Intern
Johnson Museum of Art | Ithaca, NY
Johnson Museum of Art | Ithaca, NY
2017-2018
Teaching Assistant | Cornell University
Department of Development Sociology
Department of Development Sociology
EDUC 2410: Art of TeachingDepartment of Plant Pathology
EDUC 4040: Engaging Students in Learning
PLPA 2010: Magic Mushrooms, Mischievous Molds
2017
Naturalist Outreach Program Presenter | Cornell University
College of Agricultural Life Sciences | Ithaca, NY
College of Agricultural Life Sciences | Ithaca, NY
2017
Turkish Teacher
Greater Ithaca Activities Center | Ithaca, NY
Greater Ithaca Activities Center | Ithaca, NY
Organizing & Leadership Experience
2018-present
The Mycelium Underground | Core Organizer
The Mycelium Underground organizes annual and seasonal educational mycology conferences focused on social-environmental justice, accessibility, and supporting resilience within bioregional communities.
The Mycelium Underground organizes annual and seasonal educational mycology conferences focused on social-environmental justice, accessibility, and supporting resilience within bioregional communities.
2017-2018
Cornell Middle Eastern Music Ensemble | PresidentCMEME was a group of Cornell undergraduate students, graduate students, postdocs, faculty, and Ithaca community members who performed the folk and pop music of cultures and languages distributed across Eastern Europe, Northern Africa & Western Asia.
2015-2018
Cornell University Mushroom Club | Co-President
Cornell’s mushroom club, Fantastic Fungi Fanatics, provided the Cornell and Ithaca community with opportunities to learn, share knowledge, and build relationships with mushrooms. Our activities included group forays, lab cultivations, presentations, and a variety of workshops.
Cornell’s mushroom club, Fantastic Fungi Fanatics, provided the Cornell and Ithaca community with opportunities to learn, share knowledge, and build relationships with mushrooms. Our activities included group forays, lab cultivations, presentations, and a variety of workshops.
Languages
Turkish Native
English Native
Spanish Elementary
French Elementary
Art
Drawing | Painting | Photography | Digital Illustration
Portraiture | Botanical/Mycological Illustration
Photoshop | Procreate
Music