Doğa Tekin | CV


University of California, Los Angeles
Department of Anthropology

Education


Exp. Spring 2026
Ph.D. Linguistic Anthropology
University of California, Los Angeles

Winter 2022
M.A. Linguistic Anthropology
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


Certifications


2022
Urban Humanities Graduate Certificate
UCLA Department of Architecture and Urban Design

Honors & Awards


2025
Dissertation Fieldwork Grant
Wenner Gren Foundation
“Huitlacoche in Circulation: Material-Semiotic Processes, Political Economy, and Indigenous Identity-Making”

2025
Rappaport Prize Semi-Finalist
American Anthropological Association, Anthropology and Environment Society
Paper title: “Huitlacoche, Corn, and the Politics of Purity: Indigenous Resistance of U.S. Agricultural Discourses”

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


Tekin, Doğa. 2024. “‘On The Decolonizing Path’ With Huitlacoche.” [dis/em/re/mis] placement, Digital Salon Podcast S3. https://digitalsalon.podbean.com/e/on-the-decolonizing-path-with-huitlacoche/.

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. “Interspecies Memories: Fungi as Memory Stewards." Collaborations Afield, Mahindra Humanities Center Interdisciplinary Graduate Student Conference, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 28 March 2025.


Ceballos, Mario, Doğa Tekin.“Decolonizing Huitlacoche." New Moon Mycology Summit, Greensboro, VT, 11 August 2023.

Tekin, Doğa, Rebecca Smith. “Sound and Sonic Production: Interactive Listening and Recording Workshop" Workshop, Inaugural Urban Humanities Global (Un)Conference, Tuscon, AZ, 4 March 2023.

Tekin, Doğa, Rebecca Smith. “Experimental Sound Workshop" Workshop, UCLA Urban Humanities Initiative, Los Angeles, CA, 11-25 January 2023.


Tekin, Doğa. “Drawing in the Language of Animacy." Workshop, POC Fungi Community: A Fungi Gathering on Kumeyaay Territory, San Diego, CA, 1 March 2020.

Tekin, Doğa.“Getting to Know Your Mushrooms: Close-Observational Drawing in the Field." Workshop, New Moon Mycology Summit, Wingdale, NY, 18 August 2018.

Exhibition History


Marshall, Natalie, Doğa Tekin. “Listening to Big Sur: An Interspecies Song.” Transitions/Transmissions: A Sound Installation, AAA/CASCA, Toronto, CA, 16 November 2023.

Tekin, Doğa. "Myco-Attunements." Nepantla Spora, POC Fungi Community, San Diego, CA, 1-23 October 2021.

Tekin, Doğa. "Schizophyllum commune." Nepantla Spora, POC Fungi Community, San Diego, CA, 1-23 October 2021.

Teaching Experience



2022 - present
Graduate Student Instructor/Teaching Fellow | University of California, Los Angeles
Department of Anthropology

Anthro 146: Urban Anthropology (2 quarters)

Anthro 132: Anthropology of the Environment

Anthro 195CE: Ethnography and Experience in Los Angeles (6 quarters)

Department of Urban Planning

Urban Humanities Initiative Fall Graduate Seminar - Sonic Methods Instructor

Urban Humanities Initiative Spring Graduate Capstone


2022 - 2024
Teaching Assistant Consultant | University of California, Los Angeles
Department of Anthropology

Anthro 495: Teaching Anthropology (3 quarters)


2020 - 2023
Teaching Associate | University of California, Los Angeles
Department of Anthropology
Anthro 4: Culture and Communication (3 quarters)
Anthro 169: Governance and Power in Mexico-U.S. Borderlands

Anthro M152P: Language Development and Socialization

Anthro 1: Human Evolution


2020 - 2021
Graduate Student Assistant
Fowler Museum Education Department | Los Angeles, CA



2018-2019
Pre-K Teaching Assistant and Garden Mentor
Ithaca Children’s Garden | Ithaca, NY  


2017-2018
Education Intern
Johnson Museum of Art | Ithaca, NY                        


2017-2018
Teaching Assistant | Cornell University
Department of Development Sociology
EDUC 2410: Art of Teaching
EDUC 4040: Engaging Students in Learning
Department of Plant Pathology
PLPA 2010: Magic Mushrooms, Mischievous Molds

2017
Naturalist Outreach Program Presenter | Cornell University
College of Agricultural Life Sciences | Ithaca, NY
2017
Turkish Teacher
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. 

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.


Languages

Turkish               Native
English               Native
Spanish         Elementary
French          Elementary


Art

Drawing | Painting | Photography | Digital Illustration
Portraiture | Botanical/Mycological Illustration

Photoshop | Procreate



Music

Electronic Music Production | Ableton Live
Flute | Voice | Piano | Darbuka
Ambient Electronic | Turkish Folk | LoFi 

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