Nükhet Kardam

Nükhet Kardam is an author, poet and Professor Emerita at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, in California, USA. She is the author of “IN WONDER” (Hayret), a poetry book in English and Turkish. This book includes photographic art by Greg Harris.

She is the author of three other books: Bringing Women In: Women's Issues in International Programs (Lynne Rienner, 1991), Turkey's Engagement in Women's Human Rights (Ashgate, 2005), and Dr. Kilisli Rifat: From Ottoman to Turk and Beyond (Libra Kitap 2017).

Nükhet was born in Ankara and raised in Istanbul, Türkiye.. She attended the American College for Girls in Istanbul (now Robert College). The next step in her education was a B.A in Philosophy from Istanbul University. She started a Masters Program in Political Science at Boğaziçi University (Bosphorus University) in Istanbul and finished it at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada, and holds a Ph.D in Political Science from Michigan State University. She was a Fulbright Senior Scholar in Turkey and a Fulbright Senior Specialist. Watch her TEDx talk titled "Watercolor Identities" on You Tube.