Ayca Tomac

Ayca Tomac is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Gender Studies at Queen's University, affiliated with the Faculty of Arts and Science. She holds cross-appointments as a Term Adjunct in the Department of Sociology and as an Assistant Professor in Cultural Studies at the School of Graduate Studies. Her research explores transformative social movements, cultures of resistance, and solidarity-building practices in the Middle East/North Africa and Mediterranean regions. She focuses on alliances among urban youth, women’s groups, LGBTQI communities, Muslim cultural identities, and anti-capitalist/anti-authoritarian organizers.

• B.A.H. in Sociology from Middle East Technical University
• M.A. in Gender Studies from Queen's University
• Ph.D. in Cultural Studies from Queen's University

Her work employs feminist ethnography and community-based methods. Current teaching includes DEVS 260: Globalization, Gender & Development. She contributes to debates on precarious alliances and radical political strategies in neoliberal contexts.