Kyra Sutton

Kyra Sutton is an Assistant Professor at Bilkent University specializing in contemporary Anglo-American literature and critical theory. She received her Ph.D. in Rhetoric and Critical Theory from the University of California, Berkeley in 2024.

Her research examines intersections of literature with critical religion/secularism studies, focusing on how literary forms challenge conventional definitions of secular modernity. Current book project 'The Secular Undone' analyzes contemporary Anglo-American texts that blur religious/secular boundaries. Secondary research investigates affect and form in American novels within contexts of neoliberal emotional economies.

She serves as Associate Editor for 'Critical Times: Interventions in Global Critical Theory' and has published in CR: The New Centennial Review and qui parle.