معرفی
Tarık Nejat Dinç serves as a Visiting Assistant Professor of Anthropology in the Anthropology Department within Reed College's Division of History and Social Sciences. A sociocultural anthropologist with expertise at the intersection of environmental anthropology, science and technology studies, and resource geography, he contributes significantly to Reed's academic community with his specialized knowledge of environmental justice movements and extractive industries.
Dr. Dinç received his Ph.D. in Anthropology from Stanford University in 2022 and brings to Reed prior teaching experience at both Stanford University and Bahçeşehir University in Istanbul. His research expertise centers on rural environmental justice movements, technopolitics of risk, and materialities of mining and toxicity, with regional focus on Turkey, the Mediterranean, and the Middle East.
His scholarly work examines the complex relationships between resource extraction, environmental risk, and social conflict. Current research trajectories include critical examination of climate change mitigation strategies and biomining practices involving acid-secreting synthetic microorganisms for lithium battery production. His work demonstrates a clear connection between academic scholarship and real-world environmental challenges.
Before completing his doctoral studies, Dinç worked as a food and agriculture campaigner for Greenpeace and served as Program Coordinator of the Farmers' Union of Turkey, a member of the global peasant movement La Via Campesina. This activist background informs his scholar-activist approach to academic work.
