Ismail Onur SONAT
Lecturer
Istanbul
Summary
Dynamic academic professional with proven track record in delivering engaging and insightful lectures. Adept at curriculum development, research, and fostering inclusive learning environment. Strong focus on collaboration and achieving academic excellence. Reliable and adaptable, with skills in critical thinking, communication, and classroom management.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
2
2
Certifications
Work History
Lecturer
Halic University
02.2020 - 08.2023
Lecturer at the Department of Foreign Languages
- Developed strong relationships with colleagues, collaborating on curriculum development and sharing best practices in teaching strategies.
- Developed and implemented innovative teaching strategies to engage students in lectures and coursework.
- Arranged syllabus, developed schedule, and determined reading list for varied courses simultaneously, giving students appropriate time to complete assignments and absorb information.
- Developed and implemented innovative course materials, significantly increasing student interest in subject matter.
Lecturer
Halic University
09.2023 - 09.2024
Lecturer at the Department of American Culture and Literature
- Evaluated student progress through regular assessments, providing detailed feedback for improvement and growth.
- Created and designed quizzes, tests and projects to assess student knowledge.
- Increased student interest by incorporating real-world examples into lessons and connecting material to relevant experiences.
- Cultivated critical thinking skills through challenging assignments that required analysis, synthesis, and evaluation of information from various sources.
- Led seminars and workshops to facilitate student learning and engagement and increase memory retention.
Lecturer
Halic University
10.2024 - Current
Lecturer at the Department of Modern Languages
- Mentored and advised students to explore career pathways based and amplify knowledge, skills and strengths.
- Selected and designed lesson plans and curriculum to meet academic objectives.
- Graded quizzes, tests, homework, and projects to provide students with timely academic progress information and feedback.
- Evaluated and supervised student activities and performance levels to provide reports on academic progress.
- Arranged syllabus, developed schedule, and determined reading list for varied courses simultaneously, giving students appropriate time to complete assignments and absorb information.
Education
Bachelor of Arts - English Language And Literature
İstanbul University
06-2018
Master of Arts - American Studies (American Culture And Literature)
Istanbul University
07-2021
Ph.D. - English Language And Literature
Ege University
Izmir06-2026
Skills
Lecture development
Online class discussion
Academic publication
Discussion facilitation
PowerPoint
Classroom management
Student counseling
Lesson planning
Research and analysis
Student engagement
Curriculum creation
Certification
Pedagogical Formation
Publications
- Contagious Sovereignties: the Brexit-Era Reinvention of Colonial ‘Inner Circles’ in 28 Years Later
IO Sonat, 2025 ‘Inner Circles’ GAPS Postcolonial Narrations, University of Oxford, September 2025
- “Mr. Melancholy is the Big Bad”: Hauntology, Spectral Intertextuality and Lost Queer Futures in Jane Schoenbrun’s I Saw the TV Glow
IO Sonat, Contextual Confluence: Media, Text and Traditions, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2025 (Not yet published)
- Spectral (re)Visions: The Queering of Time and Narrative in All of Us Strangers
IO Sonat, Adaptation, Restoration, Rebirth: 20th Annual Association of Adaptation Studies - 2025
- “As Hårga takes, so Hårga also gives”: Approaching Trauma through the Lens of Carnivalesque in Ari Aster’s Midsommar
IO Sonat, Overtones Ege Journal of English Studies 4 (1), 29-36 - 2025
- Mènage À Trois and Modernist Desires: Triangulation of Desire in The Good Soldier and Brideshead Revisited
IO Sonat, Filoloji Alanında Akademik Araştırmalar, 61-70 - 2025
- “Fixing me a moment with her green shade”: An Ecofeminist Approach to the Reception of Lord Byron’s Sea Cybele in Henry James’s The Aspern Papers
IO Sonat, 1st International Kent Symposium: City and Literature - 2025
- Secret Trauma, Insidious Trauma and Literature as Testimony in Dorothy Allison’s Bastard Out of Carolina
IO Sonat, Researches in Language and Literature, 116 - 136 - 2024
- “I sold flowers. I didn't sell myself. Now you've made a lady of me I'm not fit to sell anything else!”: Re-Animating Galatea in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and George Bernard Shaw
IO Sonat, Journal of Literature, Languages and Linguistics - 2024
- Exploring Womb Envy in Angela Carter’s Shadow Dance
IO Sonat, Melius: Journal of Narrative and Language Studies, 17-21 - 2024
- Unraveling Anthropocene and Capitalocene in Paolo Bacigalupi's The Windup Girl
IO Sonat, BAKEA International Western Cultural and Literary Studies Symposium 2023
- Persephonic Phallacy: An Ecofeminist Reading of William Faulkner's Sanctuary
IO Sonat, IDEA 2022 Conference - 2022
- “I'm a man of thirty - of twenty again. The rain on my chest is a baptism - I'm born again ... ”: Gendered Ageism in The Dark Knight Returns.
IO Sonat, 18th Ege International Cultural Studies Symposium, 2022
- “Years haven’t been kind, Selina”: Intertwined Notions of Age and Gender in Frank Miller’s The Dark Knight Returns
IO Sonat, Aging and Ageism: Contemporary Approaches, 2022
- "I contain multitudes": Urban Monstrosity in Michael Cunningham's Specimen Days
IO Sonat, 5th International Literature and... Conference: Literature and the City - 2019
Courses
- 2024-2025 - Language and Literature
- 2024-2025 - Advanced English
- 2024-2025 - English for Academic Purposes
- 2023-2024 - Literary Concepts and Terminology
- 2023-2024 - Textual Analysis
- 2023-2024 - Native American Literature
- 2023-2024 - American Poetry
- 2023-2024 - Survey of American Literature II
- 2023-2024 - Gothic Literature
- 2023-2024 - Advanced Translation
- 2023-2024 - History of Western Literature
- 2023-2024 - Introduction to Linguistics
- 2023-2024 - American Drama II
- 2020-2021 - English for Tourism
- 2020-2021 - Professional English
Timeline
Lecturer
Halic University
10.2024 - Current
Lecturer
Halic University
09.2023 - 09.2024
Lecturer
Halic University
02.2020 - 08.2023
Bachelor of Arts - English Language And Literature
İstanbul University
Master of Arts - American Studies (American Culture And Literature)
Istanbul University
Ph.D. - English Language And Literature
Ege University