Professor Belma Ötüs Baskett

Born and raised in Istanbul, Turkey.

Educated at Robert College, Istanbul; Faculty of Languages, Anakara University; University of California, Berkeley.

Degrees:

B.S., Honors Diploma, M.A., Ph.D.

Teaching:

• Middle East Technical University, Ankara (23 years); Chairperson of Humanities Department (2 years).
• Michigan State University (12 years)
• Visiting Professor, Semester at Sea Program, University of Pittsburgh (one year)
• Kansai Gakuin University and Kobe College, Japan (one year)
• Bilkent University, Ankara (one year)
• University of Surrey at Roehampton (2 years)

Editorial:

• Editor of Ufuk magazine, publication of USIS, Ankara
• Style Editor of Translation Program of USIA, Ankara (10 years)
• Editor of Turkish Area Studies Review, London (2003-present)

Publications:

• Handbook for Composition and Term Papers for Freshmen, Middle East Technical University Press, Ankara, 1964
• English Studies, METU Press, 1969
• The Concept of Death in Ernest Hemingway, Dogus, 1969
• Kurt Vonnegut: Connoisseur of Chaos, Erk, 1983
• Nezihe Muhitin ve Türk Kadini, co-author with Aysegul Baykan, Iletisim, 1999
• and more than 60 articles published in Turkey, USA, UK, Austria, Spain.

Translations:

• Bir Fincan Çay (K. Mansfield, A Cup of Tea), 1951
• Baskan Nixon (Mazo and Hess, President Nixon), 1969
• Bahtsiz Asker (C. Wang, Soldier of Misfortune), 1970
• Li Ci’nin Maceralari (H. Evans, The Adventures of Li Chi), 1971
• Women and Religion (F. Berktay, Tek Tanrili Dinler ve Kadin), 1998

President of International Society for Contemporary Literature and Theater,
1995-present.

Married to Professor Sam Baskett.
Children: 2 sons, 1 granddaughter, one grandson.