Visiting Professor, International Institute for Qualitative Methodology at University of Alberta, Canada

Emel Elif Tugdar holds the position of Visiting Professor in the International Institute for Qualitative Methodology at the University of Alberta, Canada. She holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from West Virginia University (USA). Her research agenda includes ethno-politics, human rights, and politics of gender with a major focus on the Middle East, specifically Turkey and the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.