Prof. Kemerli teaches political theory, comparative political thought, and Middle East politics at Bard College. She completed her PhD in the Department of Government at Cornell University, and holds a BA from Boğaziçi University in Turkey, and MA degrees from Goldsmiths College of the University of London and Cornell University. Her interdisciplinary research addresses theories and practices of resistance, decolonization, violence/nonviolence, and religion and politics, and she offers courses on these topics. Prof. Kemerli is currently completing a book manuscript on war-resistance and conscientious objection in Turkey, and her articles and reviews have appeared in a range of journals including International Journal of Middle East Studies, Theory & Event, Political Theory, New Political Science and Radical Philosophy.