{"id":24921,"date":"2018-05-22T15:20:52","date_gmt":"2018-05-22T19:20:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/college.unc.edu\/?p=24921"},"modified":"2024-07-02T16:55:27","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T16:55:27","slug":"royster-professor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/collegearchive.unc.edu\/?p=24921","title":{"rendered":"G\u00f6kariksel is appointed Royster Distinguished Professor for Graduate Education"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_24922\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24922\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-24922\" src=\"https:\/\/collegearchive.unc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2024\/07\/GM29537_IMG_1326_edited1-Banu.jpg\" alt=\"Banu Gokariksel\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-24922\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Banu Gokariksel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Banu G\u00f6kariksel<\/strong>, a geographer in the College of Arts &amp; Sciences whose interdisciplinary research examines religion and gender in politics, public life and identity formation, has been appointed the Caroline H. and Thomas S. Royster Distinguished Professor for Graduate Education. Her three-year appointment begins July 1.<\/p>\n<p>G\u00f6kariksel will lead the Royster Society of Fellows, The Graduate School\u2019s most selective fellowship program. Since 1996, more than 700 graduate students in programs campus-wide have pursued their doctoral education at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as members of the Royster Society.<\/p>\n<p>Marsha Collins, a UNC-Chapel Hill faculty member since 1988, has served as Royster Distinguished Professor since January 2016.<\/p>\n<p>G\u00f6kariksel is an associate professor in UNC-Chapel Hill\u2019s geography department, where she has served as the director of graduate studies. A faculty member since 2005, she has a joint appointment in the Curriculum in Global Studies. G\u00f6kariksel also holds an adjunct appointment in Gender, Sexuality and Feminist Studies at Duke University. She is the co-editor of the <em>Journal of Middle East Women\u2019s Studies<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Among her honors are the University\u2019s 2017 Chapman Family Teaching Award and the 2018 American Association of Geographers\u2019 Enhancing Diversity Award.<\/p>\n<p>G\u00f6kariksel\u2019s work has traced the effects of the resurgence of Islamic politics and capitalism in the way people live and relate to one another in Turkey, where she has been conducting fieldwork research since 1996. Her current project examines how the influx of Syrian refugees and the increasing emphasis on a Sunni Muslim identity in public life are contributing to growing tensions among neighbors in cities across Turkey. Her transnational approach also brings her analysis of political dynamics in Turkey into conversation with those in the United States and Europe.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBanu crosses many disciplines and seeks many ways of examining identity to deepen our understanding of how individuals navigate private and public spaces,\u201d said Jennifer Gerz-Escand\u00f3n, associate dean for interdisciplinary education and fellowship programs at The Graduate School. \u201cHer commitment to teaching \u2013 to graduate students \u2013 is just as inspiring as her research. She provides an ideal role model for our Royster fellows, who come from many programs campus-wide and seek to learn from each other.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>G\u00f6kariksel said the Royster Society of Fellows is unique in supporting students\u2019 success within their academic programs and also stressing an interdisciplinary approach to teaching, research and public service.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy goals include building the Royster Society\u2019s Royster Global initiative, deepening interdisciplinary intellectual engagement, enhancing diversity, and developing the ways in which the Royster Society contributes to our campus and beyond,\u201d G\u00f6kariksel said.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Royster\u2019s generous gifts established the interdisciplinary Royster Society of Fellows. In 2009, UNC-Chapel Hill established the term professorship, made possible by a lead gift from the Roysters and matching funds from the state\u2019s faculty endowment trust.<\/p>\n<p><em>Story by Deb Saine, The Graduate School<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Banu G\u00f6kariksel, a geographer in the College of Arts &amp; Sciences whose interdisciplinary research examines religion and gender in politics, public life and identity formation, has been appointed the Caroline H. and Thomas S. 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