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“Nuances of Feminist Engagement with the State: Anti-Feminicide Struggle in Turkey as Non-Reformist Reform.” written by Sumru Atuk. Sumru Atuk is Associate Professor of Politics at Ithaca College, where she is also affiliated with the Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program. Her research examines gender politics and feminist resistance, with a particular focus on femicide/feminicide in Turkey, Mexico, and the United States. Her book manuscript, Letting Kill: The Politics of Feminicide and the State (forthcoming, Rutgers University Press), theorizes how state practices allow feminicide. She is also the editor of Türkiye’de Kadın Cinayetleri: Kavram, Bağlam, Direniş [Femicide/Feminicide in Turkey: The Concept, the Context, and the Resistance] (forthcoming, Metis). As an activist scholar, Sumru also takes part in grassroots and transnational feminist initiatives aimed at challenging gendered power relations and addressing gender-based violence

Honorable Mentions

Academic Writing: "Sacred Coercion: Corporal Fascism, the Ecclesiastical Counteroffensive, and Feminist Potencia in Argentina and Brazil." written by Jessica Carvalho Morris. Jessica Carvalho Morris is an independent researcher and lawyer working across academic research, teaching, and activism internationally. She holds a doctorate in Human Rights from the University of Coimbra (Portugal, with distinction and honors), a Juris Doctor cum laude from the University of Miami School of Law, and an LLB from the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (Brazil). Her work develops the concept of "corporal fascism" — the use of legal, religious, educational, medical, and financial means to coerce and control gendered bodies — through comparative research on Brazil and Argentina.

Poetry: "Good Girl" written by Marci Wilding. Marci Wilding is a writer, law professor, and law librarian whose work explores the intersections of gender, law, memory, and institutional life. She serves as an Assistant Professor of the Practice of Law and Public Services Law Librarian at the University of Mississippi School of Law and is pursuing a PhD in Higher Education with a minor in Gender Studies. Her writing spans literary nonfiction, poetry, scholarship, and journalism, with particular interests in the ways institutions and cultural narratives shape whose experiences are recognized, preserved, and believed. Her work can be found at wildinghouse.com.

Poetry: "Itemized Red" written by Gerburg Garmann. Gerburg Garmann is a German-born painter and poet whose work serves as a bridge between academic rigor and visceral creativity. After a distinguished tenure as a Professor of Global Languages and Cross-Cultural Studies at the University of Indianapolis, she now channels her deep cross-cultural insights into her artistic practice. A trilingual scholar published in English, German, and French, Gerburg’s creative output is featured in art and poetry anthologies worldwide, reflecting a truly international perspective. Her current work is particularly dedicated to creating evocative, meaningful art that centers on the female experience. For more information visit www.gerburggarmann.com.