Betül Gaye Dinç
researcher, writer and illustrator
Hi, I'm Betül Gaye.
I'm an early-career researcher, editor and illustrator with prior experience as a museum educator and creator of picture books. Currently, I'm conducting my PhD project on the collection of Seven Stories The National Centre for Children's Books as a fellow of Northern Bridge Consortium Doctoral Training Partnership at Northumbria University.
I'm also an Erasmus Mundus scholar (2020-2022), the founder of Imagine Lab Collaborations, and one of the founding members of the Istanbul Gender Museum.
On this website, I invite you to explore my research, professional and creative works, and passion projects. Enjoy browsing and get in touch with me.
View my complete resume here.
My education
Bachelor of Arts
2012-2018
Koç University (Turkey)
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Archaeology and Art History (major)
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English Language and Comparative Literature (double major)
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Gender Studies (specialization track)
With a full merit scholarship
Graduation rank: 1st in both majors
Master of Arts
2018-2020
Koç University (Turkey)
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Design, Technology & Society
Thesis title: "Interdisciplinary research on picturebooks and comics for museums and cultural heritage sites"
With scholarship
2020 Academic Excellence Award
Master of Arts
2020-2022
The University of Glasgow (the UK), Aarhus University (Denmark), Tilburg University (the Netherlands)
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The International Master in Children's Literature, Media, and Culture (CLMC)
Thesis title: "NaturalCultural Compositions through the Thickness of Stones in Children's Books", completed at Wroclaw University (Poland).
With Erasmus Mundus scholarship
Graduated with Distinction
My interests
children's play, reading, and learning with art-based practices
picturebooks, graphic novels, nonfiction books
material, ecological & posthuman entanglements
eco-feminism, participation, &
youth activism
museum, art histoy & heritage education
time, space & memory in narratives
distant reading of children's texts and images with digital annotations
promoting multiculturalism & neurodiversity with reading and art
children's book reviews and recommandations
