The Department of American Culture and Literature extends a warm welcome to our most recent hire, Assistant Professor Dr. Matthew Helm. Dr. Helm is a scholar of twentieth and twenty-first century transnational American literature and culture. He received his PhD in English with a Certificate in College Teaching from the University of Iowa in 2024. His scholarship has appeared in The Nathaniel Hawthorn Review, Religion & Literature, Studies in the Novel, and differences: A Journal of Feminist Cultural Studies.

In his free time, he loves watching reality television and horror movies. In addition to being an integral part of the AMER and Bilkent communities, he is looking forward to traveling around Türkiye and sampling its tasty cuisine.