Nicholas Glastonbury is a PhD Candidate in cultural anthropology at CUNY Graduate Center, where he also completed a certificate in Women’s and Gender Studies. He is writing a dissertation on the culture and politics of sonic media in Kurdistan from the beginning of the Cold War to the present. He is also a literary translator from Turkish and Kurdish; his translation of the novel Every Fire You Tend received the 2020 TA First Translation Prize from the Society of Authors. His research has been supported by the Wenner-Gren Foundation, the Social Science Research Council, and the American Institute for Research in Turkey. He is a co-editor of Jadaliyya, an independent platform for analysis and commentary on the Middle East. For CUNY BA, Nicholas will focus on organizing workshops, events, and professional development for students. For CUNY BA, Nicholas will focus on organizing workshops, events, and professional development for students.