Dr. Zümre Gizem Yılmaz is Assistant Professor of English Language and Literature at Social Sciences University of Ankara, specializing in ecophobia, environmental humanities, new materialisms, ancient philosophy (old materialisms), early modern English drama and monster studies. She obtained her bachelor’s degree in 2010, her master’s degree in 2012 (with her thesis entitled “The Illustration and Function of Epic Theatre Devices in Selected Plays by Caryl Churchill”), and her PhD degree in 2018 (with her dissertation entitled “The Discord Between the Elements and Human Nature: Ecophobia and Renaissance English Drama”) at Hacettepe University in the Department of English Language and Literature.