Şeyma Yonar holds a Master’s degree in English and American Studies from the University of Graz, Austria, and she completed a mobility semester at the Autonomous University of Barcelona as part of the European Joint Master’s Programme. She is currently a project assistant for the Erasmus+ project Eco-Stories, coordinated by the Center for Inter-American Studies at the University of Graz. Her Master’s thesis, “Short Texts—Long Term Effects: The Canadian Eco-Story,” explores how Canadian short story contributes to contemporary environmental discourse through ecocritical, narrative, and gender-based perspectives. Her research interests include North American and transnational literary studies, with a focus on Canadian short fiction, ecocriticism, and gender studies.