Ali E. Erol (Ph.D) is Assistant Professor of the Practice at the Department of Communication, Boston College. His research focuses on critical linguistics, discourses of subjugation, and queer talk-back. He has published articles in International Journal of Communication, Sexualities Journal, Journal of Narrative and Conflict, Oxford Journal of Socio-Legal Studies, and KaosQ+, and is currently working on a monograph that analyzes the discursive mechanisms by which the state and the protestors aligned to erase queer voices and concerns during the 2013 Occupy Gezi Uprisings in Turkey.