Assist. Prof. Dr. Christopher Gunn is a member of Faculty at Coastal Carolina University. Gunn has spent nearly six years living and
researching abroad in Budapest, Istanbul, Ankara and Antalya, and his primary research interests include Turkey, Cyprus, the Ottoman
Empire, the Balkans, Caucasus, and the Eastern Mediterranean, transnational political violence and reconciliation. He teaches courses
on the Ottoman Empire, the modern Middle East, the Eastern Mediterranean, and terrorism.