Yasemin Sari is Assistant Professor of Philosophy. Dr. Sari completed her PhD in Philosophy at the University of Alberta in 2015. She was a DAAD Post-Doctoral Researcher at Goethe University, Frankfurt in 2016. Before coming to Seattle University in 2023, she taught at the University of Northern Iowa, and she is the recipient of an UNI Outstanding Teaching Award, as well as an MWOne UNIque Advising Award.

As a political philosopher, her work mainly focuses on democratic political theory, especially as it relates to human rights, extra-institutional recognition, and the borders between citizen and non-citizen. Her current research takes up the global refugee crisis.

She is co-editor of the Bloomsbury Companion to Arendt, and author of numerous articles that have appeared in journals such as Research in Phenomenology, Philosophy Today, Symposium, Arendt Studies and APA Studies on Feminism and Philosophy.

In short, Dr. Sari reads, thinks, and writes for a living. When she is not analyzing and synthesizing concepts, information, and complex data she helps her students develop ideas, and projects, and most importantly ask questions to shape and re-envision their lives. She has had the opportunity to DJ at her favorite music venue while in Cedar Falls, and she is looking forward to identifying the place to host her '90s & 2000s redux set in Seattle!