Logan Heiman

Logan Heiman is a Howard University senior, linguist, and channels his love of Turkey and all things Turkish as an intern at the Turkish Coalition of America in Washington, DC. Logan has worked with his project managers there to engage scholarship recipients in promoting Turkey in the United States and to help members of Congress and the general public learn more about the country by organizing news articles and position papers written by TCA's research fellow.

Before joining Turkish Coalition of America, Logan spent his junior year studying at Koc University in Istanbul, Turkey where he learned Turkish and edited Prof. Suhnaz Yilmaz's forthcoming textbook Turkish American Relations (1800-1952): Between the Stars, the Stripe, and the Crescent. During this time, Logan traveled extensively throughout Turkey, the Middle East, and Europe to countries including Jordan, Lebanon, Italy, Greece, and Norway.

Since entering Howard University in the fall of 2009, Logan's college career has been marked by an interest in languages, award-winning research, and high academic performance across the board. He has studied Arabic, Latin, and Ancient Greek and presented research on models of leadership in ancient Rome and the United States at Howard University's annual undergraduate research symposium where he was awarded first prize in the spring of 2011. Logan was also a research assistant for Dr. Dana Williams, chair of Howard University's Department of English that summer. Logan will graduate from Howard University with honors with a degree in classical civilizations in May 2013.

Logan Heiman was born in Texas and has family all over the world including a sister in Norway and other family members living in England, Dubai, and the Philippines. His mother was born in Manila. 

Logan, a noted mama's boy, speaks twice daily with his mom and lives in awe (and fear) of his big sister.