01/2009 Ph.D. in Sociology, The New School for Social Research, New York, U.S.A.
Dissertation:
“Is Anybody Listening? ‘Woman’s Voice’ and Public Sphere in Turkey”
2003 M.A. in Sociology
The New School for Social Research, New York, U.S.A.
2000 M.Sc. in Political Sociology
London School of Economics and Political Science, London, U.K.
1999 B.A. in International Relations
Koç University, Istanbul, Turkey
1987-1995 Sankt Georg Austrian Middle and High School, Istanbul, Turkey
2015, “Women and Cultural Citizenship in Turkey: Mass Media and ‘Woman’s Voice’ Television,” London: I.B. Tauris. My talk on the book can be viewed here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFECxsRbvL4&t=1s
2018, “Medya, İletişim ve Antropoloji” (“Media, Communications, and Anthropology”). In Kültür Denen Şey: Antropolojik Yaklaşımlar (The Thing Called Culture: Anthropological Approaches), ed. Cenk Ozbay and Ayfer Bartu Candan, Istanbul. Metis, 283-305.
2013, “Boundary Work in an Era of Transformation: Television, Taste and Distinction in Turkey,”International Journal of Communication, Vol. 7. Available at: https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/938
2011, “Public sphere and symbolic power: ‘Woman’s Voice’ as a case of cultural citizenship,” Cultural Sociology 5 (2), 281-299.
2005, “Veiling as identity politics: The case of Turkey.” Discourse of Sociological Practice 7 (1-2), 295-308.
"Like Attending Your Own Funeral: The Social Death of Ex-Jehovah’s Witnesses," with Daniel Miguel. 2024 interview with Andres Sanchez on the Sociology Talk Podcast can be found here: https://rss.com/podcasts/sociologytalk/1895394/
The "Home Within" Project: Exile from Caucasus. Available at: https://sites.google.com/view/circassianexile/home You may find the 2021 Ottoman History Podcast interview with me here: https://www.ottomanhistorypodcast.com/2021/09/circassian.html
Fall 2012- present: Santa Rosa Junior College, Behavioral Sciences Department, Full-time Sociology Instructor
Courses Taught (face-to-face and online): Introduction to Sociology, Modern Social Problems, Race and Ethnic Relations, Close Relationships and Family Life, Introduction to the Sociology of Gender
Spring 2010: Regis University, Denver CO, Sociology Department, Adjunct Faculty
Fall 2009- Spring 2012: Metropolitan State College of Denver, Denver CO, Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Behavioral Science, Affiliate Faculty
Courses Taught (face-to-face and online): Introduction to Sociology, Family in Transition, Current Social Issues, Mass Media and Social
Behavior, Gender in the Middle East, Prejudice and Discrimination, Gender and Society, Politics and Power
Fall 2009: Community College of Aurora, Aurora CO, Social Sciences Division, Adjunct Faculty
Courses Taught: Introduction to Sociology
Fall 2008- Spring 2009: Gainesville State College, Watkinsville GA, Social Sciences Division, Assistant Professor of Sociology
Courses Taught: Introduction to Sociology, Social Problems
Fall 2007: Emory University, Atlanta GA, Sociology Department, Visiting Faculty
Course Taught: Social Problems of Modern Societies
2004- 2005: University of California, San Francisco, Comprehensive Cancer Center and Cancer Research Institute, Executive Assistant to the Director
Kept Director’s schedule, arranged faculty meetings, scheduled dissertation meetings/defenses for graduate students, kept an updated list of the Director’s publications, conference presentations, lectures and other professional activities. Compiled Director’s academic review file. Kept minutes in departmental meetings.
2003- 2004: American University, School of Public Affairs, Washington D.C., Research Assistant
Project title: “Minority Representation in Democratic Countries”
Investigated election procedures in European countries. Corresponded in German and French with public officials. Translated documents in French and German into English. Produced excel tables for the ethnic make-up of European parliaments.
Summarized and translated United Nations documents into Turkish. Attended various UN meetings. Researched issues regarding advancement of women, human rights, African development and the Middle East peace process.
Women's History Month Talk, Santa Rosa Junior College, CA, 2025, "What Our Fat Students Would Like Us To Know: Fat Liberation, Anti-Blackness, and Desire/ability Politics" with Emma Ruderman.
Co-Facilitator for Community of Practice "Understanding the Israeli Palestinian Conflict", Spring '24. Santa Rosa Junior College.
Annual Meeting of the California Sociological Association, 2023, "Like Attending Your Own Funeral: The Social Death of Ex-Jehovah’s Witnesses," with Daniel Miguel.
Women's History Month Talk, Santa Rosa Junior College, CA, 2023, "The Home Within: Immigration, Culture, and Homesickness"
Annual Meeting of the California Sociological Association, 2022, "'Circassian Beauty': At the Intersection of the Social Construction of Whiteness, Sexism, and Orientalism."
Women's History Month Talk, Santa Rosa Junior College, CA, 2022, "'Circassian Beauty': At the Intersection of the Social Construction of Whiteness, Sexism, and Orientalism." Available at: https://www.3cmediasolutions.org/privid/377425?key=515ee1199d7138e05d43563eff4e44f5cc3899a4
Co-Facilitator for Community of Practice "Decolonizing Science and Honoring Indigenous Ways of Knowing", Spring '22. Santa Rosa Junior College.
EPIC Symposium, Stanford University, CA, 2021. "Exile from the Caucasus: An 'EPIC' Digital History Project." Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7HRNOGGlAk
PDA Day, Santa Rosa Junior College, CA, Fall 2021. "Go Beyond Canvas! Teaching an Equitable and Humanized Online Course"
Arts & Lectures/ Women’s History Month Talk, Santa Rosa Junior College, CA, 2017, “Violence Against Women: A Case Study of Turkey.” Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFECxsRbvL4, 2017
Annual Meeting of the California Sociological Association, Berkeley, CA, 2013, “Gezi, Occupy, and The Arab Spring: Advantages and Fault Lines of New Technologies during Protest Movements.”
Annual Meeting of the Middle East Studies Association, Denver CO, “Hegemony and Neoliberal Populism in Turkey: An Analysis of Justice and Development Party’s Rhetoric and Policies” (with Dr. Mehmet Sinan Birdal), 2012
Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, New Orleans, LA, Poster presentation: “Neoliberalism and Neopopulism in Turkey: The Political Economy of Religion,” 2012
Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Atlanta, GA, ASA Section on Political Sociology Paper Session: Gender Equality and Democratic Development, “Cultural Citizenship and the Notion of ‘Politics:’ ‘Woman’s Voice’ as a Case Study,” 2010
Faculty Colloquium, Metropolitan State College of Denver, Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Behavioral Science, 2009, “Is Anybody Listening? ‘Woman’s Voice’ and Public Sphere in Turkey”
Intersections Film Festival (IFF), University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, 2009. Invited discussant for the film “Bliss.”
Invited Talk for Women’s History Month, Gainesville State College, GA, 2009. “Women, Modernization and Honor: The Case of Turkey”
Professional Development Workshop, Gainesville State College, GA. 2008. “Domestic Violence from a Global Perspective: Cases of Turkey and Guyana” with Prof. George Danns
Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, New York City, 2007. “Is Anybody Listening? ‘Woman’s Voice’ and Public Sphere in Turkey”
Fifth Annual Meeting of the Cultural Studies Association (U.S.), Portland State University, Portland. 2007. “Media, Gender and Class: Prospects for Social Change in Turkey.”
37th World Congress of the International Institute of Sociology, Stockholm, Sweden. 2005. “Globalization, Mass Media and Democracy: The Case of Turkey.”
Kimlik ve Kültür Sempozyumu (Identity and Culture Symposium), Istanbul, Turkey. 2005. “Kimlikler ve Medya: 1990 Sonrası Türkiye’nin
Değişen Çehresi” (“Identities and Media: The Changing Face of Turkey after 1990”).
Social Theory Forum, University of Massachusetts, Boston. 2005. “Veiling as Identity Politics: The Case of Turkey”
Critical Themes in Media Studies. 2004. The New School for Social Research. "How to Approach the Media: The Significance of
Medium Theory”
Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, San Francisco. 2004. “The Public and the Private Spheres: Veiling in Turkey”
Politics of Language Conference, The New School for Social Research. 2003. “Imagined Communities: Turkey's Language Revolution and Nationalism”
Fall '20- Spring '21 Stanford University EPIC Community College Faculty Fellowship. Year-long teaching fellowship at Stanford University.
Spring 2021 Humanizing Online Teaching and Learning Course, California Virtual Campus Online Network of Educators
Spring 2021 Equity & Culturally Responsive Online Teaching Course, California Virtual Campus Online Network of Educators
Fall 2017-Fall 2019 Race, Inequality, Language and Education (RILE) Conference, Stanford University
Summer 2019 Knapsack Institute, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs
Fall 2018 Equity Summit, Skyline College
Spring 2025 SRJC Academic Senate's Workgroup for Online Teaching Certification
Spring 2024 SRJC Academic Senate's Workgroup for Peer Online Course Review (POCR) Certification
2022 - 2024 Teaching Fellows Program, Faculty Mentor, Santa Rosa Junior College (SRJC)
2023 Reviewer for the Paper Prize for Journal of the Ottoman and Turkish Studies Association (JOTSA)
2017- ongoing Coordinator of the Women’s History Month Calendar, Santa Rosa Junior College (SRJC)
2016 - 2018 Sustainability Committee Member, SRJC
2014 - 2016 District Online Committee Member, SRJC
2014 - 2020 Sociology Circle (SRJC’s Sociology Club) faculty advisor, SRJC
2012 - ongoing Several search committees, tenure and adjunct faculty evaluation committees, SRJC
2006 - 2007 Domestic Violence Crisis Line and Outreach Volunteer at WOMAN, Inc., San
Francisco, California Domestic Violence Certification Training completed in June
2004 - ongoing Member of the American Sociological Association
Turkish, native
English, fluent
German, fluent
French, moderate
Latin, moderate
Spanish, elementary