Education

PhD., Anthropology, New York University  
Advanced Certificate in Culture and Media, New York University   
MA, Near Eastern Studies, New York University
BA & BS, Bogazici University & SUNY Binghamton 

Research and Teaching

Anthropology of Media, Media Industries, Production Cultures, Visual Anthropology, Nationalism, Development, Globalization, Cultural Policy, Censorship, Knowledge Production, Politics of Representation, Documentary Film, Human Rights, Middle East, Turkey

Selected Publications 

“The Dizi Industry’s Global Imaginaries and Narratives of Global Success,” International Communication Gazette, Vol: 85, No: 3-4 (Summer 2023)

“Not Essential: The Controversy Over Dizis During the Covid-19 Pandemic,” Book Chapter, Media Industries in Crisis: What COVID Unmasked, Routledge (forthcoming, Fall 2023)

“The Politics and Politicization of Ratings in the Dizi Industry,” Visual Anthropology Review (forthcoming, Fall 2023)

“The Culinary State: On Food, Politics of Representation and Identity in Israel,” HAGAR: Studies in Culture, Politics, and Identity, Vol. 10/2, (Spring 2012)