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, Production Studies, Global Media, Media Regulation and Policy, Media Audiences, Authoritarianism, Nationalism, Development, Politics of Representation, Documentary Theory and Practice, Human Rights, Global South, Middle East, Turkey
Selected Publications
“Not Essential: The Controversial Status of Turkish Dizis,” Book Chapter, Media Industries in Crisis: What COVID Unmasked, eds. Vicki Mayer, Noa Lavie, and Miranda Banks, Routledge (April 2024)
“The Dizi Industry’s Global Imaginaries and Narratives of Global Success,” International Communication Gazette, Vol: 85, No: 3-4 (Summer 2023)
“‘They Don’t Care What We Watch’: On Ratings, Culture-Making, and Sentiments of Belonging in the Dizi Industry,” Visual Anthropology Review (In Press)