Academic Background

Education

• Ph.D. in Media and Communication (2003 – 2007)
  Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania, Advisor: Oscar H. Gandy
• M.A. in Media and Communication (2001 – 2003)
  Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania, Advisor: Oscar H. Gandy
• B.A. in Business Administration (1997 – 2001)
  College of Administrative Sciences and Economics, Koç University

Academic Employment and Titles

• Associate Professor (December 2015 – )
  College of Social Sciences and Humanities, Koç University, Istanbul, TURKEY
• Granted the title of Associate Professor by the Council of Higher Education in Turkey (2011)
• Assistant Professor (October 2010 – November 2015)
  College of Social Sciences and Humanities, Koç University, Istanbul, TURKEY
• Assistant Professor of Advertising (2007 – 2010)
  Faculty of Communication, Kadir Has University, Istanbul, TURKEY
• Instructor, Visual Communications (2005)
  College of General Studies, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA USA
• Teaching and Research Assistant (2001 – 2005)
  Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA USA

Research and Teaching Interests

• Media and communication studies
• New media and communication technologies
• Audience behavior
• Social psychology of communication
• Surveillance and privacy