Welcome!I am currently a postdoctoral scholar at the Mershon Center for International Security Studies at The Ohio State University and a research fellow on the Islamic Family Law Project at Syracuse University. I am also a commissioning editor at E-International Relations. I received my Ph.D. in Political Science from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University in July 2022.
I primarily study party policies and public attitudes toward refugees with a focus on the social construction of threat and security perceptions. My regional specializations are the Middle East and Western Europe. My coauthored book project, under contract with Cambridge University Press (CUP), investigates how the new immigrant and refugee flows have shaped Turkish politics and the historically competing Turkish and Kurdish nationalist visions in particular. Drawing on an original media dataset, party manifestos, and survey data, this book offers valuable insights into the complex interactions between refugee politics, electoral dynamics, and the emergence of new political tendencies in Turkey. My research has been published in leading journals and media outlets, including the Journal of Global Security Studies, European Politics and Society, Turkish Studies, Muslim World Journal of Human Rights, Forced Migration Review, and the Washington Post. My research has been funded by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, Andrew Berlin Family National Security Research Fund, the Moynihan Institute at Syracuse University, and the Office of International Affairs (OIA) at The Ohio State University. |