Gender
Dr. Hafza Girdap
Director - Nonresident Research FellowDr. Hafza Girdap is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology at Hofstra University and the spokesperson for Advocates of Silenced Turkey (AST). She received her PhD in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies from...
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Dr. Dilek Karal
Nonresident Research FellowDr. Dilek Karal is a sociologist and women rights activist focusing on immigration and gender studies. Karal worked among different immigrant groups in Turkey and in Ethiopia as a researcher and as a humanitarian worker. Karal received...
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Dr. Merve Reyhan Kayikci
Nonresident Research FellowMerve Reyhan Kayikci is a postdoctoral researcher for the H2020 funded project Religion Toleration and Peace (RETOPEA). She is trained as a social and cultural anthropologist. She obtained her Ph.D. from the Interculturalism, Migration, and...
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Dr. Semiha Topal
Nonresident Research FellowDr. Semiha Topal is currently a visiting assistant professor of Religious Studies at William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. Dr. Topal’s research focuses on the question of subjectivity, self-construction, and women’s agency in contemporary Muslim...
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Dr. Afiya S. Zia
Nonresident Research FellowAfiya S. Zia (Ph.D. Women and Gender Studies) has held the Frank B Weeks chair as Visiting Assistant Professor of Feminist, Gender and Sexualities Studies (2021-2022). She carries over 20 years of experience in research,...
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