Dr. Sezgin has been doing a post-doc with Project Look Sharp at Ithaca College since February 2023. In her presentation, she will describe her work as an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication Sciences at Çukurova University in Adana, Turkey, and will explain why she came to Ithaca College and the work she has been doing while here. She will talk about the differences in education between Turkey and the U.S., including her plans to establish media literacy education programs for educators and students when she returns to Turkey next month.
The talk will be held on Thursday, September 7, 12:15-1:00 pm in Room 211 Williams Hall.
Dr. Sezgin completed her undergraduate, graduate, and doctorate degrees at Gazi University, Faculty of Communication, Ankara, Turkey. She is a TUBITAK Scholar for post-doctoral research as a visiting researcher at Project Look Sharp. Her research interests lie in media literacy, eco-media literacy, higher education, new media, network society, communication technologies, social media, and political communication. Her teaching interests include sociology, media and communication studies, and corporate communication. She was the director of the project titled “Social Media Aspects of Institutional Profiles of Universities: Separation of State and Foundation Universities” supported by TÜBİTAK-SOBAG in 2017 and the project titled “Eastern Mediterranean Region-Osmaniye Province Media Literacy Awareness Project” funded by the U.S. Embassy in 2020.