Gender

HafzaGirdap
HafzaGirdap

Dr. Hafza Girdap

Director - Nonresident Research Fellow
Dr. 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 Fellow
Dr. 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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MerveReyhanKayikci
MerveReyhanKayikci

Dr. Merve Reyhan Kayikci

Nonresident Research Fellow
Merve 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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SemihaTopal
SemihaTopal

Dr. Semiha Topal

Nonresident Research Fellow
Dr. 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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