About
Gözde Han serves as an Instructor in the Department of Advanced English at Boğaziçi University, Turkey, holding a Ph.D. in Cultural Studies from Yıldız Technical University (2022). Her academic foundation includes an M.A. in English Language and Literature from Istanbul University (2017) and a B.A. in English Language and Literature from Ege University (2010).
Her educational qualifications comprise:
- Ph.D., Cultural Studies, Yıldız Technical University, Turkey (2022)
- M.A., English Language and Literature, Istanbul University, Turkey (2017)
- B.A., English Language and Literature, Ege University, Turkey (2010)
- Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults (CELTA), 2012
Dr. Han's research centers on cultural studies with specialized focus on postcolonial hybridity and everyday resistance. Her doctoral dissertation analyzed housewife resistance in contemporary novels including Arlington Park and The Secret Intensity of Everyday Life, while her master's thesis examined hybridity representations in Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children and Zadie Smith's White Teeth. Methodologically, she employs critical discourse analysis to investigate modernization impacts on cultural identity formation within social theory frameworks.
