معرفی
Esra Özcan is Senior Professor of Practice in Communication at Tulane University's School of Liberal Arts. She holds a PhD from Jacobs University Bremen and BA/MA degrees from Boğaziçi University. Her research examines representations of gender in news media, postcolonial feminism, Islamic dress politics, and religion-media intersections in Turkey.
Her publications analyze media representations of Muslim women, political discourse around gender rights, and visual framings of cultural identity. Recent work includes editing a special issue on Women's Rights in Turkey for the International Journal of Communication. Her most cited book, 'Mainstreaming the Headscarf', explores Islamist politics and women in Turkish media.
Her articles show consistent focus on media framing of gender conflicts, political discourse analysis, and visual representation of religious identity in cross-cultural contexts. Teaching includes courses on Gender/Race/Class in Media, Political Communication, and Global Media.
