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Özlem Atar is the Undergraduate Program Assistant in the Department of Film and Media. She is responsible for undergraduate student advising, course enrollments, and supporting the academic needs of Film and Media students.

She holds PhDs in Communication Sciences and Cultural Studies, as well as a BA and MA in English Language Teaching. Her research focuses on narratives of irregular migration and Muslim women’s post-9/11 fictions. She is particularly interested in the intersections of literature, popular culture, border and migration studies, gendered experiences of cross-border mobility, and migrant justice activism.

When she is not working or conducting research, Özlem writes non-fiction and translates between English and Turkish.