Teaching

Teaching Philosophy. My approach in the classroom is to build an inclusive and open atmosphere for a diverse body of students from a variety of backgrounds. I encourage my students to think critically and broadly about the core features of politics, and democratic citizenship. In an evolving and global world, my teaching draws on theoretical, and comparative insights and recent developments from the Global North and South offering a holistic approach to Political Science.

Undergraduate Courses and Course Development.

Migration Politics and Policy in a Global World (POL380), Summer 2021, Department of Political Science, University of Toronto

In a globalized world, the movement of populations has become a crucial political phenomenon requiring imminent attention by policy-makers and researchers alike. The United Nations projects that by 2050 over two million immigrants will arrive in the Global North every year. This course is designed to offer students an in-depth introduction to the politics and policies related to mobility and migration in the global world. The first part of this course provides an introduction to the key concepts and theories on immigration. The second part of the course introduces the role of state policies in governing migrants. By focusing on important contemporary issues in migration like gender, the impact of crises, and labor migration, the last part of the course discusses key cases to apply the theories learned in the former parts of the course. Throughout the course, we will focus on issues in both the Global North and the Global South to engage broadly with topics in migration.

“I learned a lot from Gözde. She is excellent at offering comparative insights into topics we discussed in class.”

— Anonymous Student Evaluation (University of Toronto)