Gozde Burcu Ege

• Led 25 students as sole instructor in senior seminar on Anthropology of the Middle East and North Africa for two academic quarters; served as teaching assistant for hundreds of students in History, Geography, Anthropology, International Studies and Law and Society Departments
• Readied course materials for in-class and remote instruction with use of zoom e-learning platform.
• Improved student comprehension by incorporating diverse teaching methods and materials.
• Boosted student performance by providing individualized support and targeted feedback.
• Enhanced classroom collaboration through the implementation of group projects and team-building activities.
• Increased student motivation by developing engaging lesson plans that catered to various learning styles.

• Secured personal research grants from nationally and internally competitive fellowships totaling $60K in support of 3 years of field research.
• Mapped and identified civil society actors in the humanitarian/development landscape in Jordan.
• Set up individual and focus-group discussions and interviews with refugee camp organizations to identify the needs, aspirations, and challenges of stakeholders.
• Organized meetings among diverse humanitarian organizations within refugee camps and in Amman, including local charities, international NGOs, locally involved faith-based INGOs, UN agencies such as UNRWA and UNICEF, and governmental development agencies like GIZ and TIKA.
• Facilitated interpretation services (in Arabic, English, Turkish) during interactions between local charities and international humanitarian/development organizations
• Assisted local NGOs in crafting grant proposals for UN projects and supported them in developing program implementation strategies aligned with UN and GIZ standards.
• Provided local NGOs guidance on monitoring and evaluation (M&E) reporting strategies.
• As part of participant observation, engaged in daily volunteer work with three different refugee camps in Amman, contributed to the UNRWA International Summer Orphans Camp as a Turkish teacher.
• My findings turned into a doctoral dissertation, one article, seven conference presentations

• Developed strong working relationships with faculty members across departments and universities to foster collaboration on multidisciplinary projects.
• Developed Content ideas for the panels undertaken for Mellon Sawyer Seminar, Humanitarianisms: Migrations and Care Through the Global South
• Moderated on-screen webinars on YouTube and off-screen meetings with academics from different universities,
• Timestamped the YouTube webinars for effective viewer experience
• Co-created Humanitarianisms.org Website and co-written the pedagogical tools for the website.
• Mentored junior researchers, fostering their professional development and enhancing their skills in experimental design and data analysis.

Co-directed two study abroad programs in Amman, Jordan through the Anthropology Department in the summer quarters of 2015 and 2016 for 40 students:

• Planned and conducted regular advisory meetings before and during the Study Abroad Program
• Assisted students in securing individual funding
• Cowritten the Syllabus of the class titled Anthropology of the Middle East, taught the class, and graded student papers.
• Scheduled meetings, trips and appointments for the students and maintained master calendar.
• Acquired permissions for students from the UNRWA headquarters and Department of Palestinian Affairs for volunteer work in UNRWA facilities with Palestinian refugees
• Advised students on their intercultural encounters and solved their day-to-day problems
• Planned meetings with Fulbright Jordan and the US Embassy to further educational and cultural exchange
• Managed budget planning to ensure completion of Program Goals in compliance with university policy

• Monitored the New Constitution Process for the Project: Human Rights Litigation Project
• Wrote regular analysis for the website of TESEV
• Organized meetings among community leaders across Turkey on the topics of judiciary reform and democratization in Turkey.
• Conducted qualitative data analysis of Turkey's major newspapers on the topics of democracy and constitutional reform