Ozlem Erden

Associate at LCSS & Researcher at Indiana University

Ozlem Erden is a Fulbright sponsored PhD student in Curriculum Studies program at Indiana University, Bloomington.  She received a BA in Science Teaching from Hacettepe University, and an MSc in Curriculum and Instruction from Middle East Technical University. She also holds a post graduate certificate in education studies from Middlesex University, London. Her master’s thesis was “An assessment of MoNE-YLSY scholarship program from the perspectives of scholars’: Changes in cultural, political, economic and educational perceptions.” She volunteered as an Education Platform Coordinator at London Centre for Social Studies. Her research area of interest includes multicultural education, migration issues and refugee education, international student mobility, curriculum models and designs, and sex education. Her work is oriented towards understanding educational issues in refugee camps along with challenges and issues in educational settings. She has worked towards exploring these issues while increasing the awareness of academics, policy makers and educators on educational and social issues. She has presented her research at national and international conferences and helped in organizing conferences related to her research interests.

Her conference presentations include “The Understanding of Science Teaching Department Graduates on Attitudes and Issues in Sex Education” (2013), Canakkale, “Experiences of a Syrian Family in Social and Educational Context: Case Study” (2013), Istanbul, “An Assessment of YLSY Scholarship Program and Determining the Factors Affecting the Scholars’ Cultural, Political, Economic and Educational Perception throughout International Student Mobility Process” (2013), Nottingham, “The Changes of Turkish Students’ Perception on Marginalization throughout the Student Mobility Process” (2012), Swansea, “Perception of Turkish–Speaking Parents on Their Children’s Education” (2012), Cambridge. She has also been integral in organizing International Conference on Gender and “Education (2015), International Gender and Migration Conference (2013), and The Third International Conference on Critical Education (2012) among others.