Doç. Dr. Burcu Şimşek
Bölüm Başkanı
İletişim Bilimleri Bölümü
Toplum ve İletişim ABD
HÜ İletişim Fakültesi İletişim Bilimleri Bölümü Edebiyat Fakültesi Binası 06800 Beytepe / Ankara
Ders Programı

Özgeçmiş - Curriculum Vitae

Eğitim Bilgileri - Education Information

March 21, 2016    Associate Professor , Republic of Turkey Inter-university Board Examination, Galatasaray University, Istanbul, Turkey

2009-2012 Ph.D. Degree, Creative Industries Faculty,
Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia

2006- 2009 Ph.D. Student (Course work and confirmation)
Department of Public Relations and Publicity, Ankara University, Ankara

2003- 2006 M.Sc. Degree, Department of Women Studies, Ankara University, Ankara

1998-1994 B.A. Degree, Department of English Language and Literature, Hacettepe University, Ankara

Akademik İlgi Alanları - Academic Interests

  • Digital Storytelling
  • Gender studies
  • New media
  • Feminist linguistics
  • Feminist alternative media 
  • Health communication and e-health

Yürüttüğü Dersler - Courses

Undergraduate Courses

ILT 110 Introduction to Health Communication(Faculty of Medicine- Undergraduate Program)(Fall)
ILT 111 Contemporary Discussions in Health Communication (Faculty of Medicine- Undergraduate Program)( Spring)
ILT 112 Introduction to Health Communication (Faculty of Dentistry-Undergraduate Program)(Fall)

ILT 114 Communication in Health (Elective-Spring)


Courses in MA Program of Communication Sciences


ILT 513 History of Communication  (Compulsory Scientific Prep. -Fall)
ILT 653 Digital Storytelling (Elective-Spring)

Courses in MA Program of Cultural Studies and Media*


KLM 643 Gender and Language (Elective-Fall)

KLM 641 Literature and Communication (Elective- Spring/Fall)

Courses in PhD Program of Communication Sciences


İLT 732 Digital Cultures (Communication Sciences Ph.D. Program)(Elective-Spring)

İLT 740 Theories and Contemporary Discussions in Health Communication (Communication Sciences Ph.d. Program (Elective- Fall)
 

Yürüttüğü Görevler - Administrative Duties

  • Coordinator of the Digital Storytelling Workshop Unit (2009- recently)
  • Hacettepe University Social Scinece Institute Executive Board Member (2018- recently)
  • Vice-Dean for International relations and cooperation (Mar. 2013- Feb. 2019)
  • Vice-Coordinator for media relations at the University Communication Office (2016)
  • Erasmus Faculty Coordinator (2017-2012) (2009-2006)
  • Mevlana Higher Education Council International Support Program Faculty Coordinator (2013-2015)
  • Hacettepe University Strategic Planning Committee Member (2012- 2015)
  • Bologna Process University Project Team Member (2012- 2015)
  • Hacettepe University National and International Education Cooperation Committee member (Representative of the Faculty of Communication) (2012- 2015)
  • Hacettepe University Infant Hearing Screening Research Center Advisory Board Member (2013- 2016)
  • Hacettepe University Migration adn Politics Research Center Executive Board Member (2018- recently)

Proje Destekleri - Project Grants

Projects

April 2015- recently “Encounters: Digital Storytelling in Australia and Turkey”, in cooperation with CCAT, Curtin University, Perth, Australia (Project in progress)

July 2015- recently “Everyday Life in Chicago: Women Experiences Shared with Digital Stories”, in cooperation with DePaul University, Faculty of Communication, Chicago, USA (Project in progress)

January- December 2014 “ Complimentary and Alternative Medicine in Turkey” In cooperation with Ministry of Health, Ankara, Turkey (Project completed)

July-October 2014 “Here and There: Everyday Life Narratives of Migrant Women from Turkey Living in Melbourne”, based in Monash University- Centre for Women Studies and Gender Research, funded by Scientific Research Unit Project Grant, Project Manager, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey. (Project completed)

December 2013 - March 2014 “Hacettepe Üniversitesi Öğrencileri ve Çalışanları ile Kurum Kültürünü için Dijital Hikaye Anlatımı Atölyeleri” [Digital Storytelling Workshops with students and Employees of Hacettepe University for Cooperate Culture], Scientific Research Unit Project Grant, Project Manager, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey. (Project completed)

October 2013 “Bir İletişim Mekanı olarak Mutfak” [Kitchen as a Communication Space], Scientific Research Unit Project Grant, Project Manager, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey. (Project completed)

June 2013- April 2014 “Health Reforms from the Perspective of Healthcare Staff in Turkey”, Research Project, Research Team Leader,
World Bank, Ankara, Turkey. (Final report submitted)

April –May 2013 “CREATE, ACT, CHANGE: The 5th International Digital Storytelling Conference Organization Funding Support Project”, Scientific Research Unit Project Grant, Project Manager, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey. (Project completed)


June 2010 “Dijital Hikaye Anlatımının Sivil Toplum Kuruluşlarında Kullanımı”
[The use of Digital Storytelling in the Non-governmental organizations], Scientific Research Unit Project Grant, Project Coordinator, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey. (Project completed)

December 2009-February 2010 “Dijital Hikaye Anlatımı ve Kadınların Katılım Deneyimleri”[Digital Storytelling and Participation Experiences of Women], Scientific Research Unit Project Grant, Project Coordinator, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey. (Project completed)
 

Yürüttüğü Atölye Çalışmaları - Workshops Facilitated

  •  September 2015 “Etek [Skirt:The Dress Code] ” Digital Storytelling Workshop, Facilitator, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
  • February 2015 “Dijital Gözetime Dijital Yansıtma [Digital Reflection to Digital Survellaince] Digital Storytelling Workshop, facilitator, 2nd National New Media Congress, Kadir Has University, İstanbul, Turkey.
  • February 2015 “Çantalar Bizi Söyler [Bags Tell Us] Digital Storytelling Workshop, facilitator, joint project with Ankara University Faculty of Communication, Ankara, Turkey.
  • February 2015 “Birlikte yürürken [While walking together]” Digital Storytelling Workshop, facilitator, in cooperation with Women's Coalition, Ankara, Turkey
  • February 2015 “Engelsiz Hacettepe [Accessible Hacettepe]” Digital Storytelling Workshop, facilitator, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
  • January 2015 “Gece Gündüz Hacettepe [Day and Night Hacettepe]” Digital Storytelling workshop with admin staff at Hacettepe University, facilitator, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey.
  • November 2014 Digital Storytelling workshop at KomGeDi, facilitator, Georg Ohm Technology University, Faculty of Business Administration, Nurnberg, Germany
  • November 2014 “Dijital Gözetimli Yaşam [ Life with Digital Surveillance] Digital Storytelling Workshop, in cooperation with Ankara University, Faculty of Communication, Ankara, Turkey.
  • October 2014 “Gülümseyen Hediyeler[Smiling Gifts]” Digital Storytelling Workshop in cooperation with HU Centre for Cleft Palate Research, facilitator, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
  • September 2014 “Here and There” Digital Storytelling Workshops I-II-III,
    facilitator, Moreland Turkish Association, Melbourne, Australia.
  • April 2014 “Erasmus Maceram” [My Erasmus Adventure] Digital Storytelling Workshop, facilitator, Faculty of Communication,
    Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
  • April 2014 “Dijital Geyikler 2014” [Digital Schmooze 2014] Digital Storytelling Workshop , facilitator, Faculty of Communication,
    Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
  • April 2014 “Aşk Demek” [Love is…] Digital Storytelling Workshop against Homophobia in the campus, facilitator, Hacettepe University,
    Ankara, Turkey
  • March 2014 “Ideal Me for My Ideal Job” Digital Storytelling Workshop, facilitator, Georg Ohm Technology University, Faculty of Business Administration, Nurnberg, Germany
  • March 2014 “24 Saat Detay: Kadın Akademisyenlerin Zaman Kullanımı Üzerine” [24 Hours Details: The use of time by women academics] Digital Storytelling Workshop, Facilitator, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey.
  • March 2014 “Ocakta Yemeğim Var” [I have food on the stove] Digital Storytelling Workshop with women writing Ph.D. dissertations, Facilitator, Coordinator, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
  • February 2014 “Sese İlk Adımlar” [First Steps to Voice] Digital Storytelling Workshop in cooperation with Newborn Hearing Screening and Early Diagnosis Research and Application Center at Hacettepe University, Workshop Facilitator and coordinator, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
  • May 2013 CREATE, ACT, CHANGE: Pre-conference DST workshop in cooperation with CDS, Co-facilitator with Joe Lambert, Faculty of Communication,
    Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
  • March 2013 “Dijital Geyikler” [Digital Schmooze] DST Workshop I, facilitator,
    Faculty of Communication, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
  • March 2013 “Erasmus Digital Stories from/at Hacettepe University” DST Workshop I, facilitator, Faculty of Communication, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
  • February 2013 “Ben Alandayken” [When I was in the fieldwork] DST workshop with young academic women, facilitator, Faculty of Communication, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey.
  • February 2013 “Women in Love: Digital Stories of Foreign Wives Living in Turkey”
    DST workshop, Faculty of Communication, Hacettepe University,
    Ankara, Turkey
  • January 2013 “Böyleyken Böyle: Lezbiyen-Biseksüel Kadınlardan Dijital Hikayeler”
    [The way things are: Digital Stories from Bisexual and Lesbian Women] DST workshop, facilitator, Kaos GL NGO, Ankara, Turkey
  • December 2012 “Feministim” [I am a feminist] DST Workshop, facilitator, Ayizi ,
    Ankara, Turkey
  • March-April 2012 Digital Storytelling Facilitator Training DST Workshop II,
    facilitator and traineer, Faculty of Communication, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
  • April 2012 “Dijital Geyikler” [Digital Schmooze], DST Workshop I, facilitator,
    Faculty of Communication, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
  • December 2011 “Erasmus Digital Stories from/at Hacettepe University” DST Workshop I, facilitator, Faculty of Communication, Hacettepe University,
    Ankara, Turkey
  • October 2011 Digital Storytelling for iPhone/iPod touch workshop, Istanbul, Turkey Co-facilitator with Joe Lambert, Center for Digital Storytelling
  • June 2010 “Digital stories from Amargi Women” DST Workshop II, Amargi Women Academy, Facilitator, Antakya, Turkey
  • December 2009 “Digital stories from Amargi Women”,
    February 2010 Preliminary and DST Workshop I, Facilitator,
    Amargi Women Academy, İstanbul, Turkey
  • November 2009 Digital Storytelling Facilitator Training DST Workshop I,
    Facilitator and Traineer,
    Faculty of Communication, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey

Sunumlar ve Yayınlar - Presentations and Publications

Book chapters

Şimşek, B. (forthcoming) Digital Storytelling for Women's Well-being in Turkey,
Digital Storytelling: Form and Content. Ed. Tricia Jenkins and Mark Dunford.
Simsek, B. (2013) Hikaye anlattıran, hikayemi anlatan, kendi hikayesini yaratan çember: Dijital hikâye anlatımı atölyesinde birbirine karışan sesler/im.[The Circle that Enables storytelling and Creates its own Story: The Voices in the Digital Storytelling Workshop] Sahadan Sesler: İletişim Araştırmalarında Etnografik Yöntem içinde, ed. Hakan Ergül, İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayınları: İstanbul. Pp.279-308.

Şimşek, B. (2012) Anlatılardan Anlatıma Kapattığım Şehir: Ankara [Ankara: The City that is closed to my narrative], Cumhuriyetin Ütopyası: Ankara. Ankara Üniversitesi Yayınları: Ankara (Book chapter)

Simsek, B. (2010) Sevgi Soysal ile Yürümek [“Walking” with Sevgi Soysal], in Everyday life in Turkish Novels ed.by Tugba Kanlı, DeKi Yayinlari, Istanbul.pp.53-71.


Articles

Şimşek, B. (2016) Neoliberal Burdens for Women in Academy: “How dare we not work”
Kadın/Women 2000, Vol. XVII/1, June 2016, p. 51-71.

İnce, Ş., Şimşek, B. (Forthcoming) Gender Identity Crisis in the Urban Kitchen. Ethnologica Balkanica Journal .Vol.19.

Şimşek, B. (2015) Introduction: Tomorrow's Stories to be Left, in Broadening Digital Storytelling Horizons Special Issue- Guest Editor- Culture Science Journal, Vol. 8 No.2, pp.1-8

Şimşek, B. (2015) Toplumsal İçermeyi Düşünmek: Çocuklardan Çocuklara Dijital Hikayeler [Rethinking Inclusion: Digital Stories from Children For Children], Folklore/Edebiyat. Vol. 21, No.83, 2015/3, pp. 309-324.

Şimşek, B. (2015) Silence to Sound: Narrating the journey to sound for health communication in Turkey, Journal of Faculty of Letters, Vol.32, Sayı.2, Dec.2015, pp.239-248.

Zeybek Kabakcı, G. , Simsek, B. (2015) Kültürler Arasında Göçmen Haller: Erasmus Maceram Dijital Hikayeleri [Migrant Stances Among Cultures: My Erasmus Adventure Digital Stories] Moment Dergi, Vol. 2(1), p. 153-185

Simsek, B. (2014) “Orada ve Burada: İki Göçmen Türk Kadından Dijital Hikayeyle Avustralya'da Kırk yılı Hatırlamak” [Here and There: Remembering Forty Years of Migration through the Digital Stories of Two Migrant Women], Vol.1 No.2, p. 148-174.

Simsek, B., İnce, S. (2014) “Kadın Mutfağından Dijital Hikayeler: Ocakta Yemeğim Var”
[I have Food on the Stove: Digital Stories from Women's Kitchen], Kadın/Women 2000, Vol.XV, Issue,2, pp.49-69

Şimşek, B. (2012) Enchancing Women's Participation in Turkey Through Digital Storytelling, Journal of Cultural Science, Vol.5,No. 2, s. 28-46.

Kiessling, T., Şimşek, B. (2011) International acquisitions: retention of a target firm's key top personnel for social capital, Int. J. Human Resources Development and Management, Vol. 11, Nos.2/3/4, s. 167-178.

Simsek, B. (2010) The strategies that foreign women domestic workers use to overcome the stereotypes they face in Turkey , Ethnologica Balkanica Journal: Migration in, from and to Southeastern Europe Vol.14/2010 p. 71-85


Theses

Şimşek, B. (2012) Using Digital Storytelling for Women's Participation in the Turkish Public Sphere. PhD. Thesis, Queensland University of Technology: Brisbane.
http://eprints.qut.edu.au/50894/
Simsek, B. (2006) Kadınlararası Konuşma Süreçlerinde Toplumsal Cinsiyetin Sergilenmesi [Gender as performance in the conversations among women friends] M.Sc. thesis unpublished, Ankara University Social Sciences Institute, Women Studies Program.

Proceedings

Şimsek, B. (2014) Digital Stories for Children from Children: Time for Social Inclusion. Convention of Rights of the Child CRC@25, 43-52.

Şimşek, B. (2013) Darısı Sizlerin Başına: Sözün Ötesinde Sesin Eşitlik Arayışı,
Toplumsal Cinsiyet Eşitliği ve Hukuk: 4th International Conference on Gender Studies, Conference Proceedings: Vol. 2 ed. F. Güven Lisaniler, S. Üçışık erbile, Eastern Mediterranean University Press: Famagusta. pp: 299-309

Şimşek, B. , Erdener, B. (2012) Digital Visual Skills Education for Digital Inclusion of Elder Women in the community, Procedia WCES, Vol.46,pp. 4107-4113.
İnce, Ş. – Şimşek, B. (2007) 3. Sayfaya Feminist Bakış: Suçlu Kadınlar [Accused Women: Feminist Perspectives to the 3rd Page News]
3. Sayfa Ulusal Konferansı Bildiri Kitabı, (3rd Page News National Conference)
Galatasaray Üniversitesi İletişim Fakültesi Medya Çalışmaları Araştırma ve Uygulama Merkezi, s. 35-47.


Presentations

Simsek,B. (2015) Paving the way for our emotions: Digital Storytelling for ourselves in Knots and Telltales: Navigation with Digital Stoytelling for Women in Turkey panel, The 6th International Digital Storytelling Conference, Northampton, USA.
Simsek, B. “Digital Storytelling and Everyday Life Narratives of Turkish Migrant women Living in Melbourne” KomGeDi Public Lecture, November, 20th, 2014,
Georg Ohm Technology University, Nurnberg, Germany.

Simsek, B. Faculty of Social Sciences Research Workshop organised in cooperation with Prof. Dr. G. Riemann, “Use of Digital Storytelling in Social Science Research” Lecture, November 20th, 2014, Georg Ohm Technology University, Nurnberg, Germany.

Simsek, B. “Dijital Hikaye Anlatımı ve Sağlık İletişimi: Gülümseyen Hediyeler DHAA Projesi” [Digital Storytelling and Health Communication: Smiling Gifts Digital Storytelling Workshop], 1st International Cleft Palate Congress, November 30th, 2014, Avanos, Nevşehir, Turkey.

Simsek, B. “Sağlık Kurumları Bağlamında Kişilerarası İletişim” başlıklı konuşma, Sağlık Bilimleri Fakültesi Araştırma Görevlisi Semineri, [ Interpersonal communication in the Context of Health Institutions- Seminar for Research Assistants] , December 10th, 2014, Faculty of Health Sciences, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey.

Simsek, B. “Migration and Higher Education” Lecture at KomGeDi, November 22nd, 2014, Georg Ohm Technology University, Nurnberg, Germany.

Simsek, B. Toplumda Sağlık Okuryazarlığı Düzeltilmesinde Medyanın Rolü Çalıştayı [The Role of Media in Health Literacy Workshop], Ankara, Turkey, November 7th, 2014, Participant.

Simsek, B. (2014) “Digital Stories from Children for Children” , ICRDF 2014 Conference, Istanbul, Turkey, October 16th- 17th, 2014, paper presentation.

Simsek, B. (2014) “Digital Storytelling and Everyday Life Narratives of Turkish Migrant Women Living in Melbourne” Seminar, September 18th,2014, Center for Women's Studies and Gender Research, Melbourne, Australia.

Simsek, B. (2014) “Digital Storytelling in Turkey: Emerging Agendas” Seminar, August 6th, 2014, Center for Culture and Technology, Curtin University, Perth, Australia.

Simsek, B. (2014) “Silence to Sound: Narrating hearing loss and beyond”, ANZCA Conference, July 10th, 2014, Swinburne University, Melbourne, Australia.

Simsek, B. (2014) “Dijital Hikaye Anlatımı: Kadınların Hikaye Adacıkları[Digital Storytelling: The Story Islands of Women]” Keynote Speech, Ist International New Media and Women Symposium, Uşak University, Uşak, Turkey, 28th May 2014.

Simsek, B.(2014) “Rethinking about transformative digital storytelling”, Panel Chair, Voices of Unrest Panel, Digital storytelling in the Times of Crisis Conference, Athens, Greece, 8-10 May 2014

Şimşek, B., İnce Ş. “Struggles and Remedies in the Kitchen: Digital Stories of Private Spheres”, Digital Storytelling in Times of Crises İnternational Digital Storytelling Conference, Athens, 8-10 May 2014, Paper Presentation

Şimşek, B., İnce, Ş., Sertalp, E. “ First Steps to Voice: Creating Digital Storytelling path in Health Communication in Turkey”, Digital Storytelling in Times of Crises International Digital Storytelling Conference, Athens, 8-10 May 2014, Paper Presentation

Simsek, B. (2014) “ Sağlıkta İletişim ve Sağlık Profesyonellerinin Eğitimindeki Yeri: Dijital Hikaye Anlatımının Kullanımı” [Communication in Health and Its Place in the training of Health Professionals: The use of Digital Storytelling], Faculty of Medicine Department of Medicine Training and Information Technologies, March 20th, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey

Simsek, B. (2014) “ Feminist metodoloji ve Dijital Hikaye anlatımı” [Feminist Methodology and Digital Storytelling]” workshop in Inventorary: Where are we in Women Studies?, Workshop Moderator, March 10th, HUKSAM- Hacettepe University Women Studies Center, Ankara, Turkey

Simsek, B. (2013) New Media Narratives and Social Change, (Guest Speaker), UNETECH-SINT (Use of New Technologies Improving the Quality of Youth Work and Safer Internet) 2013 Training Program, December 9, 2013, Ankara, Turkey.

Simsek, B. (2013) Digital media and personel management, (Guest Speaker)
Georg Ohm Nurnberg Technology University, Faculty of Business Management, November 20, 2013, (Guest Speaker), Nurnberg, Germany.

Simsek, B. (2013) CREATE, ACT, CHANGE: The 5th International Digital Storytelling Conference, Conference Organizer, May 8-10, 2013, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey

Simsek, B. (2013) Words in the Kitchen (Keynote Speech), CREATE, ACT, CHANGE: The 5th International Digital Storytelling Conference, May 9, 2013 Hacettepe University,
Ankara, Turkey

Simsek, B. (2013) Anlat, Dinle, Duy: Dijital Hikayelerle Duyacaklarınız [Tell, listen and Feel: The things you will feel through listening to digital stories], March 22, 2013 İzmir Economy University, İzmir, Turkey (invited speaker)

Şimşek, B. (2012) Sağlık Okuryazarlığı Çalıştayı (Health Literacy Workshop) participant, December 26, 2012, Ministry of Health, Ankara, Türkiye

Şimşek, B., İnce, Ş, Oğuz, H., Zeybek, G., Çetinkaya, E. (2012) ‘Reflections from a Co-creative Practice: Digital Storytelling in Turkey', INMC 2012: International New Media Conference, Paper presentation, İstanbul Üniversitesi, İstanbul

Şimşek, B. (2012) ‘ Darısı Sizlerin Başına: Sözün Ötesinde Sesin Eşitlik Arayışı' [May your turn come next: Beyond words voice's quest for equality] Paper Presentation. 4th International Conference on Women's Studies, Doğu Akdeniz Üniversitesi, North Cyprus.

Şimşek, B. (2012) ‘Amargili Kadınlardan Dijital Hikayeleri Yeniden Ziyaret' [Digital Stories from Amargi Women-Revisited] Screening. 4th International Conference on Women's Studies, Doğu Akdeniz Üniversitesi, Kuzey Kıbrıs.

Şimşek, B. (2012) ‘Citizens in the Kitchen: Enchancing Digital Inclusion for Women', ANZCA 2012: Communicating Change and Changing Communication in the 21st Century' Konferansında sözlü bildiri, University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia, July 3-5 2012.

Şimşek, B. (2012) ‘Dilemma: The distance between second-person singular and secondperson plural in patient-healthcare provider interactions in Turkey', International Conference on Global Health and Crisis Communication, Anadolu Üniversitesi, Eskişehir, June 19-21, 2012. (paper presentation)

Şimşek, B. (2012) ‘Digital visual skills education for digital inclusion of elder women in the community' World conference on Educational Sciences, Barcelona, Spain, February 2-4, 2012.

Şimşek, B. (2011) Sağlık İletişimi Çalıştayı,(Health Communication Workshop) participant, 25 November 2011, Ministry of Health, Ankara, Türkiye.

Simsek, B. , Ince, S. (2011) “ The Potential of Digital Storytelling for Community Building in Turkey”, IMACR Conference, Istanbul, Turkey. (presented paper)

Simsek, B. (2011) “Digital Stories from Amargi Women: The story of a new practice in Turkey”, 4th International Digital Storytelling Conference, Lillehammer, Norway.(presented paper)
Simsek, B. (2010) ‘The Perfect Circle: The use of digital storytelling for the circulation of feminist concerns'' (presented paper, Australian and New Zealand Communication Association Conference, Canberra, Australia)

Simsek, B., Vivienne, S. “Two Queer Digital Stories: Challenges to Heteronormative Familial Structures in Turkey and Australia”, 26 October, QUT, Brisbane, Australia (revised paper presentation)

Simsek, B., Vivienne, S. “Two Queer Digital Stories: Challenges to Heteronormative Familial Structures in Turkey and Australia”, July 5-6, 2010 CCI Symposium and RHC Workshop, QUT, Brisbane, Australia. (presented paper and discussion)

Simsek, B., May, 13-15 2010 “Interaction among women by a woman caricaturist in “Böyleyken Böyle” caricatures”(presented paper and published in proceedings) ‘ Archeology of Laughter and the Humor Phenomenon in Media “National Communication Congress, Erzurum, Turkey

Simsek, B. ,May, 11, 2010 “Digital Stories from Amargi Women” Screening HUARGE'10 Hacettepe University Research Exhibiton, Hacettepe University Sihhiye Campus, Ankara, Turkey

Simsek, B. (2010) “The first impressions from the Amargi DST Workshops in Turkey”. (Presentation) QUT, CIF, Brisbane, Australia April 06, 2010.

April, 07-09 2010 Queering Paragims. QUT, Brisbane, Australia

March 03, 2010 “Sexist Language and Examples from Media” “Media –Audience hand-in hand against sexist language” Workshop and Training Program, Karadeniz Women Association, Trabzon

Simsek, B. (2009) ‘Men talk and women talk in intercultural marriages: The experiences of Turkish women in their marriages with native English speaker partners'. (presented paper, Australian and New Zealand Communication Association Conference, Brisbane, Australia)

July 2009 CCI Symposium and RHC Workshop , QUT, Brisbane, Australia

Şimşek, B. – İnce, Ş. (2009) ‘Kadın Bedenine Yönelik Sağlık Politikalarının Belirlenmesinde Muhafazakar Eğilimler' [The conservative Tendencies in health policies addressing women bodies] submitted in National Karaelmas Media and Culture Conference in Karaelmas University, July 02-04 2009)
Simsek, B. (2009) ‘The strategies that foreign women domestic workers use to overcome the stereotypes they face in Turkey' 5th International In ASEA Conference: Migrations in, from, and to South eastern Europe: Social Changes, Intercultural Communication, Transnational Ties. Hacettepe Üniversitesi, İletişim Fakültesi, Ankara.
İnce, Ş.- Şimşek, B. (2009) ‘Framing Terrorism: Framing terrorism: A Comparative Analysis of the Coverage of News on two Terrorist Attacks in Turkey in the media of Turkey and the U.S.' , in “Societies Under Siege: Media, Government, Politics and Citizens' Freedoms in an Age of Terrorism” International Conference. Kadir Has University, Istanbul.
Şimşek, B. – İnce, Ş. (2008) “Ulusal Basında Şiddetin Yüzü: Tecavüzün Görünümleri” (The visions of Rape in the National Press) 1. Kadın Sağlığı Kongresi, Hacettepe Üniversitesi, Ankara

Sertifikalar - Certificates

04.07.2009 Digital Storytelling Training of the Trainers Programme
Creative Industries Faculty, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia

06.06.2001 Finance and Management Programme
Hacettepe University Financial Analysis Center, Ankara

03.05. 2001 Desktop Publishing (Quark Express, Adobe,Freehand) Ankara University, Ankara

17.12. 1999 “EQ” Seminar, Arthur Andersen Consultancy, İstanbul

1998 Certificate of English Language Teaching and Pedagogical Formation, Hacettepe University, Ankara

30.08.1997 Deutschkurse für Auslander-Zeugnis
Vienna University, Vienna, Austria

12.02.1997 Certificate in Art and Empire
British Council, Ankara

12.02.1997 Certificate in Popular Culture
Biritish Council, Ankara

07.10.1996 Certificate Media Studies
British Council, Ankara

22.09.1995 Deutschkurse für Auslander-Zeugnis
Vienna University, Vienna, Austria

1995 Certificate of British Cultural Studies
British Council, Ankara