Position Title
Graduate Student
About
Onur Arslan is a PhD candidate at UC Davis, in the anthropology department. He graduated from Istanbul University with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and International Relations in 2012. He received his MA degree in Philosophy and Social Thought program at Istanbul Bilgi University. He is interested in exploring the ways in which technoscientific practices and arrangements shape power relations. He currently writes on counter-terrorism, digital forensics, evidence-making, and expertise.
Research Focus
Science and technology studies, knowledge production, forensics, data studies, expertise
Publications
Ebru Kayaalp and Onur Arslan. 2021. Earth in Practice: Uncertainty, Expertise, and the Expected Istanbul Earthquake. Environment and Planning E: Nature and Space
Teaching
2016, Research Assistant, Istanbul Sehir University
Understanding Science and Knowledge
Introduction to Film Studies
2017 - 2020, Teaching Assistant, UC Davis
Resistance, Rebellion, and Popular Movements
Drugs, Science and Culture
The Anthropology of Middle East
The Anthropology of Migration and Sovereignty
Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
Awards
Social Science Research Foundation (SSRC), International Dissertation Research Fellowship
National Science Foundation (NSF), Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant