Pronounsthey/them

Department/College/UnitArts Division

TitlePhD Candidate

AffiliationGraduate

Other UCSC Campus AffiliationCritical Race and Ethnic Studies
Feminist Studies Department

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Biography, Education and Training

Lalu Esra Ozban is a Ph.D. candidate in Film and Digital Media, having their designated emphasis on Feminist Studies and Critical Race and Ethnic Studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Their artistic, curational, and scholarly work focuses on trans, queer, and feminist pedagogies, methodologies, theories, histories, and creative practices. Their dissertation project, Koli Sinemaları: A trans/feminist research-archive-creation, explores trans communities’ experiences of collective filmwatching, community-building, and sex work in porn moviethatres in Turkey. Lalu holds a BA in Economics from Bogazici University and an MA in Film and Screen Studies from Goldsmiths College, University of London.