PhD - Media, Culture, & Identity
Texas A&M University - 2019
Professional Preparation
MA - Cultural Studies
Sabanci University - 2015
Sabanci University - 2015
BA - Communication, International Studies
University of Oklahoma - 2011
University of Oklahoma - 2011
Research Areas
Global media, gender/sexuality, and social justicePublications
The spectacle of/as the state: The 2016 coup in Turkey and the performance of sovereignty 2022 - Journal Article
White Nationalist Rhetoric, Neoliberal Multiculturalism and Colour Blind Racism: Decolonial Critique of Richard Spencer’s Campus Visit 2018 - Journal Article
Framing the Syrian Refugee Crisis: A Comparative Analysis of Arabic and English News Sources 2018 - Journal Article
Additional Information
Personal Statement
Dr. Caitlin Marie Miles' research is situated at the intersection of global media, gender and sexuality, and social justice. She is particularly interested in transnational, digital feminisms in the Global South and de-colonial contexts. Her current book project explores how Latin American and Turkish feminist activists are using digital tools to develop participatory, community-centered reporting on state-sanctioned gendered, sexualized violence. As the roll back of content-moderation, and alliance of big tech companies with far right leaders transforms digital platforms such as “X”, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Signal, WhatsApp, among many others, into hot beds of masculinist and misogynistic discourse (if not trolling), Dr. Miles is particularly interested in how these platforms remain useful (if even safe) for feminists activists to use. With the rise of the "manosphere," this research asks the role, if any, mainstream digital media platforms play in these women’s work to share content on femicide, communicate with each other, and even mobilize in solidarity with other anti-authoritarian causes.In her teaching, Dr. Miles utilizes critical/cultural approaches to media and identity to create learning communities that explore the interconnection between media, power, culture, and intersectional identities. Her courses broadly focus on global digital media, transnational feminisms, intimacy and empire, and queer theory.
She earned her PhD in Media, Culture, & Identity from Texas A&M University, where she was awarded a Fulbright Fellowship to conduct her dissertation research on urban space, identity, and journalism in Istanbul, Turkey. She is fluent in Spanish and Turkish.