Ece Algan, Ph.D.
Email: ealgan@csusb.edu
Ece Algan is Professor of Communication Studies at California State University, San Bernardino (CSUSB), where she also serves as Director of the Faculty Mentoring Program in the Faculty Center for Excellence (2023–present). Her scholarship examines global media industries, cultural politics, and media governance with a long-standing regional focus on Turkey and transnational media flows.
Algan’s recent research centers on Turkish television’s transnational expansion, state influence on cultural production, and the politics of content. She co-edited the book Television in Turkey: Local Production, Transnational Expansion and Political Aspirations (Palgrave Macmillan, 2020) and has led multiple high-impact special issues on Turkish television and Global South television, including International Communication Gazette (2023) and Connectist (2024). Her recent peer-reviewed publications include “Content is Power: Cultural Engineering and Political Control over Transnational Television” (International Communication Gazette, 2023) and, with Yeşim Kaptan, “Representing the ‘good Muslim’ in the media: Everyday authoritarianism and the stigmatisation of popular culture” (Contemporary Politics, 2025).
She has an active record of invited talks and conference leadership, including participation in international workshops on Turkish television’s global circulation and multiple presentations at ICA, SCMS, and MESA on state-media institutions, content control, and transnational television. She has also chaired panels at ICA and ECREA and co-chaired the “Television in the Global South” conference (2024).
Algan’s work has been supported by competitive funding, most recently as co-PI on a CiRIS seed grant (2024–25) and through multiple CSUSB faculty development and research awards. She received the College of Arts & Letters Outstanding Faculty in Service Award (2024–25) and holds significant service and leadership roles across campus and the profession.