Courses

• COMD 341 // Media and Society
• COMD 422 // Advanced Issues in Communication Studies
• COMD 358 // Professional Communication
• COMD 481-482 // Visual Communication Project I-II
• COMD 511 // Research Methods in Media and Visual Studies
• COMD 523 // Media and Everyday Life

Education

• Ph.D. in Communication, The Ohio State University, 2018
• M.A. in Communication, The Ohio State University, 2016
• B.A. in Political Science and International Relations, Boğaziçi University 2012

Biography

Ayşenur Dal is an Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of Communication and Design at Bilkent University, where she has been a faculty member since 2018. She was a Visiting Scholar at Northwestern University’s Buffett Institute for Global Affairs during her 2024–2025 sabbatical year. She holds a Ph.D. in Communication from The Ohio State University and a B.A. in Political Science and International Relations from Boğaziçi University in Istanbul.

Her research focuses on the social-psychological determinants of online expressive behavior. In particular, she examines how individuals navigate contextual dynamics that shape their interpretations of, and responses to, expression, privacy, and activism-related risks. Methodologically, she employs a mixed-methods approach, combining surveys, experiments, and focus groups.

Dr. Dal is the recipient of The Science Academy’s Young Scientist Award (BAGEP), The Turkish Academy of Sciences’ Outstanding Young Scientist Award (GEBİP) and The Sakıp Sabancı International Research Award. Her work has been published in leading journals such as New Media & Society, Communication Research, Political Behavior, Social Media + Society, Human Communication Research, and the International Journal of Communication. She also co-edited the special issue Global Perspectives on Science, Polarization, and Populism in the International Journal of Public Opinion Research, and contributed a chapter to the Oxford Handbook of New Social Movements. A full list of her publications can be found on her personal website.

Research Interests

Political Communication, Online Political Expression, Perceived Risks of Online Political Engagement, Digital Privacy, Online Self Disclosure.