Ohio State nav bar

Danielle Schoon

Danielle Schoon

Danielle Schoon

Lecturer
She/Her

schoon.2@osu.edu

614-292-6681

Townshend Hall 108
1885 Neil Ave.
Columbus, OH 43210

Google Map

Areas of Expertise

  • Ethnography
  • Turkish Studies
  • Romani Studies
  • Performance Studies
  • Migration & Mobility

Education

  • PhD - Anthropology and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Arizona
  • MA - Dance Studies, UCLA
 
Danielle is a cultural anthropologist with research and publications on migration, performance, and the politics of identity in contemporary Turkey. She has been a Lecturer at OSU since 2015, teaching in multiple departments along with Sociology, including NESA, Dance, Political Science, FRIT, and others. She is currently also a COIL Fellow in the Office of International Affairs. Danielle frequently takes advantage of professional development opportunities to improve her teaching and is an advocate of active learning and community engagement. She has been awarded numerous internal grants from OIA, the Drake Institute, and other entities at OSU for her professional development, course design, and research. Danielle was named Outstanding Lecturer in the Department of Sociology in 2021. Her teaching has been spotlighted by the Drake Institute (https://drakeinstitute.osu.edu/spotlight/danielle-schoon-phd) and the Office of Distance Education (https://ascode.osu.edu/resources/instructor-spotlights/Dr._Schoon). Danielle co-organized an interdisciplinary virtual symposium in 2021, “Bringing the Border to Columbus,” funded by the Global Arts + Humanities Discovery Theme (https://u.osu.edu/bringingthebordertocolumbus/). 

People Filters: