Hikmet Kocamaner received his B.A. and M.A. in English literature, and after teaching English language and composition at the college level in Turkey for several years, came to the University of Arizona in 2005 on Fulbright’s Foreign Language Teaching Assistantship fellowship to teach Turkish. He decided to stay in Arizona and pursue a Ph.D degree in Near Eastern Studies (NES) and Anthropology. He is part of the first group of students in the University of Arizona’s dual NES/Anthropology program. He currently studies conservative television broadcasters in Turkey and their role in refashioning the public sphere.