Publications
Ozgen, D. (2026). Spotlight: Engaging in new technologies. In V. Meier & D. J. Arya (Eds.), Community-based literacies: Theories, methods, and practices (pp. 67–71). Xóchitl Justice Press.
Arya, D.J., Pihen González, E., Christman, D., Ozgen, D., Cano, J., Muller, A., Shackley, M., Meier, V., & Mottus, R. (2024). Rising with the tides of change through community based literacies. In M. Mahmood, J. Cano & M. Orellano Faulstich (Eds.), University-Community Partnerships for Transformative Education: Sowing Seeds of Resistance and Renewal. Palgrave Macmillan.
Dissertation
Ozgen, D. (2025). Humans, AI and futures: Co-creating equitable worlds through board games [Unpublished doctoral dissertation]. University of California, Santa Barbara.
Ozgen, D. (2023). Power, Platforms and Tensions of Writer Ownership in Web2 and Web3 [Master’s Thesis]. University of California, Santa Barbara.
Ozgen, D. (2009). The Role of Innovation and Knowledge in Global Competition: Cluster Model and Policies [Master’s Thesis]. Istanbul University.
Presentations & Workshops
Learning AI by Using It. Silicon Valley Education Foundation. San Jose, California, March 19, 2026.
Creating, and Critiquing with AI: Explorations For Community-Based Learning. UC Links Conference, Berkeley, California, February 2025.
Build Your AI-Backed Board Game. Ed3 DAO, Online, December, Sep 24, 2004. https://youtu.be/2UIA35DW40A?si=i5Pqeog3PqOuHrJ9
Speculative Pedagogies: Designing Equitable Educational Futures with GenAI. GGSE Research Symposium, Santa Barbara, California, May 17, 2024.
Power, platforms, and tensions of writer ownership in Web2 and Web3. Computers and Writing Conference 2024, Fort Worth, Texas, June 22, 2024.
Blockchain literacies. GGSE Research Symposium, Santa Barbara, California, May 17, 2023.