E-mail: samanciozge@yahoo.com / ozge.samanci@lcc.gatech.edu

EDUCATION: -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

2005 - present Ph.D. student, Digital Media, School of Literature Communication and Culture, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta

2003 - 2005 MA, Communication Faculty, School of Communication Studies, Ohio University, Athens

1999 - 2001 MA, Communication Faculty, Film and Television Department, Istanbul Bilgi University, Istanbul

1992 - 1999 BA, Faculty of Art and Science, Mathematics Department, Bogazici University, Istanbul

ACADEMIC: --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

2006 Summer Lecturer, Sabanci University, (the courses taught Introduction to Film & Media Studies)

2006/2007 Summer Graduate research assistant, Georgia Institute of Technology, Visualization and decision strategies for seismic loss assessment

2005 - present Graduate assistant, Georgia Institute of Technology, Digital Media (the courses taught Introduction to Film)

2003 - 2005 Teaching associate, Ohio University, School of Comunication Studies

2001 - 2003 Instructor Istanbul Bilgi University, Visual Communication Design Department (the courses taught Visual Perception, Contemporary Media, Introduction to Animation, Senior Project)

1998 - 2001 Teaching assistant Istanbul Bilgi University, Visual Communication Design Department the courses taught Visual Perception, Art and Culture, History of Visual Culture, Image and Word)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

2005 - 2006 Caricaturist, VS, Istanbul

2001 - 2005 Caricaturist and Critic, 'Altyazi', Istanbul (Drawing the comic strip Teknoloji vs.. and writing film reviews and critics.)

2000 - 2001 Caricaturist, 'Milliyet Sanat', Istanbul (Drawing the comic strip 'Sinefil' for the Monthly Cultural Review Milliyet Sanat Magazine)

2000 - 2001 Caricaturist and Critic, VestelNet, Istanbul (Writing travel essays with drawings for the Internet site)

1999 - 2000 Freelance Designer, G-Tasarim, Istanbul

1998 - 2005 Caricaturist for the weekly comic magazine 'Leman', Istanbul

1996 - 1997 Animation Designer, Seray Bilgisayar A.S, IstanbulDesigned animated problems for elementary school students, Seray Bilgisayar A.S.

BOOKS: --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

2004, Animasyonun Onlenemez Yukselisi (The Irresistible Rise of Animation), Istanbul Bilgi University Publications, Istanbul

ARTICLES: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

2008, Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Tangible and Embedded Interaction (TEI) , Murmur: Kinetic Relief Sculpture, Multi-Sensory Display, Listening Machine, Aimee Rydarowski, Ozge Samanci, and Ali Mazalek.

2007, Advances in Computer Entertainment (ACE) Conference Proceedings, Tangible Comics: A Performance Space with Full-body Interaction, Ozge Samanci, Yanfeng Chen, and Ali Mazalek.

2006, Fall Issue,Lynda Barry's Humor: At the Juncture of Private and Public, Invitation and Dissemination, Childish and Professional, International Journal of Comic Art

2004, August, The Blurry Borders between Digital and Analog Media, Live Action and Animation in Spielberg's Minority Report in ISBN numbered e book of New Media and Technological Cultures Conference.

CONFERENCES: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

2008, 2nd International Conference on Tangible and Embedded Interaction, Murmur: Kinetic Relief Sculpture, Multi-Sensory Display, Listening Machine, Aimee Rydarowski, Ozge Samanci, and Ali Mazalek. presented by Ali Mazalek.

2007, June, Advances in Computer Entertainment (ACE), Tangible Comics: A Performance Space with Full-body Interaction, presented by Ali Mazalek.

2006, December, The American Humor Studies Association Conference, New Orleans. Tangible Comics: A Narrative Performance Using Computer Vision

2006, November, MAE Center Coordination Meetings, Visualization and Decision Strategies for Seismic Loss Assessment, group project, presented by Gray Gunter.

2006, April, National Meeting of Popular Culture and American Culture Associations, Atlanta. The paper titled as Lynda Barry's Humor: At the Juncture of Private and Public, Invitation and Dissemination, Childish and Professional was presented.

2005, September, San Francisco State University, Shades of Sexuality in Film; Exploring the 'Aberrant,' the 'Normal,' and the Space Between. The paper titled as A Jolt to Mainstream Cinema from Jane Campion: Detective and Femme Fatale Switching Their Roles in In the Cut was presented.

2005, May, The Fourth Annual Student Research and Creative Activity Fair, Ohio University, Athens. The paper titled as The Inevitable Affection among Animation, Graphic Novel, and Film Noir in the Digital Era: A Look at The Hudsucker Proxy from the Frame of the Hula-Hoop was presented.

2004, September, Society for Animation Studies Conference, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Second part of the paper was presented: The Blurry Borders between Digital and Analog Media, Live Action and Animation in Spielberg's Minority Report

2004, August, Cultural Issues in Developing 3d Worlds, Prague, Czech Republic. First part of the paper was presented: The Blurry Borders between Digital and Analog Media, Live Action and Animation in Spielberg's Minority Report

EXHIBITIONS:-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

2008, March, Ordinary Things Exhibition in Art House Coop, 248 artworks from my online comics journal, Ordinary Things, www.ordinarycomics.com

WORKSHOPS:-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

2001, The 9 th animated film workshop Cracow, joint project of Animated Film Department of Academy of Fine Arts, The Cinema Club of the Rotunda Association and Polish Office of the Swiss Cultural Foundation, Pro Helvetia, Poland, Cracow

SHORT FILMS: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

2008, No Title, Video-Animation for Sonic Generator Concert. 10' Collaborated work with Geoffrey Thomas.

2007, Diana'yi Kurtarmak (Saving Diana), (animations), 3' Contributed to If Istanbul. (directed by Gulgun Ozek)

2004, Gobek Bagi (Umbilical Cord), 5'. Contributed to International Film Festival in Athens and If Istanbul.

2004, 1943, 8' 23" (camera) Contributed to If Istanbul. (directed by Cicek Kahraman)

2004, Uyku Sonra (Sleep and Then), (credits design), 8' 30" 1. Columbia Tristar National Short Film Competition (Turkey) Best Experimental Film Award (directed by Ovgu Gokce)

2000, Gozluk (Glasses), 3' 18", 3 rd prize IFSAK, the association aims expanding the arts of photography and cinematography

AWARDS: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Merit Based scholarship, Ph.D. program of Literature Communication and Culture, Georgia Institute ofTechnology, 2005

Merit Based scholarship, Ph.D. program of School of Communication Studies, Ohio University, 2003

First Prize in graduation, MA program of Film and Television Dept., Istanbul Bilgi University, 2001

Merit-based scholarship, MA program of Film and Television Dept., Istanbul Bilgi University, 1999