Danielle Schoon is a cultural anthropologist with research and publications on contemporary Turkey. She has been a Lecturer at OSU since 2015, teaching in multiple departments along with NESA, including Sociology, 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 was named Outstanding Lecturer in the Department of Sociology in 2021. Danielle has been awarded numerous internal grants from OIA, the Drake Institute, and other entities at OSU for her professional development, course design, and research. Her teaching has been spotlighted by the Drake Institute and the Office of Distance Education. Danielle co-organized an interdisciplinary virtual symposium in 2021, “Bringing the Border to Columbus,” funded by the Global Arts + Humanities Discovery Theme. She has designed several courses for NESA, including Contemporary Issues in Turkey and The Modern Middle East. She is in the final stages of developing a Virtual Education Abroad in Istanbul.