Umut Erel

Umut Erel studied ethnology at the University of Hamburg and earned an MA in Gender and Ethnic Studies from Greenwich University and a PhD in Cultural Studies from Nottingham Trent University. Her research has focused on ethnicity, migration, gender, civil rights and working life. In 2003, she co-edited the volume *On the Move! Gender and Migration: Crossing Borders and Shifting Boundaries* with Mirjana Morokvasic and Kyoko Shinozaki.