Campus
- Scarborough (UTSC)
Fields of Study
- Global Migration
- Political Sociology
- Qualitative Methods
Areas of Interest
- political struggle
- the relationship between neoliberal capitalism, empire, and everyday political behavior
- citizen-noncitizen relations
- race, racialization, and racism
- rightwing politics
Biography
Emine Fidan Elcioglu is an Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Toronto. She received a B.A. in economics and history from the University of Chicago and a Ph.D. in sociology from the University of California, Berkeley. At the University of Toronto, she teaches courses on critical migration studies, race and ethnicity, and qualitative research methods.
Media Coverage
Elcioglu, Emine Fidan. “YouTube Shapes Young People’s Political Education, but the Site Simplifies Complex Issues.” The Conversation. October 5, 2025.
Guns Unpacked (podcast) “Dr. Emine Fidan Elcioglu on Gun Politics & Migration at the Arizona-Sonora Border.” May 1, 2025.
“When Immigrants Oppose Immigration.” The Walrus. August 4, 2025.
“Visible Minorities in the GTA Increasingly Supporting Conservatives: U of T Study.” Toronto Star. June 11, 2025.
Elcioglu, Emine Fidan. “Why Are So Many 2nd-Gen South Asian and Chinese Canadians Planning to Vote Conservative?” The Conversation. April 10, 2025.