Dr. Michaela Moura-Koçoğlu is an Associate Teaching Professor at the Center for Women’s and Gender Studies at Florida International University. She teaches courses on Gender-Based Violence, Women and Genocide, Feminist Theory, and Global Women’s Literature.
Her research focuses on Gender-Based Violence & Prevention, Postcolonial Literary Studies, and Indigenous Feminism, while her teaching and curriculum design emphasize AI-Enhanced Teaching, Digital Pedagogy, and her expertise as a Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) Specialist. She actively develops and leads COIL initiatives in partnership with universities in Brazil, Mexico, Türkiye, and Canada to foster cross-cultural education and international exchange.
Dr. Moura-Koçoğlu is a 2025 Global Freedom Group Fellow, an ongoing project advancing the Women, Peace & Security Agenda in alignment with UN Security Council Resolution 1325 and Sustainable Development Goal 5: Gender Equality. She previously earned the Charles E. Scheidt Faculty Fellowship in Atrocity Prevention (2023–24) and served as Co-PI on the U.S. Mission Türkiye grant “Breaking Gender Barriers through STEAM Education” (2023–24), which promoted gender-inclusive curriculum in the Turkish earthquake region.
Dr. Moura-Koçoğlu earned her Ph.D. in Postcolonial Anglophone Literatures and Cultures from the J.W. Goethe-University in Frankfurt, Germany.
LINKEDIN:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/drmmoura/
Areas of Expertise
- Gender Violence and Trauma
- Indigenous Feminism
- Post-colonial Literary Studies
- Women and Genocide
- Online Violence against Women and Girls
Publications (selection)
Moura-Koçoğlu, Michaela. “To Carry Pain, to Heal through Ceremony: Indigenous Women’s Standpoint in Indigenous Australian and Canadian Literatures.” The Ruptured Commons, special issue of Studies in Canadian Literature, vol. 48, no. 1, 2024, pp. 169-188. https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/SCL/article/view/34172
Moura-Koçoğlu, Michaela. “Global Student Projects as a Catalyst for Social Engagement: Findings from a Brazilian-American Collaboration.” The Global Impact Exchange: A Quarterly Publication of Diversity Abroad, July 2021.
Moura-Koçoğlu, Michaela. “Decolonizing Gender Roles in Pacific Women’s Writing: Indigenous Feminist Theories and the Reconceptualization of Women’s Authority.” Contemporary Women's Writing, vol. 11, no. 2, July 2017, pp. 239–258, https://doi.org/10.1093/cww/vpx015
Moura-Koçoğlu, Michaela. Narrating Indigenous Modernities: Transcultural Dimensions in Contemporary Māori Literature. Brill, 2011. Cross/Cultures Series, vol. 141. https://brill.com/view/title/27945