Dr. Gamze Ar is a tenured lecturer at Bartın University in Türkiye. She holds a Ph.D. in American Culture and Literature from Ege University and conducted part of her doctoral research as a visiting scholar at New York University. Her research focuses on African American children’s literature, cultural representation, identity, and visual narratives, with particular interests in Black hair and the intersections of technology and storytelling. She also participates in the Global CROWN project. Her recent work examines how AI-generated children’s narratives construct Blackness, belonging, and cultural difference.