Class of: 1997

Bikem Ekberzade

Bikem Ekberzade (COM’97) of Istanbul, Turkey, published Standing Rock: Greed, Oil and the Lakota’s Struggle for Justice (Zed Books, 2018). Former BU COM associate professor of journalism Nick Mills says of the book, “The story of Standing Rock embodies a long, sad history of violence and broken promises by the US government. [Bikem] carefully documents this history and illuminates it with the words of living Native Americans. An important contribution to our understanding of the US’ shameful and often appalling abuse of America’s original peoples.”

From the Winter-Spring 2019 issue.