Curriculum Vitae Başak Yavçan TOBB University of Economics and Technology Söğütözü cad. No: ,Ankara

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1 Curriculum Vitae Başak Yavçan TOBB University of Economics and Technology Söğütözü cad. No: ,Ankara Tel.: +90 (312) Fax: +90 (312) Mobile: +90 (553) ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS Assistant Professor of Political Science, TOBB University of Economics & Technology, Ankara, TURKEY 2011-Present Visiting Scholar of Modern Turkish Studies, Northwestern University Evanston, IL, USA Fall 2015 Assistant Director, Center for Social Policy Research, TOBB University of Economics &Technology Ankara, TURKEY 2012-Present EDUCATION: Ph.D. Department of Political Science, University of Pittsburgh May, st Field: Comparative Politics; Political Behavior, European Politics. 2 nd Field: World Politics; International Institutions and Cooperation. 3 rd Field: Research Methods Dissertation title: Public Opinion towards Immigration: A heterogeneous approach Committee: Steve Finkel(chair), Alberta Sbragia, Jon Hurwitz, Martin Schain M.A. in Political Science, Aug, University of Pittsburgh, European Center of Excellence, European Union Studies and West European Studies Graduate Certificate 2005 The Interuniversity Consortium for Political and Social Research(ICPSR) Summer Program, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Honors B.A.in Political Science and International Relations, Boğaziçi University Turkey. PUBLICATIONS: (2016) Determinants of Media Criticism in a Democracy in Transition: Applying Field Theory to Turkey. International Journal of Communication Vol. 10 (2016), pp (with Hakan Övünç Ongur) (2016) An Economic Approach to the Theory of Mediation Effective mediation for a conflict resolution with incomplete information: Biased or Unbiased? Ekonomik Yaklasim, 27 (100), pp Turkish. (with Ayça Özdoğan) (2016) On Governing the Syrian Refugee Crisis Collectively: The View from Turkey. Near Futures Online 1 Europe at a Crossroads (March 2016). (2015) Turkish Red Crescent Community Center Project Needs Assessment Report (Türk Kızılayı Toplum Merkezi Projesi İhtiyaç Tespiti Raporu) ORSAM Report No: 200 (ISBN: ) (2015) Press Freedom (Basın Özgürlüğü) Freedom Research Association, Liberal Perspektif Report No:3 (with Burak Bilgehan Özpek)

2 (2016) Book Review of Taking to the Streets: The Transformation of Arab Activism by Lina Khatib and Ellen Lust. (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins UP, 2014)for Studies in Etnicity and Nationalism,(forthcoming) (2015) Türkiye deki Kamp-Dışı Suriyeli Sığınmacılar: Hayaller ve Hayatlar(Off-Camp Syrian Refugees in Turkey: Dreams and Realities in (ed.) Belgin Akçay, İç Savaşın 4. Yılında Türkiye deki Suriyeli Sığınmacılar ABKAD Yayın 2015/3 (April, 2015) Europeanization of the Turkish Parliament in Güney in: Europeanization of Turkey: Policies, Politics and Polity, Ali Tekin and Aylin Güney (eds.) Routledge (with William T. Daniel) (March, 2015) Kamp-dışı Suriyeli Sığınmacıların Hayatından Bir Kesit: Problemler, İhtiyaçlar ve Toplumsal Entegrasyon (Reflections on the Life of Off-Camp Syrians in Turkey: Problems, Needs and Social Integration"in Naito et al. (eds) Turkish-Japanese Collaboration for the Middle East Peace ProcessDoshisha University Press, Japan. (2015) Aydınlanma ve Devlet (Enlightenment and the State) in Menderes Çınar (ed.) Aydınlanma Felsefesi, Atatürk Üniversitesi Yayınları (ISBN: ) (2014) Uluslararası İlişkilerde Marksist Yaklaşımlar (Marxist Approaches to the Study of the International Relations) in: Uluslararası İlişkiler Teorileri, Ramazan Gözen (ed.), İletişim: İstanbul (with Hakan Övünç Ongur) (2013) Public Opinion towards Immigration and the EU: How are Turkish immigrants different than others? Turkish Studies, Vol.14(1), pp (2013) Avrupa Birliği nde Türkiye Algıları(Perceptions of Turkey within the EU) in: Yarım Asrın Ardından Türkiye - Avrupa Birliği İlişkileri, Belgin Akçay ve Sinem A. Açıkmeşe (eds), Turhan: Ankara (2013) Book Review of Constructivism and Rationalism in EU External Relations: The Case of the European Neighbourhood Policy bypetrkratochvíl and Elsa Tulmets Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis, Vol.14 (3), pp (2012) Book Review of Immigrants Raising Citizens: Undocumented Parents and Their Young Children by Hirokazu Yoshikawa Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis, Vol.13 (5),pp A Web of Attitudes: Public opinion towards Immigration and the EU in Germany,University of Pittsburgh European Union Center of Excellence Newsletter, April The EU's Imaginary Clash of Civilizations Atlantic Community Newsletter: Special issue on Turkey and the EU. November Think_Tank_Article/The_EU%27s_Imaginary_Clash_of_Civilizations Turkey: EU s Significant Other? New York Consortium for European Studies Newsletter, May ACADEMIC CONFERENCE PAPERS/ WORKING PAPERS: Reflections of A Democracy in Transition On Media Criticism: Evidence From Turkey presented at European Consortium for Political Science Conference, September 2014, Glasgow: UK. (with Hakan Övünç Ongur) Integration and Social Distance: The case of Syrian Refugees in Turkey paper presented at the Northwestern University Workshop: From Temporary Protection to Permanent Settlement Nov 9th,

3 2015, manuscript also accepted for presentation at Midwest Political Science Association Conference, Chicago, April, 2015 Effective mediation for a conflict resolution with incomplete information: Biased or Unbiased? 2015, with Ayça Özdoğan ( manuscript under review) Impact of Media Framing of Euroscepticism in Turkey and Germany Midwest Political Science Association Conference, Chicago. April, 2014 and Mass Attitudes and Political Economy of the EU Workshop at European Studies Center in the University of Colorado, Boulder January (with Galina Zapryanova) Who are the Immigrants in Germany, presented at Midwest Political Science Association Conference, Chicago. April, 2008, University of Pittsburgh European Union Center of Excellence Lecture Series March Explaining Public Opposition towards different Immigrant Groups: Experimental Evidence from Germany presented at Midwest Political Science Association Conference, Chicago, April, From Geopolitics to Cultural Affinity: The Change in Voting Behavior in Eurovision Song Contest, with Stacy M. Bondanella presented at the 2009 American Political Science Association Annual MeetingToronto, Canada,September, 2009 A Heterogeneous Approach to Public Opinion towards Immigration in Germany: Prejudice and Economics as a Function of Cultural Similarity, presented at Midwest Political Science Association Conference, Chicago, April, 2009 and European Union Studies Association Conference, Los Angeles, April, 2009,manuscript under review. Attitudes towards EU Integration: Issues of Cross-Cultural Measurement, w/ EserSekercioglu, presented at American Political Science Association Conference, Chicago, August, A Longitudinal Study of Attitudes towards Immigration: The case of Germany, presented at the Biennial European Union Studies Association Conference, Montreal, May, 2007 and at Midwest Political Science Association 65 th Annual National Conference, Chicago, April, 2007 FIELD EXPERIENCE: (2015) In depth interviews, 3 different focus groups (N=30) and a large-n survey (N=330) conducted with Syrian refugees living outside of camps and data analyzed for a needs assesment and measurement of inter-group attitudes for International Red Cross and Red Crescent Federation, Şanlıurfa, Turkey (2014) Computer Assisted Survey Experiments conducted and analyzed on the effect of media priming on Euroscepticism N=350, Ankara (2014) Quantitative and QualitativeContent Analysis trained and overseen conducted and analyzed on Criticism in Turkish Media (hardcopy, electronic copy and microfiches), 20 years, random sampled 720 days (2013) Paper-Pencil Surveys conducted and analyzed on Social inclusion in Vocational Education N=300, Ankara and Istanbul (2013) Face to Face in-depth interviews conducted and analyzed with Political Elites on Social inclusion in Vocational Education N=100, Ankara and Istanbul

4 (2013) Quantitative and Qualitative Content Analysis of Turkish Newspapers on EU integration (hardcopy and electronic copes) for 2011, N=300, Ankara (2013) Paper-Pencil Surveys conducted and analyzed on Political Tolerance and Trust in Institutions N=100, Ankara (2010) Quantitative Content Analysis of German Newspapers on Immigration Attitudes, for 10 years in various locations in Germany (2009) Computer Assisted Survey Experiments conducted and analyzed with German Respondents on their opposition to different immigrant groups and European Integration N=250 Berlin, Germany (2009)Face to Face Survey Pretest conducted and analyzed with German Respondents on their opposition to different immigrant groups and European Integration N=25 Berlin, Germany (2007)Face to Face Cognitive Interviewsconducted and analyzed with German Respondents on their Perception of Immigrants N=40, Berlin, Germany (2006)Paper-Pencil Survey Pretest conducted and analyzed with American Respondents of their Perception of Immigrants, N=120 Michigan, USA (2006) Qualitative Content Analysis of Turkish Newspaper Archives during the Interwar Period on Minority Attitudes (hardcopy and microfiches), Istanbul (2006) Qualitative Content Analysis of 19 th Century German Newspaper Archives (hardcopy and microfiches) on Anti-Semitism of the Left, Berlin TEACHING EXPERIENCE: Northwestern University, Visiting Professor Evanston, IL 2015 Courses Taught: Politics and Securitization of Immigration Students mentored: On conducting fieldwork with Refugees TOBB University of Economics and Technology, Assitant Professor Ankara, TURKEY Courses Taught: Securitization and Politics of Immigration (MA level), Media and Politics, Comparative Politics of Advanced Democracies, Comparative Politics of Developing Nations, Introduction to Political Science, International Political Economy, European Union Integration: History, Theories and Institutions University of Pittsburgh, Teaching/Research Fellow Pittsburgh, PA CoursesTaught: Citizens, Democracy and the EUand European Union Integration: History, Theories and Institutions, New York University, Department of Politics, New York, NY Guest Lectured: Politics of European Union Integration, Politics of Immigration University of Michigan, ICPSR Teaching/Research Assistant Ann Arbor, MI 2006 Course Assisted: Scaling and Multidimensional Analysis AWARDS: Northwestern University, Buffett Center & Keyman Modern Turkish Studies Center, Research Scholarship, 2015

5 University of Pittsburgh, European Union Center of Excellence Dissertation and Summer Grants for conducting survey experiments in Germany as the final field research for my dissertation, 2009 and Pre-Dissertation Award 2007 Westview Press Award(nominated) for the best paper by a graduate student in Midwest Political Science Association 65 th Annual National Conference, Chicago 2007 Umberger Graduate Fellowship, University of Pittsburgh- Department of Political Science, 2007 Harvest Language Institute Students Choice for Excellence in Teaching Award for distinguished teaching and providing an inspirational learning environment, Exchange Scholarship (University of Washington, Seattle). Awarded by Boğaziçi University, Turkey for Spring, Summer, and Fall German Language Proficiency Certificate (Sprachdiplom) by Goethe Institute Izmir, 1997 INVITED TALKS, SERVICE, AND RELEVANT EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES: Consultant, ORSAM (Center for Middle Eastern Strategic Studies) and Turkish Red Cross Reviewer, Political Research Quarterly, Comparative Politics, Comparative European Politics,Political Behavior, Insight Turkey, and Perspectives Invited to a Talk at Greek-Turkish Workshop on Migration and Children in İzmir by Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, to present on Inter-group contact and Prejudice: Evidence from Syrian Refugee and Turkish Children June, 2016 Invited to a Talk at a panel on The Refugee Issue in EU-Turkey Relations at Çukurova University, Adana to present on Cooperating in Governing the Syrian Refugee Crisis: The Integration Approach May, Invited to a Talk at the Conference on Innovative solutions and international exchange of experiences when working with Refugees in Berlin by Friedrich Neuman Stiftung, to present on Innovative Policies in Integration of Syrian Refugees in Higher Education in Turkey, April, 2016 Invited to a Talk at Greek-Turkish Workshop on Migration and Refugees in Thessaloniki by Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, to present on The Syrian Refugee Crisis in and the European Union- Turkey Relations March, 2016 Invited to a Talk at University of Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia, PA by Middle East Center on The Syrian Refugee Crisis in Turkey December, 2015 Invited to participate on a panel at University of Wisconsin at Madison, by Center for European Studies and African Studies on The Mediterranean Refugee Crisis November, 2015 Invited to give a Talk at Chicagoland Jewish Highschool Deerfield, IL by Model UN Society, on the Syrian Refugee Crisis and the Global Response November, 2015 Invited to give a Lecture at Northwestern University, Evanston IL by International Studies, Middle East and North Africa Working Group on Implications of Syrian Refugee Crisis for Turkey and Europe November, 2015 Invited to Lecture at Northwestern University, Evanston IL by Buffett Institute on Freedom of the Press in Turkey: Reflections of a Democracy in Transition October 2015

6 Invited tolecture of Buffett Institute of Security Studies at Northwestern University, Evanston, IL on the Workshop on Conducting Interviews with Vulnerable Populations: A case-study of Syrian refugees in Turkey April Invited to a Lecture of Jean Monnet Speaker Series at Middle East Technical University on the Impact of Media Framing of Euroscepticism in Turkey and Germany November Invited to a Lecture on European Muslims Trust in Institutions in understanding integration and peaceful coexistence at Konya Selcuk University, Center for Human Rights, October Invited to a Lecture at the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs titled Public Opinion in the European Union October 2011, 2013, 2014 Invited to a Talk on UMEM Labor Integration Project at UNDP Istanbul (September, 2014) and MED Conference Barcelona, Spain (December 2013) Invited to a Lecture on Perceptions of European Union among the Northern Cypriot Turkish Community at UDP Famagosta, Northern Cyprus (May 2013) Invited to a Lecture for K-12 Teachers and Students for Eurochallenge Competition titled European Union Today: History and Institutions" June 2011 Academic Advisor to the Planning Committee of 2011and 2012 Model European Union, identifying the council meeting to be simulated, overseeing the planning and writing of the agenda. Volunteer, Lenox Hill Neighborhood House, New York, conducting and analyzing focus groups and surveys Discussant. for European Politics,Political Behavior, and Comparative Politics Panels at Midwest Political Science Association Conferences, Chicago, IL Member, Comparative Politics/Europe Faculty Search Committee, Department of Political Science, University of Pittsburgh, Invited to a Lecture for undergraduate students in the International Studies Living Learning Community titled European Public Opinion: A Challenge to Turkish Accession?" 2006 Invited to a talk for World Affairs Council Pittsburgh as part of the Great Decisions series on European Public Opinion and Turkey PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS American Political Science Association European Union Studies Association Midwest Political Science Association AvrupaBirliği ve KüreselAraştırmalarDerneği Oy ve ÖtesiDerneği İnsanHaklarıEğitimiDerneği LANGUAGE and COMPUTER SKILLS: Turkish: Native German: Proficient in reading, writing and speaking French: Elementary in reading and speaking Proficient in SPSS, STATA, HTML, LISREL, MediaLab, Endnote, MS Office (Word, Excel, Power Point), basic R.

7 REFERENCES Steven E. Finkel Daniel Wallace Professor of Political Science University of Pittsburgh 4804 Wesley W. Posvar Hall Pittsburgh, PA (412) İhsan Sezal Dean of Economics and Administrative Sciences and Professor of Politics TOBB University of Economics and Technology Sogutozu cad. No: Ankara +1 (212) Alberta M. Sbragia Director, European Union Center Jean Monnet Chair ad personam Professor of Political Science University of Pittsburgh 4211 Wesley W. Posvar Hall Pittsburgh, PA (412)