Alper Tolga Bulut. Assistant Professor Department of International Relations Karadeniz Technical University

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1 Alper Tolga Bulut Assistant Professor Department of International Relations Karadeniz Technical University ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT : Assistant Professor-Karadeniz Technical University, Department of International Relations : Postdoctoral Research Associate, Rice University-Local Elections in America Project EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND Ph. D., Political Science, University of Houston (December 2014) Fields: Comparative Politics, Methods, American Politics Dissertation: Representation and Responsiveness in a Weakly Institutionalized Party Setting Committee: Jonathan Slapin (chair), Eduardo Aleman, Ryan Kennedy, Shane Martin (outside reader) M.A. in Political Science, University of Houston, TX. (2012) MA in International Relations, Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon, Turkey (2008) BA in International Relations, Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon, Turkey (2005) PUBLICATIONS Books and Edited Volumes Bulut, Alper T. and T. Murat Yıldırım, Political Stability and Agenda Dynamics, book manuscript under contract with Palgrave-McMillan (expected final manuscript delivery date: January 2019) Bulut, Alper T., and T. Murat Yıldırım, "Policy Agendas Project - Turkey". in F. Baumgartner, C. Breunig, and E. Grossman (Eds), "Comparative Policy Agendas: Theory, Tools, Data", Oxford University Press, forthcoming. Page 1 of 5

2 Journal Articles Bulut, Alper T., "How Clientelistic Parties Go Programmatic: the Strategic Logic of Responsiveness in a Least Likely Case (the AKP of Turkey)", Comparative Politics, forthcoming. Bulut, Alper T., and Emel Ilter (KTU-graduate student) Understanding Legislative Speech in the Turkish Parliament: Reconsidering the Electoral Connection under Proportional Representation, Parliamentary Affairs, forthcoming. Bulut, Alper T "Measuring Political Agenda Setting and Representation in Turkey: Introducing a new Approach and Dataset." Party Politics 23(6): Marschall, Melissa, Abdullah Aydogan, and Alper Bulut "Does housing create votes? Explaining the electoral success of the AKP in Turkey." Electoral Studies 42 (2016): Bulut, Alper T Understanding the Role of Political Parties in Afghanistan. Academic Middle East 24(2): Bulut, Alper T Uncovering the Party Effect in the US Congress, Gazi Akademik Bakis 11(22), WORKS IN PROGRESS Gender, Islam and Representation (revising for submission) Do Turkish Politicians Keep their Promises? Testing Pledge Fulfillment in a Weakly Institutionalized Party Setting (revising for submission) Distributive Politics, Housing, and the Electoral Success of Turkey s Justice & Development (AKP) Party (revising for submission) Page 2 of 5

3 Determinants of the Support for Immigrant Enfranchisement in Western Countries Protestantism and Democracy: Reconsidering Causality. CONFERENCES AND INVITED TALKS Understanding the Determinants of Legislative Speech: The Role of Electoral Vulnerability, presented at the Comparative Agendas Project Annual Conference, Geneva, Switzerland., 2016 "Examining the Foundations of Legislative Speech: Constituency Links, Clientelism and Personal Attributes", presented at the Annual Meeting of Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, 2016 Distributive Politics, Housing, and the Electoral Success of Turkey s Justice & Development (AKP) Party, presented at the 2015 American Political Science Association Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA. Party Voting in Turkey: Explaining the Durability of AKP Support, International Society of Political Psychology (ISPP) Conference with Melissa Marschall and Alper Bulut, Izmir, Turkey, 2015 Party Voting in Turkey: Explaining the Durability of AKP Support, Rice University Department of Political Science, with Melissa Marchall and Alper Bulut, TX, 2015 Clientelistic Sources of AKP Governance in Turkey: Does Housing Create Votes?, Annual Meeting of Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, 2015 Background and Implications of Presidential Election Reform in Turkey, Rice University, Texas, 2014, Turkey at a Crossroads?: The 2014 Presidential Elections Roundtable Discussion Representation and Responsiveness in a Weakly Institutionalized Party Setting, presented at the 2014 Comparative Agendas Project Annual Conference, Konstanz, Germany. Examining Turkish Party System: Representation, Institutions and Political Agenda, presented at the 2014 Midwest Political Science Association Annual Conference, Chicago, IL. Do Parties Keep their Promises? Testing pledge Fulfilment in a non-institutionalized Party System, presented at the 2014 Southern Political Science Association Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA Page 3 of 5

4 Issue Ownership and Programmatic Parties: Examining a Nascent Party System, presented at the 2014 Southwestern Political Science Association Annual Conference, San Antonio, TX Do Turkish Politicians Keep their Promises? Testing Pledge Fulfillment in a Weakly Institutionalized Party Setting, presented at the Hobby Center for Public Policy EITM Workshop, Houston, TX, 2014 Determinants of the Support for Immigrant Enfranchisement in Western Countries, presented at the 2013 Midwest Political Science Association Annual Conference, Chicago, IL. AWARDS, GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS Turkish Ministry of National Education PhD Scholarship, covering education and life expenses abroad (declined) Turkish Council of Higher Education, scholarship for abroad doctoral study, covering full educational and life expenses, SPSA Prestige-Cook Travel Grant, $250 (2013) Texas Public Education Grant, $300 (2013) University of Houston Political Science Department, Conference Travel Grant for MPSA Annual Meeting, $450 (2014) University of Houston International Education Scholarship $750 (2014) University of Mannheim Conference Travel Grant $370 (2014) UH, Political Science Department, Conference Travel Grant for CAP Annual Meeting, $450 (2014) UH, Hobby Center for Public Policy, EITM Summer Institute Participation Fellowship, $1.000 (2014) UH Rockwell Career Center Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award Turkish Science Foundation Travel Grant $1300 (2016) Turkish Science Foundation Marie Curie Project Training Support Grant $4500 (2017) PROFESSIONAL SERVICE Editor Political Reflection Magazine ( ) Co-Director Turkish Policy Agendas Project (2013-present) Research Consultant Page 4 of 5

5 Rice University, Dr. Melissa Marschall Co-investigator Turkey Reference Experiment: Impact of International Policy Proposals on Public Opinion (Principal co-investigator: Dr. Ryan Kennedy) Professional Association Membership Member of Southwestern Political Science Association Member of Southern Political Science Association Member of Midwest Political Science Association LANGUAGES Turkish (Native), English (Fluent), German (pre-intermediate) PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES R, Stata Page 5 of 5