KURSAT CINAR. EMPLOYMENT Middle East Technical University, Department of Political Science & Public Administration Lecturer Dr.

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1 KURSAT CINAR Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey Department of Political Science & Public Administration Research Gate : Academia : Website : Google Scholar EMPLOYMENT Middle East Technical University, Department of Political Science & Public Administration Lecturer Dr. (2018-present) Bilkent University, Department of Political Science European Union Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow ( ) EDUCATION The Ohio State University Ph.D., Political Science (2015) (Comparative Politics & Political Economy) Dissertation: The Rise of Hegemonic Party Rule: The Case of Justice and Development Party (AKP) in Turkey Committee: Prof. Anthony Mughan (chair), Prof. Richard Gunther, Prof. Jeremy Wallace M.A., Political Science (2012) New York University M.A., Economics (2009) Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey B.S., Business Administration (Minor in International Economics) (2006) Updated December 2018

2 PUBLICATIONS BOOK 1. Cinar, Kursat The Decline of Democracy in Turkey: A Comparative Study of Hegemonic Party Rule. Routledge: UK and US, forthcoming. ARTICLES IN SSCI (REFEREED) JOURNALS (Impact Factors in parentheses as of 2019) 1. Cinar, Kursat Introduction and Women and the City: Female Empowerment in the World, , Special Issue Women s Empowerment in Turkey (Guest Editor: Kursat Cinar). Turkish Studies, 20 (2): and (Impact Factor: 0.754). 2. Cinar, Kursat and Meral Ugur-Cinar The Effects of Executive Constraints on Political Trust, Democratization, 25 (8): (Impact Factor: 2.500). 3. Cinar, Kursat and Meral Ugur-Cinar What the City Has to Offer: Urbanization and Female Empowerment in Turkey. Politics & Gender, 14 (2): (Impact Factor: 1.641). 4. Cinar, Kursat and Tekin Kose The Determinants of Female Empowerment in Turkey: A Multi-Level Analysis, South European Society and Politics, 23 (3): (Impact Factor: 2.155). Selected as the Editor s Choice for the Issue 5. Cinar, Kursat Local Determinants of an Emerging Electoral Hegemony: The Case of Justice and Development Party (AKP) in Turkey. Democratization 23(7): (Impact Factor: 2.500). 6. Cinar, Kursat A Comparative Analysis of Clientelism in Greece, Spain, and Turkey: The Rural- Urban Divide. Contemporary Politics 22(1): (Impact Factor: 0.667). 7. Cinar, Kursat and Meral Ugur-Cinar Building Democracy to Last: The Turkish Experience in Comparative Perspective. Mediterranean Politics 20(3): (Impact Factor: 1.117). 8. Cinar, Kursat and Tekin Kose Economic Crises in Turkey and Pathways to the Future. Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies 17(2): (Impact Factor: 0.466). 9. Ugur-Cinar, Meral and Kursat Cinar The Second International: The Impact of Domestic Factors on International Organization Dysfunction. Political Studies 62(3): (Impact Factor: 1.706). 10. Cinar, Kursat Turkey and Turkic Nations: A Post Cold War Analysis of Relations. Turkish Studies 14(2): (Impact Factor: 0.754). 2 P a g e

3 BOOK CHAPTERS 1. Cinar, Kursat Women s Entrepreneurship in Patriarchal Societies: The Case of Women s Cooperatives in Turkey in Women Entrepreneurs and Strategic Decision Making in the Global Economy, Florica Tomos, Naresh Kumar, and Nick Clifton (Eds.), Hershey, PA: IGI Global, pp Cinar, Kursat Clientelism in Sage Encyclopedia of Political Behavior, Fathali M. Moghaddam (Ed.), Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications, pp PUBLICATIONS IN OTHER REFEREED JOURNALS 1. Cinar, Kursat Dismemberment of Yugoslavia: Lessons for the Ethnic Conflict Literature [ Yugoslavya nın Parçalanması: Etnik Çatışma Literatürü İçin Çıkarılacak Dersler ], Balkan Journal of Social Sciences, 8 (15), Cinar, Kursat A Collectivist Approach to the Income Distribution Problem: The Case of Women s Cooperatives in Turkey [ Bölüşüm Sorununa Kolektif Bir Bakış: Türkiye de Kadın Kooperatifleri Örneği ], İktisat ve Toplum, 98 (December): Kose, Tekin and Cinar, Kursat Can Turkey Escape the Middle-Income Trap?: An Institutional Approach to Economic Development [ Türkiye Orta Gelir Tuzağından Kaçabilir Mi?: İktisadi Gelişmeye Kurumsalcı Bir Yaklaşım ], Sosyoekonomi, 26 (38). 4. Cinar, Kursat Rural-Urban Divide in Latin American Clientelism [ Patronaj İlişkilerinde Latin Amerika Örneği: Kır-Kent Ayrımına Bir Bakış ], METU Studies in Development-ODTU Gelişme Dergisi, 43(3): GRANTS, AWARDS, AND FELLOWSHIPS EU Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Reintegration Fellowship Project Name: The Role of Urbanization in Female Empowerment: The Turkish Case in Comparative Perspective Project Duration: 24 months; Total Grant Awarded: 157, Sakıp Sabancı International Research Award Title: Building Democracy to Last: The Turkish Experience in Comparative Perspective (co-authored with Meral Ugur-Cinar) The Ohio State University Distinguished University Fellowship, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences Fellowship, Mershon Center for International Security Studies, The Alumni Grants for Graduate Research and Scholarship (AGGRS), 3 P a g e

4 Department of Political Science Ray Travel Grant New York University Fulbright Fellowship, ranked 1 st among the applicants in the field of Economics in Turkey Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey High Honor Roll (All semesters attended), Teaching Assistant Fellowship Ranked 1 st in Aydın Adnan Menderes Anatolian High School and attained 99.5% percentile score at University Entrance Exam in Turkey. CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS & INVITED TALKS Public Trust in Non-Consolidated Democracies: A Multi-Level Analysis Association for the Study of the Middle East and North Africa (ASMEA), 11 th Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, Paper Presentation, November 2, Middle East Economic Association (MEEA), 16 th Annual Meeting, Ankara, Turkey, Paper Presentation, May 18, Faces and Phases of Female Empowerment: Women's Cooperatives in Turkey Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA), 76 th Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, Paper Presentation, April 7, Middle East Technical University, Gender and Women s Studies Center, Invited Talk, February 28, The Political Economy of Women s Cooperatives in Turkey: Trajectories and Maneuvers, Georgetown University, Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies, The Turkish Program in the Division of Eastern Mediterranean Languages, Invited Talk, December 6, Gender Equality, European Research Area (European Council) Conference by the Alliance of Turkish Research Universities, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, Workshop Presentation, November 4, Understanding the Linkage between Urbanization & Female Empowerment in the World, Bilkent University, Faculty of Economics, Administrative, and Social Sciences (FEASS) Transdisciplinary Courses, GE 443: Social Challenges of Turkey, Invited Talk, February 26, The Birth of Hegemonic Party Systems: A Comparative Analysis of the Cases Throughout the World [Hegemonyal Parti Sistemlerinin Doğusu: Dünya daki Örneklere Karşılaştırmalı Bir Bakış], TOBB-ETU University, Department of Political Science, Invited Talk, December 24, A Multi-Level Analysis of Hegemony Building: The Case of Justice and Development Party (AKP), Bilkent University, POLS-TALK Series, Paper Presentation, April 30, P a g e

5 A Comparative Analysis of Clientelism in Greece, Spain, and Turkey: The Rural-Urban Divide, Koç University, Center for Research on Globalization, Peace, and Democratic Governance (GLODEM), International Political Economy Society of Turkey Conference, Paper Presentation, December 12, Root Causes of the Gezi Movement: Changing Macropartisanship Patterns and Electoral Geography in Turkey, Middle East Studies Association (MESA), 48 th Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., Paper Presentation, November 24, Local Determinants of Hegemonic Party Support: The Case of Justice and Development Party (AKP) in Turkey, Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA), 72 nd Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, Poster Presentation, April 3, TEACHING EXPERIENCE Middle East Technical University, Department of Political Science & Public Administration Foundations of Social Research (Research Methods), Turkish Politics in Comparative Perspective (Fall 2018-present). Bilkent University, Department of Political Science Comparative Politics, Introduction to Political Science, Introduction to Political Economy (Fall ). Ohio State University, Department of Political Science Politics of the Middle East (Lecturer) (Spring 2014) Political Problems of Contemporary World; Government and Politics in Modern Democracies; Intro to Western European Politics; Government and Politics of Southern Europe; Politics of Central and Eastern European Post-Communist Countries; Political Theories of Freedom; the UN System; The New Religious Politics (Teaching Assistant) (Fall 2011-Fall 2013). 5 P a g e

6 PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS American Political Science Association (APSA), Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA), Middle East Studies Association (MESA), Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa (ASMEA), European Consortium for Political Research, International and Turkish Fulbright Alumni Associations, Harvard University Southeastern Europe Study Group, Turkish American Scientists and Scholars Association. PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES Associate Editor: Politics & Gender. Academic Journal Referee: World Politics; Politics & Gender; Democratization; Political Research Quarterly; Governance; International Review of Administrative Sciences; International Journal of Public Opinion Research; International Political Science Review; Contemporary Politics; Mediterranean Politics; British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies; Journal of Southeast European and Black Sea Studies; and Turkish Studies. SKILLS AND INTERESTS Language Skills: Turkish (native), English (fluent), German and Spanish (intermediate). Computer Skills: Stata, E-Views, and GeoDa. Citizenship: Turkish, USA (Green Card). 6 P a g e