Department of Political Science Phone: (607) Assistant Professor, Binghamton University

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1 EKREM KARAKOÇ Department of Political Science Phone: (607) Binghamton University, SUNY Binghamton, NY EMPLOYMENT Assistant Professor, Binghamton University 2012-present Postdoctoral Fellow, Université de Montréal EDUCATION Doctor of Philosophy, Political Science, Penn State University, PA 2010 Major Field: Comparative Politics Minor Fields: International Relations and Political Methodology Dissertation Title: Democracy and the Inequality Paradox: How Democracy Has Increased Income Disparities in Post-Communist and Southern Europe Recipient of 2011 Juan Linz Prize for Best Dissertation of the APSA Comparative Democratization Section Committee: Michael Bernhard (Co-chair), Lee Ann Banaszak (Co-chair), Chris Zorn, Burt Monroe, and Mark Anner (Labor Studies) Graduate Program, Political Science, Miami University, OH Master of Arts, Political Science, Indiana University, IN 2004 Bachelor of Arts, International Relations, Koç University, Istanbul 1998 Bachelor of Arts, Sociology, Koç University, Istanbul 1998 ADDITIONAL METHODOLOGICAL TRAINING Winter School, Experimental Social Sciences Institute, NYU Abu Dhabi January 15 Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research, University of Michigan Field Experiment Workshop, Yale University July 07 MLE, Advanced MLE, Categorical Analysis, Scaling and Dimensional Analysis and LISREL July 05, 07 Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan Web Design Survey, Web Survey Implementation July 07 Multilevel Analysis June 06 Short-Courses Designing and Conducting Field Research, APSA September 09 Multi-Method Approach, APSA September 09 GIS Workshop, Population Center, Penn State October 08 AWARDS AND GRANTS Turkish Euroasia Research Foundation, Istanbul, Turkey Religion, Politics and Foreign Policy in the Middle East Co-PI with Talha Kose and Mesut Ozcan ($100,000)

2 Middle East Research Center (ORSAM), Ankara, Turkey Public Opinion toward Soft Power and Foreign Policy in the Middle East Co-PI with Talha Kose and Mesut Ozcan ($ 60,000) PUBLICATIONS Perils of Semi-Presidentialism and Confidence in Political Institutions in Contemporary Democracies with Alper Ecevit, accepted for publication, International Political Science Review Minorities in the Middle East: A Comparative Study of Minority Insecurity and Support for Democracy Political Research Quarterly, 2015, forthcoming, with Ceren Belge Who Supports Secession? Determinants of Secession among Turkey s Kurds Nations and Nationalism, 2015, accepted for publication, with Zeki Sarigil Assessments of Turkish foreign policy in the middle east during the Arab uprisings Turkish Studies, 2015, forthcoming, with Mesut Ozcan and Talha Kose Which Matters More in the Electoral Success of Islamist (successor) Parties: Religion or Performance? The Turkish Case Party Politics, 2014, forthcoming, with Elisabeth Gidengil Economic Inequality and its Asymmetric Effect on Civil Society: Evidence from Postcommunist Countries European Political Science Review, 2013, 5(2): Ethnicity and Trust in National and International Institutions: Kurdish Attitudes Toward Political Institutions in Turkey Turkish Studies, 2013, 14(1): Religion in Politics: How Does Inequality Affect Public Secularization? Comparative Political Studies, 2012, 45(12): , with Birol Baskan "Elections and Satisfaction with Democracy" Electoral Studies, 2012, 31(1): , with Andre Blais and Shane Singh Civilizing vs Destructive Globalization? A Multi-level analysis of anti-immigrant prejudice International Journal of Comparative Sociology, 2012, 53(1):23-44, with Yunus Kaya Small Worlds of Diversity: Views Toward Immigration and Racial Minorities in Canadian Provinces. Canadian Journal of Political Science, 2012, 45(3): , with Antoine Bilodeau and Luc Turgeon Moving West or Going South? Inequality and Institutionalization in Post-Communist Party Systems Comparative Politics, 2011, 44(1):1-20, with Michael Bernhard Civil Society and the Legacies of Dictatorship World Politics, 2007, 59(4): , with Michael Bernhard REVISE AND RESUBMIT The Role of Ideology and Religious Commitment in Support for PKK in Turkey with Zeki Sarigil, International Interactions

3 A Comparative Analysis of Soft Power in the MENA Region: How Does Identity Matter? with Mesut Ozcan and Talha Kose, Foreign Policy Analysis Diffusion of Salafism via Emigration: Political Remittances and the Rise of Salafi al-nour in Egyptian Parliamentary Election with Mesut Ozcan and Talha Kose, Party Politics UNDER REVIEW A Theory of Redistribution in New Democracies: Income Disparity in New Democracies in Europe, Political Participation in Ethnically Diverse Societies: Understanding the Role of Ethnic Heterogeneity and Civic Associations with Lee Ann Banaszak "Interethnic Tolerance in Turkey: Turks vs. Kurds" with Zeki Sarigil BOOK/WORKING PAPERS Democracy and the Inequality Paradox in Post-Communist and Southern Europe (The book manuscript in progress for submission to Oxford University Press) Public Opinion toward Turkey during the Arab Uprisings (in Turkish), (Mesut Ozcan and Talha Kose), ASAV Publication: Istanbul How Middle East Authoritarian Regimes Promote Legitimacy: Playing the America and Israel Cards with Vaughn Shannon Heterogeneous Attitudes towards Globalization: Does Social Spending Help? with Andreea Mihalache Remittances and Globalization in Developing Countries: How Do Remittances Affect Attitudes toward Immigration? Domestic Elections and The EU: Support for the EU and its Effect on Elections in Turkey BOOK CHAPTERS/REVIEWS Globalization and anti-immigrant Attitudes (with Yunus Kaya) reprinted in Kuyerel Donusum, edited by Nurullah Ardic and Sevinc Alkan (in Turkish), Istanbul: Kure Publishing Ethnicity and Trust in National and International Institutions: Kurdish Attitudes Toward Political Institutions in Turkey reprinted in Political Psychology of Turkish Political Behavior, edited by Cengiz Erisen, London: Routledge Review of Political Power and Economic Inequality: A Comparative Policy Approach by Charles F. Andrain. Political Science Quarterly, Summer 2015, 30(2):

4 WORKS IN PROGRESS Explaining Confidence in UN: Minorities and Ethnic Conflict with Zhiyuan Wang Ethnic and Religious Minorities and Attitudes toward Liberal Market Economy Ethnicity and Inequality in Postcommunist Countries RECENT PRESENTATIONS Who Voted for the Islamist Parties in Egyptian Parliamentary Elections?" with Ege Ozen Midwest Political Science Association, April 2015, Chicago, IL "Emigration to the Gulf and Party Preferences in Egyptian Parliamentary Elections of 2011/12 Middle Eastern Studies Association, November 2014, Washington, D.C. "Interethnic Tolerance in Turkey: Turks vs. Kurds", with Zeki Sarigil, Association for the Study of Nationalities, April, 2014, NYC/ November 2014, Washington, D.C. The Role of Emigration on the Rise of Islamist Parties in Egypt Istanbul Workshop, January 2014, Istanbul Sehir University, Turkey Ethnic and Religious Minorities and Soft Power in the Middle East (Poster) with Talha Kose and Mesut Ozcan, APSA, August 2013, Chicago, IL Minorities in the Middle East: A Comparative Study of Minority Insecurity and Support for Democracy with Ceren Belge, Association for the Study of Nationalities, April 2013, NYC Popular Support for Rebel Groups? The Role of Ideology and Religious Commitment in Support for PKK in Turkey with Zeki Sarigil, Midwest Political Science Association, April 2013, Chicago, IL Who Supports Secession with Zeki Sarigil, Midwest Political Science Association, April 2013, Chicago, IL Inequality and Civic Participation in Post-Communist Europe APSA, September 2012, New Orleans, LA Democracy and the Inequality Paradox: How has Democracy increased Income Disparities in Post-Communist and Southern Europe? APSA, September 2011, Seattle, WA RESEARCH INTERESTS Comparative Politics: Democratization, Comparative Political Economy, Political Behavior, Ethnic Politics, Middle East Politics, Political Party Systems International Relations: International Political Economy, Globalization, Foreign Policy, and Soft Power

5 TEACHING INTERESTS Comparative Politics: Democratization, Postcommunist Politics, Comparative Political Economy, Comparative Authoritarianism, Political Behavior LANGUAGE TRAINING Pushkin State Institute of Russian Language, Moscow, Russia Spring 03 Kazakh/Russian Private Tutoring. Almaty, Kazakhstan Summer 96 COURSES TAUGHT Comparative Ethnic Politics, Binghamton Fall 2013 Political Behavior (graduate course), Binghamton Fall 2013 Political Behavior, Politics of Development, Binghamton Spring 2013 Democratization, Binghamton Fall 2012 Lecturer, Intro to Comparative Politics, Penn State Summer 09 Teaching Assistant, American Foreign Policy, Penn State Fall 06 LANGUAGES Turkish native Russian good RESEARCH TOOLS STATA, SPSS HLM, GIS, R, SAS, Amelia THESIS SUPERVISED Ege Ozen (Chair, ongoing PhD) Giovanni Scaringi (Member, ongoing PhD) Carl Kalmick (Member, ongoing PhD) Kourosh Rahimkhani (Member, ongoing PhD) Efe Tokdemir (Member, ongoing PhD) Patience Kapfer (Chair, MA) Tomasz Buras (Chair, MA) SERVICES Chair and Discussant: APSA, ISA, Midwest, MESA, ASN Referee: American Political Science Review, American Journal of Political Science, Comparative Political Studies, Comparative Politics, Journal of Politics, European Journal of Development Research, International Journal of Comparative Sociology, Political Behavior, Party Politics, Political Research Quarterly, Nations and Nationalism, Turkish Studies, Journal of Civil Wars, International Political Science Review, and Europe and Asia Studies. Book Review: Political Research Quarterly