ABDULLAH YUVACI (Updated November 2014) Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences Melikşah University Talas, Kayseri, Turkey 38280 Phone: 90-352-207-7300 (*7380) E-mail: ayuvaci@meliksah.edu.tr EDUCATION Ph.D. Political Science, International Relations, Miami University, Oxford, OH (2010) M.A. Political Science, Public Administration, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN, (2003) B.A. Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Health Administration, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey, (2000) ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, Meliksah University, Kayseri, Turkey, 2014 - Present ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, Meliksah University, Kayseri, Turkey, 2010-2014 VISITING INSTRUCTOR, Centre College, Danville, KY, 2008 2010 LECTURER, Miami University, Oxford, OH, 2007-2008 TEACHING ASSISTANT, Miami University, Oxford, OH, 2003-2006 TEACHING ASSISTANT, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN, 2002 RESEARCH ASSISTANT, Center for Governmental Services, Indiana State University, 2002 REFEREED JOURNAL ARTICLES INDEXED in SSCI YUVACI, Abdullah. 2013. The Voting Behavior of the European Parliament Members on Turkish Accession: An analysis of the impact of member-state, European party groups 1
and national party affiliations on a special status amendment vote for Turkey Turkish Studies, Volume 14, Number 3, pp. 564-580 (SSCI). YUVACI, Abdullah and Muhittin Kaplan. 2013. Of East or West? Turkey s United Nations General Assembly Voting Preferences on Arms, North-South Economic Issues and Human Rights, International Relations (Uluslararası İlişkiler), Volume 10, Number 37, pp. 69-95, (SSCI). YUVACI, Abdullah and Muhittin Kaplan. 2013. Testing the Axis Shift Claim: An Empirical Analysis of Turkey s Voting Alignment on Important Resolutions in the United Nations General Assembly during the Years 2000-10, Turkish Studies, Volume 14, Number 2, pp. 212-228, (SSCI). KAPLAN, Muhittin, Abdullah Yuvacı and Shatlyk Amanov. One Nation, Many Voices? The Voting Cohesion of the Turkic Countries in the United Nations General Assembly, Bilig, forthcoming, (SSCI). OTHER REFEREED JOURNAL ARTICLES / BOOK CHAPTERS YUVACI, Abdullah. 2013. Views on Turkish Accession in the European Parliament: A Comparative Analysis, Suleyman Demirel University Journal of Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Vol.18, No.2, pp.101-117. YUVACI, Abdullah. 2012. A Comparison of the 2006 and 2010 Members of the European Parliament Survey Results: A further polarization on the question of Turkey in the European Parliament? International Journal of Economic and Administrative Studies 5 (9): 119-132. YUVACI, Abdullah and William Wayne Bowles. 2012. Knowledge and Perception of Turkey in a College in the United States Erciyes University Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences Journal 38 (June/December): 61-77. YUVACI, Abdullah and Salih Doğan. 2012. Geopolitics, Geoculture and Turkish Foreign Policy, Geopolitics in the 21 st Century 2 (3) (November): 9-23. YUVACI, Abdullah. 2011. National Level Determinants of the Representative Quality in the European Parliament, Cag University Journal of Social Sciences 8 (2): 1-15. YUVACI, Abdullah. 2011. Türkiye-ABD İlişkilerinin Politik Ekonomisi, 1990-2010, [Political Economy of Turkish-USA Relations], in Cenap Çakmak, Cengiz Dinç, Ahmet Öztürk, (eds.) Yakın Dönem Amerikan Dış Politikası: Teori ve Pratik, Ankara: Nobel Yayın, pp. 57-78. NON-REFEREED JOURNAL ARTICLES YUVACI, Abdullah. 2011. Ekonomik Yaptırımlar, İran Ambargosu ve Türkiye Stratejik Düşünce, 2 (17): 37 42. 2
CONFERENCE PAPERS (last five years) YUVACI, Abdullah. (15-16 November 2014). Foreign Policy Outlook of Central Asian States, paper presented at the Eurasian Forum on Social Sciences, Almaty, Kazakhstan. YUVACI, Abdullah. (25-27 June 2014). Small States and Foreign Policy, Paper presented at the 13 th METU Conference on International Relations, Middle East Technical University, Ankara. YUVACI, Abdullah. (1-3 November 2013). An Evaluation of Turkish Foreign Policy on Human Rights, Paper presented at the International Turgut Ozal Congress on Business, Economics and Political Science, Turgut Ozal University, Ankara YUVACI, Abdullah. (8-9 October 2013). States, Human Rights and Voting in The United Nations General Assembly: An Analysis of Country-Specific Resolutions, IV. Uluslararası İlişkiler Uluslararası Güvenlik Kongresi, Kocaeli, Turkey. YUVACI, Abdullah. (April 2013). Türkiye de Siyaset Bilimi ve Uluslararası İlişkiler Alanlarında Niceliksel Araştırma Yöntemleri Kullanımı, Paper presented at the 5 th Uluslararası İlişkiler Çalışmaları ve Eğitimi Kongresi, KKTC. YUVACI, Abdullah. (December 2012). Geopolitics, Geoculture and Foreign Policy, paper presented at the International Conference on Turkey and Hungary in the 21 st Century, the Geopolitical Research Center, King Sigismund College, Budapest, Hungary YUVACI, Abdullah. (January 2010). Trade Incentives, Special Interest Group Influences and International Political Considerations. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, Atlanta, GA YUVACI, Abdullah. (November 2009). Political Alliance, Domestic Interests, and Trade Policy-Making: A Case Study of Turkish-American Textile Trade Negotiations. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Political Science Association, Philadelphia, PA YUVACI, Abdullah. (April 2009). The Support Base of Turkey in the European Parliament. Paper presented at Poster Session of the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL YUVACI, Abdullah. (January 2009). Electoral Rules and Social Representation: Evidence from the Representation of Younger Generations. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, New Orleans, LA YUVACI, Abdullah. (April 2008). E-mail and Phone Interviewing. Paper presented at the Third Annual Qualitative Research Symposium, Oxford, OH YUVACI, Abdullah. (April 2008). Examining African-Turkish Relations. Paper presented at A New Day for Democracy in West Africa? An International Conference on African Politics, Oxford, OH 3
YUVACI, Abdullah. (November 2007). National Level Determinants of Political Capital in the European Parliament. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Political Science Association, Philadelphia, PA PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMETRICS, a one-semester workshop taken at Meliksah University, Kayseri, Fall 2013 COMPUTATION STATISTICS, a 45-hours workshop taken at Meliksah University, Kayseri, Turkey, Summer 2012 ERASMUS STAFF TRAINING WEEK, University of Murcia, Murcia, Spain, May 7-11, 2012. PROTOCOL MANAGEMENT, workshop taken at Meliksah University, Kayseri, Turkey, Fall 2010 PREPARING FUTURE FACULTY, course taken at Miami University, Oxford, OH, Fall 2007 CENTER FOR THE ENHANCEMENT OF LEARNING AND TEACHING (CELT) SEMINARS, Miami University, Oxford, OH, Fall 2007. TECHNOLOGY AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT WORKSHOPS, Miami University King Library, Fall 2007. TEACHING POLITICAL SCIENCE, course taken at Miami University, Oxford, OH, Summer 2006 QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH TRAINING, quantitative research training program attended at Center for Governmental Services, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN, Summer 2002 UNIVERSITY &ACADEMIC SERVICES CHAIR, Department of Political Science and International Relations, Meliksah University, Kayseri, Turkey, June 2011-Present MEMBER, Teaching Committee, Meliksah University, Kayseri, Turkey, 2013 Present MEMBER, Academic Incentives and Evaluations Committee, Meliksah University, Kayseri, Turkey, 2013 - Present CHAIR, Teaching Evaluations Committee, Meliksah University, Kayseri, 2012 MEMBER, International Relations Committee, Meliksah University, Kayseri, Turkey, January 2012 - Present MODERATOR, Panel on Ortadoğu da Değişim ve Türkiye: Beklentiler, Fırsatlar ve Sorunlar Meliksah University, Kayseri, Turkey, April 7, 2011 4
MEMBER, Diversity Committee, Centre College, Danville, Kentucky, Fall 2009 Spring 2010 GRADUATE STUDENT MENTOR, Department of Political Science, Miami University, Oxford, OH, Mentor for first year graduate students GRANTS AND AWARDS RESEARCH ACHIEVEMENT AWARD in SOCIAL SCIENCES (2 nd place), Meliksah University, 2013 SUMMER RESEARCH GRANT, Centre College, KY, Summer 2009 GRADUATE STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AWARD, Miami University, OH, Spring 2008 RESEARCH GRANT, Miami University, OH, Spring 2008 TEACHING GRANT, Professional Development Fund, CELT, OH, Fall 2007 RESEARCH GRANT, Miami University Graduate School, Oxford, Ohio, Fall 2007 TRAVEL GRANT, Department of Political Science, Miami University, OH, Fall 2007 RESEARCH GRANT, Department of Political Science, ISU, IN, Spring 2003 RESEARCH GRANT, Graduate Student Research Grant, ISU, IN, Fall 2002 5