SERAP KAVAS PhD, Sociology, Suleyman Sah University Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Hayriye Dumankaya Yerleskesi 34865 Kartal / İSTANBUL skavas@ssu.edu.tr Phone: +90(0216) 5864635 CURRENT POSITION Assistant Professor at Sociology Department, Suleyman Sah University (2011-Present) EDUCATION 2009-2010 Fulbright Fellow, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA 2010 PhD Sociology, Middle East Technical University (Ankara, Turkey) 2004 M.A. English Language and Literature, Fatih University (Istanbul, Turkey) 2002 B.A. English Language and Literature, Fatih University (Istanbul, Turkey) ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN INTERNATIONAL REFEREED JOURNALS 1. Serap Kavas and Arland Thornton, Adjustment and Hybridity in Turkish Family Change: Perspectives from Developmental Idealism, Journal of Family History, Vol 38, Iss. 2, 2013, pp. 223-241 (SSCI). DOI Abstract 2. Serap Kavas and Ayse Gündüz Hoşgör The Parenting Practice of Single Mothers in Turkey: Challenges and Strategies, Women s Studies International Forum, Vol 40, 2013, pp.56-67 (SSCI). DOI. Abstract 3. Serap Kavas and Ayse Gündüz Hoşgör, It Is Not a Big Deal, I Can Do It Too : Influence of Parental Divorce on Professional Women s Marital Experience in Turkey, Journal of Divorce and Remarriage, Vol 52 (8), 2011, pp. 565-585. DOI. Abstract
4. Serap Kavas and Ayse Gunduz-Hosgor Divorce and Family Change Revisited: Professional Women s Divorce Experience in Turkey, Demografia, Vol 53, Iss 5, 2011, pp. 102-127 (indexed in POPLINE..) DOI. Abstract 5. Serap Kavas, Turkish Modernization: Present Challenges within the context of the AK Party and the European Union, Insight Turkey, Vol. 8, Iss.4, (2006). DOI. Abstract 6. Serap Türkmen, Identity in the Colonial Lands: A Critical Overview of the Postcolonial Studies, Alternatives: Turkish Journal of International Relations, Vol.2, Iss 3, 188-203 (2003). DOI. Abstract CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS 1. Serap Kavas, The Parenting Practice of Single Mothers in Turkey: Challenges and Strategies paper presentation at the European Population Conference (EPC), June 13-16, 2012, Stockholm, Sweden 2. Serap Kavas, Adjustment and Hybridity in Turkish Family Change (with Arland Thornton), paper presentation at the 77 th Annual Meeting of Population Association of America (PAA), May 3-5, 2012, San Francisco, California, USA 3. Serap Kavas, Qualitative Interview Studies: Methodological Concerns in a study of Turkish Professional Women s Experience of Divorce (with Ayse Gunduz-Hosgor), Paper presentation, at Qualitative Computing: Diverse Worlds and Research Practices Conference, February 24-26, 2011, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, Turkey 4. Serap Kavas, Divorce Revisited: Explaining the Change in Family through the Act of Divorce in Turkey (with Ayse Gunduz-Hosgor), Paper presentation at the 17th ISA World Congress of Sociology, 11-17 July 2010 in Gothenburg, Sweden. 5. Serap Kavas, Family Change in Turkey: Perspectives from Developmental Idealism Framework paper presentation at the Symposium on Globalization of Modernization Theory: Clashes of Modernities and Moralities June 9-10, 2010, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA 6. Serap Kavas, Modernity and Change in Turkey paper presentation at Workshop on Theoretical and Methodological Issues in the Study of Values in Islamic Countries May 16-18, 2010, Cairo, Egypt 7. Serap Kavas, Divorce Revisited: Explaining the Change in Family through the Act of Divorce in Turkey Poster presentation at 75 th Annual Meeting of Population Association of America (PAA), April 15-17, 2010, Dallas, Texas, USA 8. Serap Kavas, Intergenerational Transmission of Divorce: Divorced Women, Mothers and Sisters June 15-17 2009, International Sociological Association (ISA), Family Research Committee, Oslo, Norway 9. Serap Kavas, Using a Feminist Perspective for the Study of the Divorce Experience of Professional Women (with Ayse Gunduz-Hosgor) paper presentation at Feminist Research
Methods - An international Conference, February 4-6 2009 Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden 10. Serap Kavas, The Sociological Analysis of Attitudes toward Rape among Turkish Students paper presentation at The 5th International Conference at the International Association for the Study of Sexuality, Culture and Society (IASSCS), June 15-17 2005, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California, USA OTHER PUBLICATIONS 1. Serap Türkmen Hümanizm ile Feminizm Arasında Virginia Woolf: Saatler Varlik, Vol 1115, Aralık 2003 CURRENT PROJECTS 1- TUBITAK (SOBAG)- 3501 National Young Researchers Career Development Program (Ulusal Genç Araştırmacı Kariyer Geliştirme Programı) Sep 2013-Sep 2015 Project Title: A Survey on the Relationship between the Perception of Modernity and Fertility (Türkiye de Modernlik Algısı ile Doğurganlık İlişkisi Üzerine bir Araştırma) Project Status: Principle Investigator (Proje Yürütücüsü) 2-DEVELOPMENTAL IDEALISM PROJECT (GELIŞIMSEL IDEALIZM), Institute for Social Research (ISR), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA, www.developmentalidealism.org Project Status: Researcher (Araştırmacı) PROFESSIONAL ACTIVIES 1-Editorial: Manuscript Reviewer for Demography (SSCI), (Springer) 2-Membership: Population Association of America (PAA) International Sociological Association (ISA), Family Research Committee (RFC-ISA) Asian Population Association (APA)
FELLOWSHIPS, AWARDS AND GRANTS Fulbright Fellow, (27.500$) Visiting Researcher, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, US Population Association of America (PAA) Travel Award, (5.000$) for paper presentation at 77 th Annual Meeting of Population Association of America (PAA), May 3-5, 2012, San Francisco, California, USA Conference Travel Grant, Eastern Michigan University Office of Research Development for paper presentation at Workshop on Theoretical and Methodological Issues in the Study of Values in Islamic Countries May 16-18, 2010, Cairo, Egypt Conference Travel Grant, 17th International Sociological Association-ISA World Congress of Sociology, 11-17 July 2010 in Gothenburg, Sweden. Conference Travel Grant, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, for Poster presentation at Population Association of America (PAA) 2010 Annual Meeting, April 15-17, 2010, Dallas, Texas, USA Conference Travel Grant, San Francisco State University for paper presentation at The 5th International Conference at The International Association For The Study Of Sexuality, Culture And Society (IASSCS) San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California (2005) COURSES TOUGHT Soc 341-Family Sociology Soc 451-Contemporary Social Movements Soc 340-Sociology of Mass Media Soc 422-Change in Contemporary Turkish Society Soc 332-Sociology of Culture Soc 101- Introduction to Sociology Soc 151-Basics of sociology PROFESSIONAL SKILLS Good command of statistical packages SPSS, STATA Qualitative Data Analysis Software ATLAS.ti
REFERENCES Prof. Arland Thornton Professor of Sociology, Research Professor, Institute for Social Research (ISR) University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Phone: (734) 763-1500 arlandt@umich.edu Prof. Ayse Gündüz Hoşgör Vice Dean, at Middle East Technical University (METU), Turkey Professor of Sociology, 06800 Çankaya, Ankara-Turkey Phone: 90 (312)2105985 Prof. Mansoor Moaddel Professor of Sociology Eastern Michigan University 2361 Sun Valley Dr Ann Arbor, MI 48108 E-mail:MMoaddel@umich.edu Phone: (734) 998-1082 Prof. Attila Melegh Professor of History, Institute of Sociology and Social Policy, Corvinus University of Budapest, 1094 Budapest, Hungary Phone (office): 36 1 345 6227 Email: melegh@demografia.hu