Curriculum Vitae Irem Tuncer-Ebeturk Address: Emory University Department of Sociology 1555 DICKEY DRIVE ATLANTA, GA 30322 Phone: (706) 248-1357 email: irem.ebeturk@emory.edu EDUCATION Expected May 2017 PhD in Sociology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA Dissertation: Constructing Global Social Problems: The Case of Child, Early and Forced Marriage Committee: Dr. John Boli (Chair), Dr. Frank Lechner (Co-chair), Dr. Irene Browne, Dr. Wesley Longhofer Qualifying Exams: Comparative Global Political Economy and Sociology of Development 2008 M.A. in Political Science, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey 2005 B.A. in Sociology, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey 2005 Minor Degree in Political Studies, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey RESEARCH & TEACHING INTERESTS Globalization, Sociology of Development, Gender, Mixed-Methods, Middle East, Migration, Social Movements HONORS, GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS 2016 2017 Andrew F. Mellon Graduate Teaching Fellowship, Clark Atlanta University 2016 Graduate Teaching Award, Department of Sociology, Emory University 2011-2016 Laney Graduate School Fellowship, Emory University 2015 Laney Graduate School Professional Development Support Research Grant, $900 1
2013 Laney Graduate School Professional Development Support Research Grant, $1200 2013 Laney Graduate School Professional Development Support Travel Grant 2010-2011 University of Pittsburgh, Arts and Sciences Graduate Fellowship 2007 Middle East Technical University, Scientific Research Projects Grant (BAP) 2007 Erasmus Exchange Scholarship, Erfurt University, Germany 2006-2009 Research Assistant, Middle East Technical University, Department of Sociology 2001-2005 Dean s Honor List, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Middle East Technical University PUBLICATIONS Edited Volumes Strasser, Sabine; Tuncer, Irem; Sungur, Altan. 2010. Marriage and Honor in Transformation: Arranged and Forced in Turkey in Strasser, Sabine; Holzleithner, Elisabeth (eds.) Multikulturalismus queer gelesen. Zwangsheirat und gleichgeschlechtliche Ehe in pluralen Gesellschaften. Politik der Geschlechterverhältnisse: Vol. 41 (pp. 197-217). Frankfurt am Main: Campus. (Chapter in the book Multiculturalism and Queer Reader: Forced Marriage and Same-Sex Marriage in Plural Societies) Journal Articles (in Turkish) Tuncer, Irem. 2008. Asya Tipi Uretim, Idris Kucukomer ve Sol Dogudan (4). ( Asiatic Mode of Production, Idris Kucukomer, and Political Left, in Turkish) Tuncer, Irem. 2007. Bilimin Ozerkligini Althusser le Dusunmek Teori ve Politika (45) ( Thinking about the Autonomy of Science with Reference to Althusser, in Turkish) Under Review Ebeturk, Irem and Oliver Cowart. 2016 Explaining the Criminalization of Forced Marriage in Europe: A Qualitative Comparative Analysis International Journal of Comparative Sociology. In Progress Ebeturk, Irem 2016 Increasing the Legal Age of Marriage: A Cross-national Analysis of Marriage Age Laws. Ebeturk, Irem 2016 Adolescent Girls, Child Marriage and Global Norms: Constructing Girls as Individuals. 2
PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS 2016 Constructing Global Social Issues: Child Marriage as a Non-Issue." Society for the Study of Social Problems Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA. 2016 Criminalization of Forced Marriage in Europe: A Qualitative Comparative Analysis. Southern Sociological Society Annual Meeting, Atlanta GA (with Oliver Cowart). 2014 Globalization and Commodification of Microcredit. Southern Sociological Society Annual Meeting, Charlotte, NC. 2013 Social Movements in a Global World: Insights from Turkey s Gezi Movement. Guest Lecture, Emory University, SOC 266. 2013 Politics of Naming in the Uprising in Turkey. Class Analysis and the Politics of the People Conference, Emory University (with Anlam Filiz). 2010 Turkish State, Gender, and Honor. Invited Talk, American Turkish Association Summer School for American Students, Ankara (with Sabine Strasser). 2010 Resisting Against Yourself: Old Friends and New Enemies in the Urban Transformation of Hacı Bayram. Third Annual Social Anthropology Graduate Student Symposium: "Fieldwork at a Site Undergoing Radical Transformation: Hacı Bayram 2010," Ankara. 2007 Relative Autonomy of Science in Althusser s Theory. Presentation in Karaburun Scientific Congress in İzmir, Turkey. 2005 Right Wing Populism in Germany and Conservative-Populism in Turkey: A Comparison. Joint Seminar of METU and Free University Berlin on Globalization: Impacts and Responses in Different Contexts. Germany and Turkey Compared. held in Ankara and Berlin, funded by Heinrich Böll Foundation. RESEARCH TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE Research Training 2013 Intensive Grant Writing Workshop, four-day workshop, Emory University 2012 Beginners Grant Writing Workshop, one-day workshop Emory University 2011 First Year Grant Forum, one-day workshop, Emory University 3
Research Experience 2015 Fieldwork in Washington D.C. (Interviewed professionals working in international non-governmental organizations and the UN system about the global movement against child marriage) 2010 Fieldwork in Hacibayram, Ankara. (Interviewed dislocated people about the urban gentrification process. Part of a seminar supported by the Wenner Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research & METU Graduate School of Social Sciences) 2009 Fieldwork in Vienna/Austria. (Interviewed members of migrant communities with particular focus on Fethullah Gulen community. Part of the research Forced Marriages among the Turkish Migrants living in Vienna: Contesting Multiculturalism, coordinated by Dr. Sabine Strasser, funded by the Scientific Research Projects Fund, Middle East Technical University) 2008 Four weeks of fieldwork in Hallein/Austria. (Fieldwork Assistance, Organization, and Field Report under the project Social Networks of Turkish Immigrants in Austria, coordinated by Dr. Sabine Strasser, funded by the Scientific Research Projects Fund, Middle East Technical University) 2008 Three weeks of fieldwork in Istanbul. (Field Assistance and Organization under the research project Integrating Poverty in Utilities Governance, coordinated by Sibel Kalaycıoğlu, funded by UNDP & Hacettepe University. Interviewed people living in the poor districts of Istanbul) 2002 Three weeks of fieldwork in Mersin, Turkey. (Interviewed women of different income levels under the research project Baseline Survey for Early Childhood Development Programs in Twelve Provinces, coordinated by Dr. Yusuf Ziya Ozcan, funded by UNICEF.) TEACHING EXPERIENCE AND TRAINING Teaching Experience Spring 2017 Instructor, Clark Atlanta University, Department of Sociology, Research Methods Fall 2016 Spring 2016 Spring 2014 Instructor, Clark Atlanta University, Department of Sociology, Sociology of Development and Globalization Instructor, Emory University, Department of Sociology, Soc 266: Global Change Instructor, Emory University, Department of Sociology, Soc 266: Global Change 4
2011-2014 Teaching Assistant, Emory University, Department of Sociology. Introduction to Sociology (Fall 2014), Culture and Society (Fall & Spring 2013, Media, Islam, and Social Movements (Fall 2011 & Spring 2012). 2006-2009 Teaching Assistant, Middle East Technical University, Department of Sociology. Introduction to Social Anthropology (Spring 2007), Introduction to Sociology (Fall 2007), Social Change (Fall 2006). Teaching Training Fall 2014 Teaching Sociology. Soc 767: Karen Hegtvedt, PhD. Summer 2012 Teaching Assistant Training and Teaching Opportunities (TATTO), Threeday training course, The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Emory University LANGUAGES Turkish: Native; English: Fluent; German: Elementary; Spanish: Beginner SOFTWARE SKILLS SPSS STATA MAXQDA fs/qca Software PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS American Sociological Association Southern Sociological Society Society for the Study of Social Problems International Sociological Association 5