Ladin GÜRDAL (TÜBİTAK Bursiyeri)
Ladin Gürdal received her undergraduate degree in the Department of Psychology at Koç University. During her undergraduate studies, she was involved in the Child and Family Studies Laboratory. As part of her academic journey, she went to the Netherlands through the Erasmus exchange program, completing a semester at Tilburg University. She received her master’s degree in Social Psychology from Sabancı University, graduating with a thesis entitled “Mothers’ Use of Screens to Keep Young Children Busy: The Role of Marital Conflict and Household Chaos,” completed under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Nebi Sümer. During this period, she served as a Research Assistant in the TÜBİTAK project titled “Socio-cultural and Psychological Antecedents and Consequences of Child-rearing Styles in Turkey.” Currently, Ladin Gürdal is undergoing her internship in the Clinical Psychology master’s program at Istanbul Bilgi University.
Zeynep KAPISIZ (DAAD Bursiyeri)
Between 2009 and 2013 Zeynep Kapısız studied Psychology (B.S.) at Middle East Technical University (METU), Ankara, and then she graduated in M.A. Developmental Psychology at Ege University. Her master’s thesis was on perceived social support and autobiographical memories among young and older adults. During her master’s studies, she worked in the Developmental Neuropsychology Laboratory at Ruhr University as an Erasmus+ exchange student. Finally, she has started her doctoral studies and has been a Research Assistant at the chair of Social Theory and Social Psychology at Ruhr University Bochum. Between October 2019 and March 2023, she worked on and completed the DFG (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft)-funded research project entitled “Cultural Transformations and Adaptations of Psychological Knowledge by Parents in Turkey. A Qualitative Study."
Öznur UŞAKLILAR (TÜBİTAK Bursiyeri)
Öznur Uşaklılar received her bachelor’s degree in the Department of Media and Communication at İzmir University of Economics in 2017. She later obtained her master’s degree in the Department of Gender and Women’s Studies at Middle East Technical University (METU) in 2022, under the guidance of Prof. Dr. Fatma Umut Beşpınar. Uşaklılar currently pursues her doctoral studies in the Department of Sociology and serves as the Student Assistant in the Department of Gender and Women’s Studies at METU. Her academic interests include gender studies, urban social movements, sociology of everyday life, and sociology of leisure. Most recently, Uşaklılar assumed the role of Project Assistant for the project titled “Assessment of the Impact of the Projects and Implementations for the Prevention and Alleviation of Domestic Violence Against Women in Turkey through Using a GAP Analysis Methodology” (119K392), conducted under the TÜBİTAK 1001-The Scientific and Technological Research Projects Funding Program, from 2021 to 2023.
Ezel ÜSTEN (DAAD Bursiyeri)
Ezel Üsten received his bachelor’s degree in the Department of Sociology at Marmara University in 2015. His master’s degree, specializing in intercultural relations, was achieved in 2018 in the Department of Psychology at Yaşar University. In 2020, he began his doctoral studies on the topic of crowd psychology at the University of Wuppertal and started working at the Jülich Research Center within the Department of Pedestrian Dynamics. His doctoral thesis, focusing on the topic of “motivation in crowds,” was subsequently submitted under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Anna Sieben. His educational journey continues at the University of Wuppertal and the Jülich Research Center. His academic interests include motivation, emotional states, crowd psychology, social identity, intersectionality, and intergroup relations.
Oya DENİZMAN
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Elif KARADENİZ
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R. Pınar KARAN
R. Pınar Karan graduated from the Psychology department of Boğaziçi University, completing her undergraduate education in 2020. During her undergraduate studies, she worked as a Research Assistant in the Infant and Child Development Laboratory (BCL) supervised by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Gale Soley for 3 years, and in the Family and Child Research Laboratory supervised by Professor Feyza Çorapçı for 1.5 years. She pursued her master’s studies in Developmental Psychology at Boğaziçi University, and she completed her thesis titled “How Does Paternal Involvement During Marital Conflict Contribute to Young Children’s Socioemotional Outcomes?” under the guidance of Prof. Dr. Feyza Çorapçı. She is currently pursuing a doctoral degree at the University of Maryland in the Department of Human Development and Quantitative Methodology under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Natasha Cabrera. Her research interests include fathering and paternal behaviors, as well as father-child communication.
Ronahi YENER
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