MINE TAFOLAR
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MINE TAFOLAR
MINE TAFOLAR Department of Government University of Texas at Austin One University Station A1800 Austin, Texas 78712 512-297-1020 530-552-6492 mine.tafolar@utexas.edu EDUCATION University of Texas at Austin Doctoral Candidate, Department of Government; degree expected 2015 Fields: Comparative Politics and International Relations (GPA: 3.8/4) Dissertation: “Bearers of Rights? A Comparative Study of Conditional Cash Transfer Programs in Turkey and Argentina” Committee: Wendy Hunter (co-chair), Kurt Weyland (co-chair), Daniel Brinks, Jason Brownlee, Terrence Chapman, and Javier Auyero Bogazici University Master of Arts, Modern Turkish History (high honors), June 2008. Thesis: “Neoliberal Populism and the Ozal Decade: Its Implications for the Democratic Process” Committee: Sevket Pamuk (chair), Mine Eder, and Ayse Bugra Bachelor of Arts, Political Science and International Relations and History (high honors), June 2006. RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS Comparative political economy, social policy and citizenship rights, democratic quality and clientelism, conditional cash transfer programs, political participation of low-income citizens in the developing world ACADEMIC POSITIONS Research Affiliate Bogazici University, Social Policy Forum, Istanbul, Turkey, September 2012Teaching Assistant, Fall 2009- Spring 2012 Department of Government, University of Texas at Austin Courses: American Government (Prof. Jason Casellas), U.S.-Latin American Relations (Prof. Raúl Madrid), Suicide Terrorism (Prof. Susanne Martin), Governments and Politics of Western Europe (Prof. Terri Givens), Social Movements in the U.S. and Abroad (Prof. Wendy Hunter), The Politics of New Democracies (Prof. Robert Moser), American Government (Prof. Samuel Workman), Issues and Policies in American Government (Prof. Kurt Weyland) Teaching Assistant, Spring 2009 Bahcesehir University, Istanbul, Turkey Course: History of Modern Turkey (Prof. Zafer Toprak) Student Assistant, Fall 2005- Fall 2006 Department of Political Science, Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey Courses: Introduction to Political Science (Prof. Zeynep Caglayan Gambetti), Contemporary Political Ideologies (Prof. Ilkay Sunar), Political Economy of Contemporary Turkey (Prof. Mine Eder), Fundamentals of Political Economy (Prof. Mine Eder) PUBLICATIONS “Neoliberal Micro-Populism: Urban Populism of the Motherland Party,” (Zaytoon Journal, Spring 2009 Volume 1 Journal of the 9th Annual Southwest Graduate Conference in Middle Eastern Studies), 104-116. “Neoliberal Populism and the “Ozal Decade”: Its Implications for the Democratic Process.” 2008. Master's thesis, Bogazici University. AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS Project for Middle East Political Science TRE Travel Grant, Marc Lynch, George Washington University, Fall 2012 IQMR Qualitative Methods Workshop at Syracuse University, Summer 2012 Tinker Summer Field Research Grants, Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies (LLILAS), Summer 2011, Summer 2010 Junior Science Award, Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey, 2006-2008 PRESENTATIONS “Becoming Bearers of Rights? A Comparative Analysis of Conditional Cash Transfer Programs in Turkey and Argentina, ” poster presentation at American Political Science Association Conference, New Orleans, September 2012- declined. “Neoliberal Micro-Populism: Urban Populism of the Motherland Party,” presented at the 9th Annual Southwest Graduate Conference in Middle Eastern Studies, University of Arizona, March 2009. TRAINING AND FIELDWORK IQMR Qualitative Methods Workshop at Syracuse University, Summer 2012 UT Summer Statistics Institute, May 2012 Introduction to Regression, Introduction to STATA Questionnaire Design Seminar, University of Texas at Austin, March 2012 Preliminary fieldwork in different barrios of Buenos Aires, Summer 2011, Summer 2010 Elite level interviews, interviews with prominent scholars, focus groups and interviews with the recipients of Asignación Universal por Hijo para Protección Social- AUH Spanish Language & Spanish and Latin American Civilization Courses, 2010-2012 University of Texas at Austin Turkey's World Value Survey, 2006-2007 LANGUAGES Turkish (Native) English (Proficiency in both written and spoken) Spanish (Advanced) Ottoman Turkish (Intermediate) French (Beginner) COMPUTER SKILLS MS Office Applications (Word, Excel, Power Point), SPSS, STATA ARTICLES “Turkey Bears Key Role for Eurasian Integration,” (2009, June 19). Hurriyet Daily News. “Status quo Likely Victor in Iran Vote,” (2009, June 12). Hurriyet Daily News. “Experts Say NATO Needs Better EU Ties,” (2009, June 6). Hurriyet Daily News. “US, Hezbollah Thaw in the Cards,” (2009, June 3). Hurriyet Daily News “Turkey Seeks A New Role With An Old Ally,” (2009, May 13). Hurriyet Daily News. “Six Years On, Future of Iraq Still Uncertain,” (2009, March 20). Hurriyet Daily News. “Israeli Right-Wing Parties Poised for Victory in Election,” (2009, February 7). Hurriyet Daily News. “US Race, Crisis Dominated Agenda in 2008,” (2009, January 1). Hurriyet Daily News. “Israeli Strikes Deliver 'Cold' Signal to Obama,” (2008, December 29). Hurriyet Daily News. “Parliament's Well-Educated Women Gearing Up To Promote Rights,” (2007, July 28). Hurriyet Daily News. (With Yasemin Sim Esmen) REFERENCES Wendy Hunter, Professor, Department of Government, University of Texas at Austin wendyhunter@austin.utexas.edu 512-232-7247 Kurt Weyland, Professor of Government. Lozano Long Professor of Latin American Politics, University of Texas at Austin kweyland@austin.utexas.edu 512-232-7253 Jason Brownlee, Associate Professor, Department of Government, University of Texas at Austin brownlee@austin.utexas.edu 512-232-7304 Mine Eder, Professor of Political Science, Department of Political Science and International Relations, Bogazici University, Istanbul eder@boun.edu.tr 212-359-6525 Sevket Pamuk, Professor of History, Ataturk Institute for Modern Turkish History, Bogazici University, Istanbul pamuk@boun.edu.tr 212-359-6580/ 359-7606