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PROFESSORS

AKŞİT, Bahattin
B.A.: METU, M.A., Ph.D.: University of Chicago
Fields of Interest: rural sociological transformation, social change and cleavage in towns and cities, sociology of religion and secularism, community participation.
curriculum vitae
e-mail: aksit@metu.edu.tr
homepage: Bahattin Aksit Personal Web Page
phone: +90 312 210 3130
fax: +90 312 210 7972

AYATA, Sencer
Director of the Graduate School of Social Sciences
B.A.: METU, Ph.D.: University of Kent
Fields of Interest: urban culture, industrialization, poverty, politival movements.
curriculum vitae
e-mail: ayata@metu.edu.tr
homepage:
phone: +90 312 210 2094; +90 312 210 3715 (GSSS); +90 312 210 3129 (dept. office)
fax: +90 312 210 7972

ECEVİT, Mehmet
B.A.: METU, Ph.D.: University of Kent
Fields of Interest: social thought, feminism, social science methodology, sociology of family, rural sociology.
curriculum vitae
e-mail: ecevitm@metu.edu.tr
homepage:
phone: +90 312 210 5993
fax: +90 312 210 7972

ECEVİT, Yıldız
B.A., M.A.: Hacettepe University, Ph.D.: University of Kent
Fields of Interest: sociology of work, women labour and employment, women studies, feminist theory and methodology, poverty, civil society, social politics and social security.
curriculum vitae
e-mail: ecevity@metu.edu.tr
homepage:
phone: +90 312 210 5994
fax: +90 312 210 7972

ERTÜRK, Yakın
B.A., M.A.: Hacettepe University, Ph.D.: Cornell University
Fields of Interest: globalization and population movements, identity politics, household division of labour, international human rights regimes, women and development.
curriculum vitae
e-mail: erturk@metu.edu.tr
homepage:
phone: +90 312 210 5995
fax: +90 312 210 7972

MUTLU, Kayhan
B.A.: Ankara University, M.Ed.: University of California, Ph.D.: Utah State University
Fields of Interest: organized and corporate crimes, conventional crimes, sociology of everyday life, issues in criminology.
curriculum vitae
e-mail: kay@metu.edu.tr
homepage:
phone: +90 312 210 5997
fax: +90 312 210 7972

NALBANTOĞLU, Hasan Ünal
B.A.: METU, Post Graduate Diploma: University College, London, Ph.D.: Hacettepe University
Fields of Interest: sociology of knowledge, philosophy of technology, sociology of arts.
curriculum vitae
e-mail: hun@metu.edu.tr
homepage: http://www.metu.edu.tr/~hun
phone: +90 312 210 5999
fax: +90 312 210 7972

ÖZCAN, Yusuf Ziya
B.A.: Ankara University, M.A.,Ph.D.: University of Chicago
Fields of Interest: social stratification, research methods, statistical techniques.
curriculum vitae
e-mail: ozcan@metu.edu.tr
homepage: www.soc.metu.edu.tr/wozcan
phone: +90 312 210 3133
fax: +90 312 210 7972

ÖZDALGA, Elisabeth
B.A., M.A., Ph.D.:
Fields of Interest:
curriculum vitae
e-mail: ozdalga@metu.edu.tr
homepage:
phone: +90 312 210 3124 (department secretary)
fax: +90 312 210 7972

YEĞENOĞLU, Meyda
B.A., M.A.: METU, Ph.D.: University of California at Santa Cruz
Fields of Interest: postcolonical theory, cultural studies, contemporary social theory, feminist theory, globalization.
curriculum vitae
e-mail: meyda@metu.edu.tr
homepage: www.meydayegenoglu.com
phone: +90 312 210 5983
fax: +90 312 210 7972

ASSOCIATE PROFESSORS

GÜNDÜZ-HOŞGÖR, Ayşe
B.A., M.A.: METU, Ph.D.: University of Western Ontario
Fields of Interest: sociology of development, gender issues, social stratification and mobility, methodology of social research techniques, application of statistics in social sciences.
curriculum vitae
e-mail: hosgor@metu.edu.tr
homepage:
phone: +90 312 210 5985
fax: +90 312 210 7972

KALAYCIOĞLU, Sibel
Head of the Department of Sociology
B.A.: METU, Ph.D.: University of Kent
Fields of Interest: relations between state and citizenship, social inequality, class analysis, family history, sociology of work, women in labour market and informal sector, domestic violence.
curriculum vitae
e-mail: ksibel@metu.edu.tr
homepage:
phone: +90 312 210 5992
fax: +90 312 210 7972

SAKTANBER, Ayşe
B.A., M.A., Ph.D.: METU
Fields of Interest: cultural studies, gender and women's studies, media studies, Islam in the Middle East.
curriculum vitae
e-mail: sakta@metu.edu.tr
homepage:
phone: +90 312 210 5986
fax: +90 312 210 7972

TOKLUOĞLU, Ceylan
B.A., M.A.: METU, Ph.D.: Carleton University
Fields of Interest: state formation, nationalism and ethnicity, early Turkish Republican period.
curriculum vitae
e-mail: ctoklu@metu.edu.tr
homepage:
phone: +90 312 210 5988
fax: +90 312 210 7972

YEĞEN, Mesut
B.A., M.A.: METU, Ph.D.: University of Essex
Fields of Interest: ideology and discourse analysis, citizenship studies, history of Turkish modernization.
curriculum vitae
e-mail: myegen@metu.edu.tr
homepage:
phone: +90 312 210 5979
fax: +90 312 210 7972

ASSISTANT PROFESSORS

AYDINGÜN, Ayşegül
B.A.: METU, M.A.: Bilkent University, Ph.D.: METU
Fields of Interest: Central Asia nd Caucasus, ethnicity, post-Soviet nationalisms, sociology of education, Turkish Jews in Israel.
curriculum vitae
e-mail: aydingun@metu.edu.tr
homepage:
phone: +90 312 210 5996
fax: +90 312 210 7972

ERDEMİR, Aykan
Associate Director of the Graduate School of Social Sciences
B.A.: Bilkent University, M.A., Ph.D.: Harvard University
Fields of Interest: Alevis, migration, political anthropology, voluntary organizations, anthropology of the European Union, Middle East (Turkey & Iran).
curriculum vitae
e-mail: aerdemir@metu.edu.tr
homepage: www.metu.edu.tr/~aerdemir
phone: +90 312 210 3122
fax: +90 312 210 7972

ERGUN, Ayça
B.A.: Ankara University, M.A.: METU, Ph.D.: University of Essex
Fields of Interest: civil society, political parties, Caucassian and the Black Sea countries, social science methodology.
curriculum vitae
e-mail: ayer@metu.edu.tr
homepage:
phone: +90 312 5996
fax: +90 312 210 7972

RITTERSBERGER-TILIÇ, Helga
Vise Chairperson
Vordiplom, Diplom: University of Bonn, Ph.D.: University of Essen
Fields of Interest: demography, social ecology, urban sociology, migration, race and ethnicity.
curriculum vitae
e-mail: helgat@metu.edu.tr
homepage:
phone: +90 312 210 5987
fax: +90 312 210 7972

INSTRUCTORS

AKÇAY, Adnan
B.A., M.A., Ph.D.: METU
Fields of Interest: society and cultural identities in Turkey, sociology of medicine and body, quality of life and social reporting, rural structures and transformation.
curriculum vitae
e-mail: akcay@metu.edu.tr
homepage:
phone: +90 312 210 5991
fax: +90 312 210 7972

ŞEN, Mustafa
B.A.: Ankara University, M.A., Ph.D.: METU
Fields of Interest: economic sociology, sociology of transition to free market economy, contemporary Central Asia, sociology of religion, rural and urban sociology.
curriculum vitae
e-mail: senmusti@metu.edu.tr
homepage:
phone: +90 312 210 3119
fax: +90 312 210 7972

YILDIRIM, Erdoğan
B.A., M.A., Ph.D.: METU
Fields of Interest: political sociology, sociology of law, sociological theory, tribal socio-political organizations, Turkish social history.
curriculum vitae
e-mail: erdo@metu.edu.tr
homepage: shrewd eyes, revolving blindly
phone: +90 312 210 5982
fax: +90 312 210 7972

NETWORK ADMINISTRATOR

ARUN, Özgür
B.A.: METU, M.A.: Selçuk University
Fields of Interest: social statistics, statistical package programs, research methods, quality of life, life satisfaction, aging.
curriculum vitae
e-mail: arun@metu.edu.tr
homepage: Arun's Web Page
phone: +90 312 210 3142
fax: +90 312 210 7972

PROFESSORS
	AKŞİT, Bahattin B.A.: METU, M.A., Ph.D.: University of Chicago Fields of Interest: rural sociological transformation, social change and cleavage in towns and cities, sociology of religion and secularism, community participation. curriculum vitae e-mail: aksit@metu.edu.tr homepage: Bahattin Aksit Personal Web Page phone: +90 312 210 3130 fax: +90 312 210 7972
	AYATA, Sencer Director of the Graduate School of Social Sciences B.A.: METU, Ph.D.: University of Kent Fields of Interest: urban culture, industrialization, poverty, politival movements. curriculum vitae e-mail: ayata@metu.edu.tr homepage: phone: +90 312 210 2094; +90 312 210 3715 (GSSS); +90 312 210 3129 (dept. office) fax: +90 312 210 7972
	ECEVİT, Mehmet B.A.: METU, Ph.D.: University of Kent Fields of Interest: social thought, feminism, social science methodology, sociology of family, rural sociology. curriculum vitae e-mail: ecevitm@metu.edu.tr homepage: phone: +90 312 210 5993 fax: +90 312 210 7972
	ECEVİT, Yıldız B.A., M.A.: Hacettepe University, Ph.D.: University of Kent Fields of Interest: sociology of work, women labour and employment, women studies, feminist theory and methodology, poverty, civil society, social politics and social security. curriculum vitae e-mail: ecevity@metu.edu.tr homepage: phone: +90 312 210 5994 fax: +90 312 210 7972
	ERTÜRK, Yakın B.A., M.A.: Hacettepe University, Ph.D.: Cornell University Fields of Interest: globalization and population movements, identity politics, household division of labour, international human rights regimes, women and development. curriculum vitae e-mail: erturk@metu.edu.tr homepage: phone: +90 312 210 5995 fax: +90 312 210 7972
	MUTLU, Kayhan B.A.: Ankara University, M.Ed.: University of California, Ph.D.: Utah State University Fields of Interest: organized and corporate crimes, conventional crimes, sociology of everyday life, issues in criminology. curriculum vitae e-mail: kay@metu.edu.tr homepage: phone: +90 312 210 5997 fax: +90 312 210 7972
	NALBANTOĞLU, Hasan Ünal B.A.: METU, Post Graduate Diploma: University College, London, Ph.D.: Hacettepe University Fields of Interest: sociology of knowledge, philosophy of technology, sociology of arts. curriculum vitae e-mail: hun@metu.edu.tr homepage: http://www.metu.edu.tr/~hun phone: +90 312 210 5999 fax: +90 312 210 7972
	ÖZCAN, Yusuf Ziya B.A.: Ankara University, M.A.,Ph.D.: University of Chicago Fields of Interest: social stratification, research methods, statistical techniques. curriculum vitae e-mail: ozcan@metu.edu.tr homepage: www.soc.metu.edu.tr/wozcan phone: +90 312 210 3133 fax: +90 312 210 7972
	ÖZDALGA, Elisabeth B.A., M.A., Ph.D.: Fields of Interest: curriculum vitae e-mail: ozdalga@metu.edu.tr homepage: phone: +90 312 210 3124 (department secretary) fax: +90 312 210 7972
	YEĞENOĞLU, Meyda B.A., M.A.: METU, Ph.D.: University of California at Santa Cruz Fields of Interest: postcolonical theory, cultural studies, contemporary social theory, feminist theory, globalization. curriculum vitae e-mail: meyda@metu.edu.tr homepage: www.meydayegenoglu.com phone: +90 312 210 5983 fax: +90 312 210 7972

ASSOCIATE PROFESSORS
	GÜNDÜZ-HOŞGÖR, Ayşe B.A., M.A.: METU, Ph.D.: University of Western Ontario Fields of Interest: sociology of development, gender issues, social stratification and mobility, methodology of social research techniques, application of statistics in social sciences. curriculum vitae e-mail: hosgor@metu.edu.tr homepage: phone: +90 312 210 5985 fax: +90 312 210 7972
	KALAYCIOĞLU, Sibel Head of the Department of Sociology B.A.: METU, Ph.D.: University of Kent Fields of Interest: relations between state and citizenship, social inequality, class analysis, family history, sociology of work, women in labour market and informal sector, domestic violence. curriculum vitae e-mail: ksibel@metu.edu.tr homepage: phone: +90 312 210 5992 fax: +90 312 210 7972
	SAKTANBER, Ayşe B.A., M.A., Ph.D.: METU Fields of Interest: cultural studies, gender and women's studies, media studies, Islam in the Middle East. curriculum vitae e-mail: sakta@metu.edu.tr homepage: phone: +90 312 210 5986 fax: +90 312 210 7972
	TOKLUOĞLU, Ceylan B.A., M.A.: METU, Ph.D.: Carleton University Fields of Interest: state formation, nationalism and ethnicity, early Turkish Republican period. curriculum vitae e-mail: ctoklu@metu.edu.tr homepage: phone: +90 312 210 5988 fax: +90 312 210 7972
	YEĞEN, Mesut B.A., M.A.: METU, Ph.D.: University of Essex Fields of Interest: ideology and discourse analysis, citizenship studies, history of Turkish modernization. curriculum vitae e-mail: myegen@metu.edu.tr homepage: phone: +90 312 210 5979 fax: +90 312 210 7972

ASSISTANT PROFESSORS
	AYDINGÜN, Ayşegül B.A.: METU, M.A.: Bilkent University, Ph.D.: METU Fields of Interest: Central Asia nd Caucasus, ethnicity, post-Soviet nationalisms, sociology of education, Turkish Jews in Israel. curriculum vitae e-mail: aydingun@metu.edu.tr homepage: phone: +90 312 210 5996 fax: +90 312 210 7972
	ERDEMİR, Aykan Associate Director of the Graduate School of Social Sciences B.A.: Bilkent University, M.A., Ph.D.: Harvard University Fields of Interest: Alevis, migration, political anthropology, voluntary organizations, anthropology of the European Union, Middle East (Turkey & Iran). curriculum vitae e-mail: aerdemir@metu.edu.tr homepage: www.metu.edu.tr/~aerdemir phone: +90 312 210 3122 fax: +90 312 210 7972
	ERGUN, Ayça B.A.: Ankara University, M.A.: METU, Ph.D.: University of Essex Fields of Interest: civil society, political parties, Caucassian and the Black Sea countries, social science methodology. curriculum vitae e-mail: ayer@metu.edu.tr homepage: phone: +90 312 5996 fax: +90 312 210 7972
	RITTERSBERGER-TILIÇ, Helga Vise Chairperson Vordiplom, Diplom: University of Bonn, Ph.D.: University of Essen Fields of Interest: demography, social ecology, urban sociology, migration, race and ethnicity. curriculum vitae e-mail: helgat@metu.edu.tr homepage: phone: +90 312 210 5987 fax: +90 312 210 7972

INSTRUCTORS
	AKÇAY, Adnan B.A., M.A., Ph.D.: METU Fields of Interest: society and cultural identities in Turkey, sociology of medicine and body, quality of life and social reporting, rural structures and transformation. curriculum vitae e-mail: akcay@metu.edu.tr homepage: phone: +90 312 210 5991 fax: +90 312 210 7972
	ŞEN, Mustafa B.A.: Ankara University, M.A., Ph.D.: METU Fields of Interest: economic sociology, sociology of transition to free market economy, contemporary Central Asia, sociology of religion, rural and urban sociology. curriculum vitae e-mail: senmusti@metu.edu.tr homepage: phone: +90 312 210 3119 fax: +90 312 210 7972
	YILDIRIM, Erdoğan B.A., M.A., Ph.D.: METU Fields of Interest: political sociology, sociology of law, sociological theory, tribal socio-political organizations, Turkish social history. curriculum vitae e-mail: erdo@metu.edu.tr homepage: shrewd eyes, revolving blindly phone: +90 312 210 5982 fax: +90 312 210 7972

NETWORK ADMINISTRATOR
	ARUN, Özgür B.A.: METU, M.A.: Selçuk University Fields of Interest: social statistics, statistical package programs, research methods, quality of life, life satisfaction, aging. curriculum vitae e-mail: arun@metu.edu.tr homepage: Arun's Web Page phone: +90 312 210 3142 fax: +90 312 210 7972