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
[email protected]
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
[email protected]
512-232-7247
Kurt Weyland, Professor of Government. Lozano Long Professor of Latin American Politics,
University of Texas at Austin
[email protected]
512-232-7253
Jason Brownlee, Associate Professor, Department of Government, University of Texas at Austin
[email protected]
512-232-7304
Mine Eder, Professor of Political Science, Department of Political Science and International
Relations, Bogazici University, Istanbul
[email protected]
212-359-6525
Sevket Pamuk, Professor of History, Ataturk Institute for Modern Turkish History, Bogazici
University, Istanbul
[email protected]
212-359-6580/ 359-7606