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ABOUT ME
I am a Ph.D. candidate in the Inquiry Methodology program and minoring in German Studies at Indiana University. I got my undergraduate from the Department of Political Science and Public Administration. I completed courses in the master's program of Media and Cultural Studies at Middle East Technical University. During my field and methodological experiences, I decided to get my education from the Inquiry Methodology program at School of Education in Indiana University.
I am interested in the theory of recognition as the logical ground for understanding intersubjectivity, mutuality, consent, self-esteem, respect and responsibility in the research experiences. Loving the knowledge is my main aim to invite my beliefs and norms to reconstruct them with the possible other people.
I always think that "Dreams must be fantasies over the realities, the reality must be invisible walls between us and truth. But there is a mutuality and togetherness to help us to see, understand and interpret our beings" I like cleaning dust while breaking walls to have the possibility of seeing each others and our Being of the Truth with the help of communicative action.
While data analysis, I prefer to use various programs like Nvivo, MaxQDA and ELAN. These data analysis programs help me to organize my interpretive strategies and write my notes in a robust and rich format. I use them for data collection and analysis.
I think that critical qualitative methodology help me to have insights about humanizing methodologies by creating friendship with respect, love and responsibility for each other in an academia rather than technological and instrumental needs. We are here to think wisely and reconstruct the equity and equality in the field of educational research.
08/ 2012 – 08/ 2025: Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA
Degree: Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Qualitative and Quantitative Research Methodology (QQRM), Applied Psychology in Education & Research Methodology
Minor: Germanic Studies
09/2007 – 06/ 2010: Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Republic of Turkey
Degree: M.Sc. in Media and Cultural Studies (coursework completed)
09/2001 – 06/2007: Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Republic of Turkey Degree: B.Sc. in Political Science & Public Administration
Faculty of Economics and Administrative Studies
09/2000 – 06/2008: Anadolu University, Eskisehir, Republic of Turkey Degree: B.Sc. in Public Administration
Faculty of Economics
Inquiry Methodology is a unique and important program that is grounded in the unity of educational research methods and the research philosophy of social sciences. This program enables me to explore the intersections of qualitative, quantitative and mixed research as an integrated study. My training and research focus on researchers’ positionality, intersubjectivities, and horizons expansions as trust, truth-seeking through methodology by looking at various challenges in the discourse, content, thematic, biographical, and participatory research designs. Finally, I am interested in the construction and reframing of recognition theory that might create reflective and intersubjective pragmatism in the educational research to overcome current methodological problems and articulate the philosophy of research practices and the maxims of research methodology. Specifically, my research practices are based on ethnography, autobiography, duo-ethnography, narrative, feminist, phenomenology, visual analysis, critical discourse analysis, and conversation analysis.
07/2024 – Present
Lead Online Instructional Designer: The School of Public Health Office of Online Education (SPH OOE), Indiana University.
03/ 2020 – 7/2024
Online Instructional Designer: Indiana University eLearning Design & Services
8/ 2018 – 5/2019
Associate Instructor: School of Education, Indiana University-Bloomington
7/ 2016 – 7/2018
Instructional Consultant: Office of Instructional Consultant at School of Education, Indiana University-Bloomington
8/ 2015 – 6/2016
Associate Instructor: School of Education, Indiana University-Bloomington
08/ 2014 – 05/2015
Graduate Assistant: Department of Counseling and Educational Psychology, The School of Education Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA
08/ 2013 – 05/2014
Graduate Assistant: Department of Counseling and Educational Psychology, The School of Education Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA
02/2012 – 06/2012
Media Consultant: Chamber of Environmental Engineering, Union of Chambers of Turkish Engineers and Architects Ankara, Turkey.
03/2009 – 06/2009
Assistant on Refugees’ & Migrants’ Rights: Association of Solidarity with Asylum Seekers and Migrants Ankara
Supervised by Ibrahim Vurgun Kavlak
08/2006 – 06/2008
Student Assistant (Part-time): Department of Political Science and Public Administration, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Türkiye
03/2004 – 06 /2008
Librarian Assistant: (Part-time) Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Türkiye
12/ 2000 – 07/2001
Primary School Teacher: Tekke Village School, The Ministry of National Education
2019 - 2020 International Student Fellow Burnham Grant ($2,000.00)
2019 Indiana University Trentham Travel Fund ($400.00)
2016 - 2017 Indiana University International Student Cash Award ($1,665.00)
2015 - 2016 The Counseling and Educational Psychology Fellowship ($1,666.00)
2015 - 2016 Indiana University International Student Cash Award ($2,550.00)
2015 Indiana University Trentham Travel Fund ($300.00)
2014 International Services Cash Award GR ($2,900.00)
2013 Indiana University International Student Education Award
2013 Indiana University Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Grant (PI: $12,000.00)
RESEARCH ASSISTANT (Part-Time) 2017 – 2018
INDIANA UNIVERSITY- SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
Center for P-16 Research and Collaboration, Indiana University
• Coding, Analyzing Teachers and Students Interview by using an existing coding scheme.
• Using the Mathematical Quality of Instruction (MQI) scales to code teachers’ instructional videos to determine the instructional quality
RESEARCH ASSISTANT (Part-Time) 2015-2017
INDIANA UNIVERSITY-METHODIST HOSPITAL FAMILY MEDICINE RESIDENCY
The Family Medicine Center
Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, USA
Study Title: Evaluating residents' learning in online and in-class learning models
RESEARCH ASSISTANT (Part-Time) (2014 – 2017)
SCHOOL OF NURSING - INDIANA UNIVERSITY
The School of Nursing, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA
Project: Heart Math Simulation for Nursing Education (2014-2017) Simulation Laboratory
Project: Indiana University Simulation Integration Project (2014-2017)
Project: Indiana University Interprofessional Education Project (2013-2017)
Study Title: Evaluating residents' learning in online and in-class learning models
FIELD RESEARCHER (June – July 2008)
INSTITUTE OF POPULATION STUDIES, HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY, Ankara, Turkey
Project Tittle: National Research on Domestic Violence Against Women in Turkey, 2009
VICE- PRESIDENT (2017- 2018)
Vice-President of Aikido Sports Club at Indiana University
Duties:
•To attend Sport Club Meetings
•To organize the member's meetings
•To get more funds to support activities
PRIVATE TUTOR (2016- 2019)
Volunteer at the Monroe Public Library (VITAL)
Duties:
•To help Foreigners, or New Residents in Bloomington to learn everyday English language.
•To help learners to learn how to use the library resources.
•To teach learners basics information about the test that they should take
PRESIDENT (2015- 2016)
President of Indiana University - Turkish Student Association Duties:
•The organizational efforts about the events to increase solidarity among Turkish Community
•The management of fund applications
•The representation of Turkish Culture in Bloomington and at IU
•The empowerment of minorities and oppressed groups
VICE-PRESIDENT (2013-2014)
Vice President of Inquiry Brownbag Community at School of Education, Indiana University
•The organization of meetings and talks about the program
•To encourage the students to share their ideas and problems in the scholar community.
•To create the space and time to update the shared academic information
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I think that the most valuable thing in an academia is there might be a scholarly collaborative environment in which I might have a chance to learn from you and share what I know with you. Collective consciousness in an academia would be more valuable with your existence.