Nov 12, 2025
My article, "The Wages of Ethnic Power: Socioeconomic Status, Group Threat, and Anti-Immigrant Attitudes in Western Europe", has been published in the International Journal of Comparative Sociology.
Nov 1, 2025
My recent paper in Social Forces, “Religious Rebound, Political Backlash, and the Youngest Cohort: Understanding Religious Change in Turkey,” received the 2025 Distinguished Article Award from the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion (SSSR).
May 12, 2025
I received the Raymond E. Lombra and Roberta Lombra Outstanding Graduate Research Award from the College of the Liberal Arts at Penn State, recognizing the best article published by a graduate student in the social sciences. Here is my article:
May 2, 2025
My project with Jungsik Choi, “Is Science a World Culture? Threat and Public Trust in Science,” has been awarded a research grant by the McCourtney Institute for Democracy at Penn State.
Jul 18, 2024
My first academic publication, "Religious Rebound, Political Backlash, and the Youngest Cohort: Understanding Religious Change in Turkey", has been published in Social Forces.
Jul 8, 2024
I appeared on Medyascope with Ruşen Çakır to discuss common misperceptions about Syrian refugees in Turkey [in Turkish].
May 27, 2024
I received the 2024 Huber-Form Sociology Master Thesis Award for my thesis, “Varieties of Group Threat: Ethnic Group Position, Individual-Level Status, and Anti-Immigrant Sentiments.”