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Last update: 2023

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

2021 - Present Duke University, Durham, NC

NIH Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience
Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience

EDUCATION

2021 Ph.D. in Psychology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA

Dissertation: "No fair!": An investigation of children's development of fairness
Committee: Drs. Amrisha Vaish (Chair), Gerald L. Clore, Vikram K. Jaswal, Timothy D. Wilson, Laura E. Barnes

2021 Concentration in Quantitative Psychology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA

GPA: 3.94/4.00
Capstone Presentation: Being in the know: Social network analysis of gossip and friendship on college campuses on April 16, 2020

2017 M.A. in Psychology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA

GPA: 3.97/4.00
Thesis: Young children and adults show higher arousal to moral transgressions
Drs. Amrisha Vaish (Chair), Gerald L. Clore, Vikram K. Jaswal

2015 B.A. in Psychology, Ozyegin University, Istanbul, Turkey

GPA: 3.99/4.00 (Salutatorian)
Summer Internships:

          - Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Drs. Michael Tomasello & Josep Call (2014)
       - Harvard University, Drs. Susan Carey & Jesse Snedeker (2013)

GRANTS

Funded External Grants
2023 - 2026 National Research Service Award (F32 NRSA) Postdoctoral Fellowship, National Institute of Health (NIH) & National Institute of Child Health and Development (NICHD)

Total awarded: $210,372
Grant Title: The impact of gossip on children's feelings of belongingness.
Grant Number: F32HD108861, Co-Mentors: Tamar Kushnir and Michael Tomasello

2022 Unrestricted Travel Grant - Winter, Psi Chi International Honor Society

Total awarded: $1,400
PI: Meltem Yucel

2021 - 2022 Community Catalyst Grant, Society for Personality and Social Psychology

Here and Queer: SPSP Social for LGBTQ+ Students and Early Career
Total awarded: $2,000
PIs: Stephanie Tepper, Andre Wang, Meltem Yucel

2020 - 2023 Cornell Center for Social Sciences Grant, Cornell University

The Impact of Gossip on Children’s Well-being and Feelings of Belongingness
Total awarded: $12,000
PIs: Vivian Zayas, Meltem Yucel, Tamar Kushnir
Note. I wrote this grant as a Ph.D. student, as such, Dr. Vivian Zayas is listed as the PI

2020 - 2021 APA Dissertation Research Award, American Psychological Association

"No fair!": An investigation of children's moral development
Total awarded: $1,000
PI: Meltem Yucel

2020 - 2021 Climate Impact Small Research Grant, Society for Personality and Social Psychology

The moral roots of pro-environmental behavior
Total awarded: $1,500
PIs: Jessica Stern, Meltem Yucel

2020 Unrestricted Travel Grant - Winter, Psi Chi International Honor Society

Total awarded: $974
PI: Meltem Yucel

Funded Internal Grants
2023 Lafitte Research Award, Duke University and Charles Lafitte Foundation

Gossip's double-edged sword
Total Awarded: $2,700
PI: Meltem Yucel

2021 - 2023 The MADLAB Supporting Science Grant, Duke University

Increasing Access to Academia: Psych Research List
Total Awarded: $240
PI: Meltem Yucel

2021 - 2022 The Raven Society, Raven Fellowship, University of Virginia

Deserving equally: Understanding perceptions of unfairness in merit-based allocations.
Total Awarded: $2,500
PI: Meltem Yucel, Madeline Brence

2020 - 2021 UVA Corruption Laboratory on Ethics, Accountability, and the Rule of Law, University of Virginia

Dissertation Grant
Total Awarded: $5,000
PI: Meltem Yucel

2019 - 2020 Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Council Grant, University of Virginia

An investigation of 4-year-old children's moral development
Total awarded: $1,000
PI: Meltem Yucel

2019 - 2020 Center for Global Inquiry + Innovation Graduate Research Grant, University of Virginia

"No fair!": An investigation of children's moral development
Total awarded: $1,000
PI: Meltem Yucel

2018 - 2019 Double Hoo Graduate-Undergraduate Mentorship Research Grant Renewal, University of Virginia

Do emotions shape how people differentiate moral norms from conventional norms?
Total awarded: $4,000
PIs: Meltem Yucel, Madeleine F. Mitchell

2017 - 2018 Double Hoo Graduate-Undergraduate Mentorship Research Grant, University of Virginia

Do emotions shape how people differentiate moral norms from conventional norms?
Total awarded: $6,000:
PIs: Meltem Yucel, Madeleine F. Mitchell

2014 Undergraduate Summer Research Grant, Ozyegin University

Total awarded: $2,300
PI: Meltem Yucel

2013 Undergraduate Summer Research Grant, Ozyegin University

Total awarded: $3,600
PI: Meltem Yucel

ACADEMIC HONORS & AWARDS

National & International

2023 Society for Research in Child Development, Early Career Travel Award
2022 Society for Affective Science, Best Dissertation in Affective Science Award
This honor recognizes outstanding dissertation research conducted by SAS members who received their PhD.
2022 The Institute for Lifecourse Development at the University of Greenwich, UK, Best Paper Award
2022 International Society for Research on Emotion, Dissertation Award 2nd Runner-up
2022 Center for the Science of Moral Understanding (CSMU), Scientific Impact Award, Honorable Mention
2022 Balancing Trust and Skepticism Preconference Post-doctoral Grant, The John Templeton Foundation
2021 Onedio (Turkish media platform), Featured on the 21 Successful Turkish Scientists List
2021 American Psychological Association, Early Career Convention Grant
2021 Society for the Improvement of Psychological Science, SIPS Commendation
2021 Association for Psychological Science, Perfect Pitch Three Minute Thesis Competition, Third Place
2021 Association for Psychological Science, Student Diversity Registration Award
2021 Society for Research in Child Development Student and Early Career Council Poster Competition Finalist and Strategic Plan Poster Winner
2020 Association for Psychological Science/Psi Chi, Albert Bandura Graduate Research Award [$1,200]
By recognizing and awarding the most outstanding graduate, empirical research paper, the APS Albert Bandura Graduate Research Award promotes the first author's career in psychology by conferring official recognition in various forms from both Psi Chi and APS and a cash prize. This award honors Albert Bandura, a Distinguished Member of Psi Chi and a William James Fellow of APS, for significant lifetime contributions to psychology and for his exemplary and dedicated support and mentoring of students and their research throughout his long professional career. To read the paper // To read the interview
2020 Harvard Kennedy School and Harvard Business School, Behavioral Insights Group Doctoral Workshop
2020 American Psychological Association, APAGS Virtual Convention Grant
2019 Cognitive Development Society, Diversity Travel Award
2017 - 2019 International Max Planck Research School on the Life Course (LIFE Academy), Fellow
LIFE Academy offers students an integrative and interdisciplinary approach to understanding human development in a changing world, connecting evolutionary, ontogenetic, historical, and institutional perspectives.
2019 Society for Research in Child Development, Graduate Student Travel Award
2018 Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Graduate Student Travel Award
2017 Society for Research in Child Development, Francis Degen Horowitz Millennium Scholar
Awarded to promising young scholars to support their graduate work in developmental science by providing mentorship from advanced scholars.
2016 Psi Chi, The International Honors Society, Member Chi Psychology Honors Society, Member
2015 Fulbright Commission, Fulbright Ph.D. Scholar
Selected from highly qualified pool of applicants and awarded as a finalist, however due to visa restrictions I chose not to accept the Fulbright Ph.D. Scholarship.

Internal

2023 Duke University, Postdoctoral Award for Professional Development
2023 Duke University & Charles Lafitte Foundation, Postdoctoral Conference Travel Award
2022 Duke University & Charles Lafitte Foundation, Postdoctoral Virtual Conference Travel Award

2021 UVA The Raven Society, Raven Award (This award recognizes excellence in service and contribution to UVA)
2021 UVA International Studies Office, Award for Graduate Academic Excellence
2021 UVA Z Society, Edgar F. Shannon Award (This is one of the highest awards a UVA student can receive, honoring an individual who has pursued academic greatness with fervent ardor and keen insight while never forgetting the importance of those priorities aside from school)
2021 UVA Psychology Department, Graduate Teaching Award (Also nominated for the All-University Graduate Teaching Award)
2021 UVA Psychology Department, Selected Colloquium Speaker
2020 - 2021 UVA Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, Dean's Dissertation Completion Fellow [$20,000]
2020 - 2021 UVA Corruption Laboratory on Ethics, Accountability, and the Rule of Law, Graduate Fellow
2020 UVA Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Affairs, Three Minute Thesis Competition (3MT), First Place Award [$1,000]
(3MT, or Three Minute Thesis, is a competition that provides doctoral students an opportunity to present their research to general audiences in three minutes with a single static PowerPoint slide)
2020 UVA Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Affairs, Three Minute Thesis Competition (3MT), People's Choice Award [$500]
2020 UVA Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, Dean's Summer Fellowship Support [$4,000]
2020 UVA The Raven Society (UVA's oldest and most prestigious honor society), Raven Scholarship [$2,000]
2020 UVA Honor Committee, Honorable Mention (Recognizing people who exemplify honorable behavior)
2020 UVA Psychology Department, Rebecca Boone Memorial Award for Excellence in Teaching [$750]
2019 - 2020 UVA Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, Teaching Relief Fellowship [$5,000]
2019 UVA Robert J. Huskey Graduate Research Exhibition, Selected Speaker
2019 UVA Student Choice Colloquium Speaker
2018 UVA The Raven Society (UVA's oldest and most prestigious honor society), Elected Member
2018 UVA Jefferson Scholars Foundation, Research Prize [$1,500]
2018 UVA Robert J. Huskey Graduate Research Exhibition, Second Place in Oral Presentation in Social Sciences
2017, 2018, 2019, & 2020 UVA Psychology Department, Graduate Research Travel Award
2015 - 2020 UVA Graduate Fellowship

2015 Ozyegin University, Salutatorian
2011 - 2015 Ozyegin University, Dean's High Honor List
2012 - 2015 Ozyegin University, Outstanding Academic Achievement Scholarship [100% scholarship]
2011 - 2012 Ozyegin University, Undergraduate Placement Exam Entrance Scholarship [50% scholarship]

PUBLICATIONS

Publications
* Signifies equal contribution, **Signifies consortium authorship

Azevedo, F., Pavlović, T., Rêgo, G. G. d., Ay, F. C., Gjoneska, B., Etienne, T., … [...] Yucel, M., [...], & Sampaio, W. M. (2023). Social and moral psychology of COVID-19 across 69 countries. Scientific Data. Pre-print: https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/a3562.
Yucel, M., Drell, M. B., Jaswal, V. K., & Vaish, A. (2022). Young children do not perceive distributional fairness as a moral norm. Developmental Psychology. https://10.1037/dev0001349e.
Yucel, M. & Westgate, E. C. (2022). From electric shocks to the electoral college: How boredom steers moral behavior. In A. Elpidorou (Ed.), The Moral Psychology of Boredom. London: Rowman & Littlefield. Pre-print: https://psyarxiv.com/frcw9.
Van Bavel, J. J., ... Yucel, M., ... Ziemer, C., & Zwaan, R. A. (2022). National identity predicts public health support during a global pandemic. Nature Communications, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-27668-9
1. I was the national team leader for Turkey. For the full list: https://icsmp-covid19.netlify.app/people.html
2. Received the Best Paper Award 2021/22 from the Institute for Lifecourse Development at the University of Greenwich, UK
3. Featured in the Editors’ Highlights webpage as one of the 50 best papers recently published in Social Sciences at Nature Communications.
4. Highlighted as some of the most impactful and innovative articles to date at Nature Communications.
Delios, A., Clemente, E., Wu, T., Tan, H., Wang, Y., Gordon, M., Viganola, D., Chen, Z., Dreber, A., Johannesson, M., Pfeiffer, T., **Generalizability Tests Forecasting Collaboration, & Uhlmann, E.L. (in press). Examining the generalizability of research findings from archival data. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. (Member of forecasting collaboration). htps://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2120377119
Pavlović, T., Azevedo, F., De, K., Riano-Moreno, J., Maglić, M., Gkinopoulos, T., Kehoe, P. A. D., Payán-Gómez, C., Huang, G., Kantorowicz, J., Birtel, M. D., Schönegger, P., Capraro, V., Santamaría-García, H., Yucel, M., ..., & Van Bavel, J. J. (2022). Predicting attitudinal and behavioral responses to COVID-19 pandemic using machine learning. PNAS Nexus. Pre-print available upon request. https://doi.org/10.1093/pnasnexus/pgac093
Yucel, M., & Vaish, A. (2021). Eliciting forgiveness. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Cognitive Science, e1572. https://doi.org/10.1002/wcs.1572
Yucel, M., Sjobeck, G. R., Glass, R., & Rottman, J. (2021). Being in the know: Social network analysis of gossip and friendship on a college campus. Human Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12110-021-09409-5.
Yucel, M., Sjobeck, G. R., Glass, R., & Rottman, J. (2021). Gossip, sabotage, and friendship network dataset. Data in Brief. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2021.107717.
Tierney, W., Ebersole, C., Hardy, J., Clemente, E., Viganola, D., Gordon, M., Dreber, A.A., Johannesson, M., Pfeiffer, T., Chapman, H., Gantman, A., Vanaman, M., DeMarree, K., Igou, E., Wylie, J., Storbeck J., Andreychik, M.R., McPhetres, J., Vaughn, L.A., **Work Morality Forecasting Collaboration, & Uhlmann, E. L. (2021). A creative destruction approach to replication: Implicit work and sex morality across cultures. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. (Member of Work Morality Forecasting Collaboration Consortium) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2020.104060
Yucel, M., Hepach, R., & Vaish, A. (2020). Young children and adults show differential arousal to moral and conventional transgressions. Frontiers in Psychology. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00548
- Winner of the 2020 APS Albert Bandura Graduate Research Award
- Honorable Mention, 2022 Center for the Science of Moral Understanding Scientific Impact Award
*Beeler-Duden, S., *Yucel, M., & Vaish, A. (2020). The role of affect in feelings of obligation. Commentary. Brain and Behavioral Sciences, 43. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X19002449
Tierney, W., Hardy, J., Ebersole, C. R., Leavitt, K., Viganolan, D., Clemente, E., Gordon, M., Dreber, A., Johannesson, M., Pfeiffer, T., **Hiring Decisions Forecasting Collaboration, & Uhlmann, E. L. (2020). Creative destruction in science. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes. (Member of Hiring Decisions Forecasting Collaboration Consortium) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.obhdp.2020.07.002
Yucel, M., & Vaish, A. (2018). Young children tattle to enforce moral norms. Social Development. https://doi.org/10.1111/sode.12290
1. Top 10% most downloaded papers in Social Development 2018/2019
2. Top 20 most read papers in Social Development 2017/2018
Selçuk, B., & Yucel, N. M. (2017). The role of institutionalization in theory of mind. In V. Slaughter & M. de Rosnay (Eds.), Theory of mind development in context. Pp. 89-105. London: Routledge.

Manuscripts Under Review

Yucel, M., & Moulder, R. G. (In Revision). Gossiping for a reason: Revised Gossip Functions Questionnaire. Evolution and Human Behavior. Pre-print available upon request.
Hales, A., Yucel, M., & Rudert, S. (In Revision). Understanding gossip from the target's perspective. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. Pre-print available upon request.
Stern, J., Yucel, M., Grossmann, T., & Vaish, A. (Under review). Childhood roots of "being green": Environmental moral reasoning and behavior in children and adults. Pre-print: https://psyarxiv.com/2ywuk.
Weisman, K., Ghossainy, M. E., Williams, A. J., Payir, A., Lesage, K. A., Reyes-Jaquez, B., Amin, T. Anggoro, F. K., Burdett, E. R. R., Chen, E. E., Coetzee, L., Coley, J., Dahl, A., Dautel, J., Davis, H. E., Davis, E. L., Diesendruck, G., Evans, E., Feeney, A., Gurven, M., Jee, B. D., Kramer, H. J., Kushnir, T., McAuliffe, K., McLaughlin, A., Nichols, S., Rockers, P. C., Shneidman, L., Srinivasan, M., Tarullo, A., Taylor, L. K., Yu, Y., Yucel, M., Zhao, X., Corriveau, K. H., and Richert, R. A. (Under review). The development and diversity of religious cognition and behavior: Protocol for Wave 1 data collection with children and parents by the Developing Belief Network.

PRESENTATIONS & SYMPOSIA

Chaired Conference Symposia

Yucel, M., & Kushnir, T. (2023, March). You’ll never guess what I heard: When and how do children gossip?. Paper symposium to be presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Salt Lake City, UT.
M. Yucel & A. Vaish (Co-chairs). (2021, April). The development of fairness: Perceptions, emotions, and actions. Paper symposium presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Virtual.
M. Yucel & A. Hales (Co-chairs). (2021, February). Spilling the tea: Social psychology of gossip. Paper symposium presented at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology Annual Convention, Virtual.
M. Yucel & A. Vaish (Co-chairs). (2019, March). The emergence of and mechanisms underlying the development of moral norms. Paper symposium presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Baltimore, MD.

Peer-Reviewed Oral Presentations
+ Student Author

Yucel, M., Drell, M. B., Jaswal, V. K., & Vaish, A. (2022, April). “No fair!”: Children’s and adults’ perceptions of fairness norms. Paper presented at the Society for Affective Science Conference Award Symposium, Long Beach, CA.
Yucel, M., Nancekivell, S., +Harris, E., & Kushnir, T. (2023, March). Gossip’s double-edged sword. Paper presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Salt Lake City, UT.
Yucel, M., Eisen, S., Stern, J., Lillard, A. & Vaish, A. (2023, March). Children’s assessment of morally ambiguous characters. Paper presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Salt Lake City, UT.
Yucel, M. (2023, March). Is writing your priority? Ways to collectively strengthen your skills, voice, and writing quality in mentoring relationships. Presented as a conversation hour at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Salt Lake City, UT.
Yucel, M., Zhao, X., Yu., Y., +Kim, J., Nichols, S., & Kushnir, T. (2023, February). The role of group membership on children’s norm understanding. Paper presented at the Justice and Morality preconference at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology Annual Convention, Atlanta, GA.
Yucel, M., Drell, M. B., Jaswal, V. K., & Vaish, A. (2022, June). “No fair!”: Children’s and adults’ perceptions of fairness norms. Paper presented at the Center for the Science of Moral Understanding (CSMU) Inaugural Conference, Durham, NC.
Yucel, M., Drell, M. B., Jaswal, V. K., & Vaish, A. (2022, April). “No fair!”: Children’s and adults’ perceptions of fairness norms. Paper presented at the Cognitive Development Society Conference, Madison, WI.
Yucel, M., Drell, M. B., Jaswal, V. K., & Vaish, A. (2022, February). How do children and adults evaluate fairness norms? Paper presented at the Origins of the Social Mind pre-conference at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology Annual Convention, San Francisco, CA.
Yucel, M. & Westgate, E. C. (2021, June). Gossip and boredom: Investigating the entertainment function of gossip. Paper presented at the Human Behavior and Evolution Society Conference, Virtual.
Yucel, M. (2021, April). Organizing writing groups to support international students. In M. Echelbarger (Chair), Finding your writing community, in-person and online. Professional development session presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Virtual.
Yucel, M., Drell, M. B., Jaswal, V. K., & Vaish, A. (2021, April). Is fairness moral? Paper presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Virtual.
Yucel, M. & Westgate, E. C. (2021, February). Gossip-as-entertainment: Bored people gossip more. Paper presented at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology Annual Convention, Virtual.
Hales, A., Yucel, M., & Rudert, S. (2021, February). The Oscar Wilde Dilemma: Understanding when people want to be the topic of gossip. Paper presented at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP) Annual Convention, Virtual.
Hales, A., Yucel, M., & Rudert, S. (2020, October). Who wants to be the topic of gossip? Findings from two large national surveys. Paper presented at the Society of Southeastern Social Psychologists Annual Virtual Conference.
Yucel, M., Hepach, R., & Vaish, A. (2019, March). Norms with affect: Young children and adults show higher arousal to moral than conventional transgressions. Paper presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Baltimore, MD.
Vaish, A., & Yucel, M. (2019, March). Tattling as punishment: Young children tattle to enforce moral norms. Paper presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Baltimore, MA.
Marcus, J., Wiese, C., & Yucel, M. (2013, August). Sample type and meta-analyses: It isn't just field and lab. Paper presented at the 73rd annual meeting of the Academy of Management. Orlando, FL.

Peer-Reviewed Poster Presentations
* Shared authorship, + Student Author

+Harris, E., Yucel, M., Nancekivell, S., & Kushnir, T. (2023, March). “Maybe she wanted to keep it a secret:” Whose gossip is it to share?. Poster to be presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Salt Lake City, UT.
+Kim, J., Yucel, M., Zhao, X., Yu, Y., Nichols, S., & Kushnir, T. (2023, March). The role of group membership on children’s norm understanding. Poster to be presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Salt Lake City, UT.
Yucel, M. & Westgate, E. C. (2021, November). Gossip and boredom: Investigating the entertainment function of gossip. Poster presented at the Harvard Women in Psychology Trends in Psychology Summit, Virtual.
Yucel, M., Sjobeck, G. R., Glass, R., & Rottman, J. (2021, June). Being in the know: Gossip and friendship on a college campus. Poster presented at the Human Behavior and Evolution Society Conference, Virtual. Click here to see the poster.
+Marzougui, J. B., Yucel, M., & Vaish, A. (2021, April). The impact of inequality on young children's helpfulness to others. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Virtual.
*Stern, J., *Yucel, M., Grossmann, T., & Vaish, A. (2021, April). Childhood roots of “being green”: Moral judgments of environmental actions in children and adults. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Virtual. Society for Research in Child Development Strategic Plan Poster Winner and Early Career Council (SECC) Poster Competition Finalist
Yucel, M., Drell, M. B., Jaswal, V. K., & Vaish, A. (2021, February). Is distributional fairness more like a moral or conventional norm? Poster presented at the Origins of the Social Mind preconference at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology Annual Convention, Virtual.
Stern, J., Yucel, M., Grossmann, T., & Vaish, A. (2021, February). Moral judgments of environmental harm mediate the association between political orientation and sustainable behavior. Poster presented at the Sustainability preconference at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology Annual Convention, Virtual.
Yucel, M., Hepach, R., & Vaish, A. (2020, July). Norms with affect: Young children and adults show higher arousal to moral than conventional transgressions. Presented at the Association for Psychological Science Virtual Poster Showcase.
Yucel, M., Sjobeck, G. R., Glass, R., & Rottman, J. (2020, February). Being in the know: Gossip and friendship on college campuses. Presented at the Evolutionary Psychology Pre-conference for the Society for Personality and Social Psychology Annual Convention, Virtual.
Yucel, M., Drell, M. B., Jaswal, V. K., & Vaish, A. (2019, October). Fairness reexamined. Poster presented at the Cognitive Development Society conference, Louisville, KY.
Yucel, M., & Vaish, A. (2019, October). Do 6- to 7-year-old children infer status and virtue from gossip? Poster presented at the Cognitive Development Society conference, Louisville, KY.
Yucel, M., Hepach, R., & Vaish, A. (2018, June). Norms with affect: Children and adults show greater physiological arousal to moral than conventional transgressions. Presented at the biennial International Congress on Infant Studies, Philadelphia, PA.
Yucel, M., & Tahiroğlu, D. (2018, March). The role of foreign language on moral decision making. Presented at the annual convention of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Atlanta, GA.
Yucel, M., & Vaish, A. (2017, April). Young children tattle to enforce cooperative norms. Presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Austin, TX.
Yucel, M., & Vaish, A. (2017, January). Children’s norm enforcement behavior and its temperamental correlates. Presented at the annual meeting of the Budapest CEU Conference on Cognitive Development, Budapest, Hungary.

Invited Talks & Presentations

06/2023, The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, Open Science Possibilities for Career Advancement Listening Session
05/2023, The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, Open Science Possibilities for Career AdvancementLowering Barriers to Entry Listening Session
04/2023, Columbia University, Department of Psychology, Departmental Seminar Series, New York, NY
02/2023, Tulane University, Department of Psychology Colloquium, New Orleans, LA
02/2023, McGill University, Human Development Program, Montreal, Canada
12/2022, Talk, Cornell University, Person and Context Lab, Ithaca, NY
11/2022, Talk, University of North Carolina Greensboro, Psychology Seminar, Greensboro, NC
06/2022, Talk, Moral Psychology Research Group (MPRG) at Duke University, Durham, NC.
05/2022, Talk, Texas A&M University, Liew Lab, College Station, TX.
05/2022, Talk, Boston University, Social Learning Lab, Boston, MA.
04/2022, Talk, University of California Santa Barbara, Development and Evolution, and Social Psychology Areas Colloquium, Santa Barbara, CA.
02/2022, Talk, University of Michigan, Social Minds Lab, Ann Arbor, MI.
02/2022, Talk, Duke University, Sociology Department, Worldview Lab, Durham, NC.
01/2022. Talk, Middle Eastern Technical University - Northern Cyprus, Psychology Society, Cyprus.
12/2021, Talk, Princeton University, Neuroscience and Social Decision Making Talks, Princeton, NJ.
11/2020, Talk, Cornell University, Person and Context Lab, Ithaca, NY.
11/2020, Talk, University of Reading, Self-Regulation, Emotion, and Attention Laboratory, Reading, Berkshire, United Kingdom.
10/2021, Talk, AC3 Cooperation Colloquia, Netherlands/Denmark/Austria
05/2021, Talk, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Force of Gossip Talk Series, Amsterdam, Netherlands
04/2021, Talk, University of Florida Social Cognition and Emotion Lab, Gainesville, FL.
04/2021, Talk, Harvard University Cushman/Greene Labs, Cambridge, MA.
03/2021, Talk, Harvard University Evolutionary Psychology Lab, Cambridge, MA.
03/2021, Talk, Franklin & Marshall College Scientific & Philosophical Studies of Mind Colloquium Series, Lancaster, PA.
02/2021, Talk, Brown University Developmental Psychology Brown Bag Series, Providence, RI.
02/2021, Talk, MEF University Psychology Colloquium, Istanbul, Turkey.
01/2021, Talk, Psychology Dept. Colloquium Series, UVA *Selected speaker
01/2020, Talk, Kadir Has University Child and Family Research Lab, Istanbul, Turkey.
12/2020, Talk, Stanford University Developmental Psychology Brown Bag Series, Stanford, CA.
12/2020, Talk, Cornell University Early Childhood Cognition Lab, Ithaca, NY.
12/2020, Talk, Yeshiva University Developing Minds Lab, New York City, NY.
11/2020, Talk, Duke University Developmental Psychology Brown Bag Series, Durham, NC.
10/2020, Talk, George Mason University Cognitive and Behavioral Neuroscience Colloquium Series, Fairfax, VA.
07/2020, Talk, Cornell University Early Childhood Cognition Lab, Ithaca, NY.
07/2020, Talk, Cornell Early Childhood Cognition Lab and Toronto Early Cognition Lab.
07/2020, Talk, Boston College Cooperation Lab, Boston, MA.
12/2019, Talk, Ozyegin University, Istanbul, Turkey.
12/2019, Talk, Koc University Child and Family Studies Lab, Istanbul, Turkey.
05/2019, Talk, Spring 2019 academy of the International Max Planck Research School on the Life Course, Ann Harbor, MI.
01/2019, Talk, Psychology Dept. Colloquium Series, UVA *Selected speaker
10/2018, Poster, Fall 2018 academy of the International Max Planck Research School on the Life Course, Charlottesville, VA.
05/2018, Talk, Spring 2018 academy of the International Max Planck Research School on the Life Course, Berlin, Germany.
10/2017, Poster, Fall 2017 academy of the International Max Planck Research School on the Life Course, Zurich, Switzerland.
12/2016, Talk, Food for Thought Series at Koc University, Turkey.

Other Research Talks

12/2022, Talk, Developmental Brown Bag Series, Duke University.
09/2022, Talk, Social Brown Bag Series, Duke University.
01/2022, Professional Development Talk, Developmental Brown Bag Series, Duke University.
04/2020, Talk, Developmental Psychology Lunch Series, UVA.
04/2020, Talk, Quantitative Psychology Lunch Series, UVA.
02/2019, Poster, Robert J. Huskey Graduate Research Exhibition, UVA. *GSASSC grant winner poster
02/2020, Talk, Diversifying Scholarship Conference, UVA.
03/2019, Talk, Robert J. Huskey Graduate Research Exhibition, UVA. *Selected speaker honorarium
02/2019, Talk, The Raven Society Research Expo, UVA.
04/2018, Talk, Developmental Lunch Series, UVA.
03/2018, Talk, Robert J. Huskey Graduate Research Exhibition, UVA. *2nd place oral presentation in Social Sciences
11/2017, Poster, Diversifying Scholarship Conference, UVA.
09/2017, Talk, Intra-departmental Symposium, UVA.
02/2017, Talk, Developmental Lunch Series, UVA.
03/2017, Poster, Robert J. Huskey Graduate Research Exhibition, UVA.
04/2016, Talk, Developmental Lunch Series, UVA.
08/2013, Poster, Harvard University, Lab for Developmental Studies, Cambridge, MA.
08/2013, Talk, Harvard University, Lab for Developmental Studies, Cambridge, MA.

STATISTICS AND OTHER TRAINING

CLASSES TAKEN (at UVA)
- Longitudinal Data Analysis,
- Multivariate Data Analysis,
- Structural Equation Modeling (SEM),
- General Linear Models,
- Quantitative Methods I & II,
- Contemporary Issues in Quantitative
WORKSHOPS ATTENDED
- 05/2021, Duke University Network Analysis Center, Social Networks & Health Workshop
- 05/2020, Curran-Bauer Analytics, Introduction to Structural Equation Modeling (SEM)
- 03/2020-04/2020, UVA PhD+, Data Literacy in R
OTHER TRAINING
- 12/2021 - 09/2022, National Institutes of Health Common Fund & National Research Mentoring Network, Cohort 4 Participant (#1U1GM132771. PI Elizabeth Ofili)
- 08/2020, Harvard Kennedy School and Harvard Business School, Behavioral Insights Group Doctoral Workshop, Selected Participant
- 08/2020, ComSciCon--UVA, A Science Communication Workshop, Selected Participant
- 01/2017, Tobii Pro Eye-tracking Workshops at BCCCD, Eye-tracking in Developmental Studies Workshop

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

for more information please see TEACHING AND MENTORSHIP

SKILLS

Languages: Turkish (Native), English (Fluent), German (Intermediate)
Eye-tracking: Tobii Studio
Graphics: Gimp
Statistical Softwares: R, Statistical Package for the Social Science (SPSS), Onyx Structural Equation Modeling, G*Power Statistical Power Analysis Software, Hunter Schmidt Meta-Analysis Program
Other: EUDICO Linguistics Annotator (ELAN), LaTeX, Qualtrics

MEDIA

Traditional Media:

The Boston Globe, Science Daily, Nature Blog, Association for Women in Science (AWIS) Magazine,
NeuroscienceNews, Newsbreak, Charlotte Observer, Fatherly, Yahoo!Life, Yahoo!Sports, MedicalXpress, EurekAlert!, Savy Auntie, MedicalXpress, StudyFinds, India Education Diary, Hürriyet Gazetesi (Turkish Newspaper), Sky Turk 360 (Turkish TV), Dünya Gazetesi (Turkish TV), Onedio (Turkish internet media company), UVA Today, Cornell Chronicle, NYU News, Ozyegin University News

Podcasts:

Getting Curious with Jonathan Van Ness, The It's Innate! Podcast, Watercooler Neuroscience, Merdiven Alti Terapi

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE & LEADERSHIP

PsychResearchList:

Founder, https://www.psychresearchlist.com
To date, over 57,000 students and faculty from 143 countries visited and made use of these resources
Received the 2021 Society for the Improvement of Psychological Science (SIPS), SIPS Commendation
This initiative was also covered by the Boston Globe, as an exemplary diversity, equity, and inclusion initiative.
This initiative was also featured in Getting Curious with Jonathan Van Ness.
This initiative was presented at the The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy listening sessions in 05/2023 and 06/2023

International Moral Psychology (IMP) List and Seminar Series:

Co-organizer with Dr. Jim A. C. Everett
https://www.psychresearchlist.com/moral-psychologists.html
To date, over 600 moral psychologists have signed up

Society for Research in Child Development:

Student and Early Career Council Representative (2021 - present)
Interdisciplinary Committee Member (2021 - present)

Society for Philosophy and Psychology:

Diversity Committee Member (2021 - present)

Cognitive Development Society:

Diversity and Inclusion Coordinator (2021 - 2022)
Graduate Student Representative and Board Member (2017 - 2019)

International Max Planck Research School on the Life Course

LIFE program fellow speaker (2018 - 2019)

Reviewing:

Reviewer: Psychological Science, Cognition, Emotion, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, Child Development, Developmental Psychology, Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, British Journal of Developmental Psychology, Social Psychological and Personality Science, Social and Personality Psychology Compass, Journal of Cognition and Development, Infant and Child Development, Journal of Adult Development, Memory & Cognition, Frontiers in Education, PLOS One
Conference Organization, Mentoring, and Reviews
- 2022, Reviewer, Society for Research in Child Development
- 2022, Reviewer, Cognitive Science Society
- 2022, Discussant, Origins of the Social Mind preconference at the SPSP Convention, San Francisco, CA
- 2022, Mentor Session, Speed Networking Event at the Society for Affective Science, Virtual.
- 2022, Mentor Session, "Conversations about Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity in Academia" at the SPSP Convention, San Francisco, CA
- 2021, Symposium Science Council Member, National Symposium for Morality Studies in Social Psych., Turkey
Award Reviewer:
- 2021 - present, Society for Research in Child Development SECC Dissertation Research Funding Awards;
- 2020, Student Research Award, Association for Psychological Science;
- 2017, Outstanding Research Award, Society for Personality and Social Psychology

Advisory Roles:

Advisory Board Member, Özyeğin University Psychology Department (2022 - present)

Duke University, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience:

Panel Speaker, "How to apply to graduate school as an international student" (2022)

University Of Virginia, Psychology Department:

Cohort Representative (2015 - 2021)
Graduate Representation Committee: Co-chair (2017 - 2019)
Developmental Area Representative (2018 - 2019)
Babypool Coordinator (2018 - 2019)
Developmental Area Speaker Series Co-Chair (2017 - 2018)
Graduate Student Recruitment Coordinator (2017 - 2018)
Panel Speaker, Research in Developmental Psychology, UVA Psychological Society Meeting (2018)
Psychology's Response to Acts of Bigotry on Campus: Member (2016 - 2018)
Well-Being Committee: Member (2016 - 2017)
Panel Speaker, "Applying to Graduate School," EDL & ESDL Undergraduate RA Meetings (2016 & 2017)

University Of Virginia, The Raven Society:

Secretary and Board Member (2019 - 2020)

Curriculum Vitae​

Curriculum Vitae