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
2015 B.A. in Psychology, Ozyegin University, Istanbul, Turkey
- Harvard University, Drs. Susan Carey & Jesse Snedeker (2013)
- 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
- 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
- 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:
- 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)
2022 Unrestricted Travel Grant - Winter, Psi Chi International Honor Society
Funded Internal Grants
2023 Lafitte Research Award, Duke University and Charles Lafitte Foundation
2021 - 2023 The MADLAB Supporting Science Grant, Duke University
2017 - 2018 Double Hoo Graduate-Undergraduate Mentorship Research Grant, University of Virginia
2014 Undergraduate Summer Research Grant, Ozyegin University
2013 Undergraduate Summer Research Grant, Ozyegin University
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
- Here and Queer: SPSP Social for LGBTQ+ Students and Early Career
- Total awarded: $2,000
- PIs: Stephanie Tepper, Andre Wang, Meltem Yucel
- 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
- "No fair!": An investigation of children's moral development
- Total awarded: $1,000
- PI: Meltem Yucel
- The moral roots of pro-environmental behavior
- Total awarded: $1,500
- PIs: Jessica Stern, Meltem Yucel
- 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
- Deserving equally: Understanding perceptions of unfairness in merit-based allocations.
- Total Awarded: $2,500
- PI: Meltem Yucel, Madeline Brence
- Dissertation Grant
- Total Awarded: $5,000
- PI: Meltem Yucel
- An investigation of 4-year-old children's moral development
- Total awarded: $1,000
- PI: Meltem Yucel
- "No fair!": An investigation of children's moral development
- Total awarded: $1,000
- PI: Meltem Yucel
- 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.
- 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
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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
+ Student Author
Peer-Reviewed Poster Presentations
* Shared authorship, + Student Author
Invited Talks & Presentations
Other Research Talks
- 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.
+ 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
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
- Getting Curious with Jonathan Van Ness, The It's Innate! Podcast, Watercooler Neuroscience, Merdiven Alti Terapi
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE & LEADERSHIP
PsychResearchList:
International Moral Psychology (IMP) List and Seminar Series:
Reviewing:
Duke University, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience:
University Of Virginia, Psychology Department:
University Of Virginia, The Raven Society:
- 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
- Student and Early Career Council Representative (2021 - present)
- Interdisciplinary Committee Member (2021 - present)
- Diversity Committee Member (2021 - present)
- Diversity and Inclusion Coordinator (2021 - 2022)
- Graduate Student Representative and Board Member (2017 - 2019)
- 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 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)