ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE:

2010 -               : Director, Center for Gender and Women’s Studies, Koc University

2005 Fall         : Visiting Scholar, Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study. Wassenaar, the Netherlands

2001 Fall         : Visiting Professor, Duke University, Durham,USA; Visiting Scholar, Columbia University, New York, USA

1998 - 2001      : Dean, School of Arts and Sciences, Koç University, Istanbul

1995 – Present : Professor, Koç University, Istanbul (Courses taught: Social Psychology; Culture and Behavior; Life-Span Development; Controversial Topics in Psychology; Introductory Psychology; Psychology and Policy; Culture and Self)

1995 Winter    : Visiting Professor as Jawaharlal Nehru Chair in Human Development and Family Studies, M.S. University of Baroda, India

1993 - 94        : Visiting Scholar, Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study. Wassenaar, the Netherlands

1982 - 95        :  Professor, Department of Psychology, Boğaziçi University (1982-83 and 1989-93:  Department Head) (Courses taught: Social psychology;

                          group dynamics; cross-cultural psychology; social influences on the individual; applied research in social psychology).

1983-84                      : Visiting Scholar, Harvard University Graduate School of Education and Radcliffe M.I.  Bunting Institute

1979-82                      : Professor and Head, Dept. of Social Sciences (same courses as above). Boğaziçi University.

1979 Spring    : Visiting Associate Professor, Department of Sociology and Middle East  Studies Center,  Columbia  University,  New York, U.S.A.; Affiliate, Office of Population Research, Princeton  University.

                          (Course taught: Changing values and attitudes in Turkey and the Middle East).

1974-79          : Associate Prof., Department of Social Sciences, Boğaziçi University.

1974 Fall         : Invited lecturer of psychology, Istanbul Technical University, Architecture Master's Program.

1973-74                      : Assistant Prof., Department of Social Sciences, Boğaziçi University, İstanbul, Turkey.

1973    Summer : Visiting associate professor, Department of Psychology, University o f California, Berkeley, U.S.A. (Courses taught: Social psychology; social structure, culture and Personality).

1969-73                      :  Assistant Prof., Department of Social Sciences,  Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey. (Courses  taught: Social psychology,  psychological models of social change, modern points of view in psychology, social perception, learning theory, and introductory psychology).

1967-69          :   Principal and Psychology Instructor, Çizakça Koleji, Bursa,Turkey

1961-66                      :  Teaching and Research Assistant, Psychology  Department, University of California, Berkeley, U.S.A.