TOBB University of Economics and Technology
Department of Psychology
iremuz@gmail.com
v.02.01.2016
EDUCATION:
University of Nevada, Reno, US. Social Psychology, Ph.D., 2011. Cumulative GPA: 4.0.
Dissertation: The interplay between self-construal and regulatory focus in decision making under risk and uncertainty (Chair: Markus Kemmelmeier)
Supported by NSF Dissertation Award # 0922778
University of
Nevada, Reno, US. Social Psychology, M.A., 2004.
Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey. Business Administration, M.B.A., 2000.
Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey. Economics, B.S., 1997.
Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey. Sociology, attended undergraduate program for two semesters, 1992-93.
TED Ankara College, Ankara,
Turkey. High School, 1992.
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Cross-cultural psychology, self and identity, judgment and decision making, motivation.
ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT:
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, TOBB University of Economics and Technology, Ankara, Turkey, 2013-.
Instructor, Department of Business Administration, TOBB University of Economics and Technology, Ankara, Turkey, 2012-2013.
Instructor, Department of Sociology, University of Nevada, Reno, 2008.
Research Assistant, Grant Sawyer Center for Justice Studies, Reno, US, with Prof. Jim Richardson, 2003-2010.
Research Assistant, Social Psychology, University of Nevada, Reno, US, with Prof. Markus Kemmelmeier, 2002-2003.
GRANTS and AWARDS:
2015- TUBITAK (The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey), Sosyal ve Beseri Bilimler Arastirma Destek Grubu (Social Sciences and Humanities). Proje # (Project #): 115K312. Baslık (Title): Bireycilik-toplulukculuk ve dilin yapisal ozellikleri arasindaki iliski (The relation between individualism-collectivism and structural properties of language) (TL195,037) (equivalent of $68000 at the start of funding period)
2009-2011 Doctoral Dissertation Support Grant, National
Science Foundation- Decision, Risk and Management Sciences. Award #: 0922778.
Title: The interplay between self-construals and
regulatory focus in decision making under risk and uncertainty ($7,015).
2011 Dissertation Fellowship in the Humanities and Social Sciences. Graduate School, University of Nevada, Reno ($10,000).
2011 Student Poster
Award, 1st place, Society for Personality and Social Psychology.
Title: Measurement of cultural tightness and looseness.
2010 Graduate Student Paper Award, 2nd place. Graduate
Student Association, University of Nevada, Reno. Title: A test of three hypotheses in how language shapes cultural values:
Language family, pronoun drop or the position of the subject?
2010 Graduate
Student Poster Award, 1st place. Graduate Student
Association, University of Nevada, Reno. Title: Risk-taking and loss-aversion: Applying prospect theory to
self-regulatory focus theory ($650).
2010 Outstanding
Graduate Student Award. Graduate Student Association, University of
Nevada, Reno ($650).
2007 Graduate
Student Paper Award, 3rd place. Graduate Student Association,
University of Nevada, Reno. Title: Sex and gender differences in achievement motivation across
cultures ($300).
2007 Graduate
Student Poster Award, 2nd place. Graduate Student
Association, University of Nevada, Reno. Title: Language shapes cultural values: An experimental study ($500).
2004 Outstanding
International Graduate Student Award. Graduate Student Association,
University of Nevada, Reno ($1,000).
Spring 1997 Undergraduate Student Teaching Assistantship, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey.
Spring 1997 High Honor Student. Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey.
COURSES TAUGHT:
Department of Psychology, TOBB University of Economics and Technology, Ankara, Turkey
Introduction to Psychology I (Fall 2013)
Introduction to Psychology II (Spring 2015, Spring 2016).
Social Psychology (Spring 2015, Fall 2015).
Research Methods and Statistics in Psychology I (Summer 2014).
Department of Business Administration,
TOBB University of Economics and Technology, Ankara, Turkey
Marketing Research (Summer 2012, Fall 2012).
International Marketing (Summer 2012, Summer 2013).
Introduction to Management (Fall 2012).
Organizational Behavior (Spring 2013).
Organization Theory (Spring 2013).
Department of Sociology, University of Nevada, Reno.
Statistical Methods (Fall 2008).
Department of Economics (as Undergraduate Student Teaching Assistant), Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey.
Intermediate Microeconomic Theory, with Prof. Halis Akder (Spring 1997).
PUBLICATIONS:
· Uz, I. (2015). The index of cultural tightness and looseness among 68 countries. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 46, 319-335. doi: 10.1177/0022022114563611
· Uz, I. (2015). Do cultures clash?. Social Science Information, 54, 78-90. doi: 10.1177/0539018414554827
· Uz, I. (2015). Nedensel belirsizlik ölçeğinin Türkçe’ye uyarlanması (The adaptation of causal uncertainty scale into Turkish). Anadolu Psikiyatri Dergisi (Anatolian
Journal of Psychiatry), Özel Sayı 1, 19-22. doi: 10.5455/apd.173182
·
Uz, I. (2014). Individualism
and first person pronoun use in written texts across languages. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 45,
1671-1678. doi: 10.1177/0022022114550481
· Uz, I., & Kemmelmeier, M. (2014). Islamist
terrorism as identity threat: The
case of ambivalent identification and self-stereotyping among Turkish
Muslims. Journal of Applied Social Psychology,
44, 660-671. doi: 10.1111/jasp.12257
· Uz, I., Kemmelmeier, M.,
& Yetkin, E. (2009) Effects
of Islamist terror in Muslim students: Evidence from Turkey in the wake of the
November 2003 attacks. Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism and
Political Aggression, 1, 111-126.
· Ozdemir, S.,
Vidoni, K., Uz, I., & Russell, J. (2008). eMINTS in Nevada: classroom
technology integration for 21st century skills. In K. McFerrin, R. Weber, R.
Carlson, & D. A. Willis (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information
Technology and Teacher Education International Conference 2008 (pp.
2169-2170). Chesapeake, VA: AACE. (ISBN
978-1-880094-64-8)
· Ozen, A., & Uz. I. (in press). Attachment theory. In C. Shehan (Ed.), The Encyclopedia of Family Studies. Wiley-Blackwell. (ISBN 978-0470658451).
· Uz, I. (in press). Monogamy. In C. Shehan (Ed.), The Encyclopedia of Family Studies. Wiley-Blackwell. (ISBN 978-0470658451).
· Uz, I. (in press). Motivation. In B. S. Turner (Ed.), The Encyclopedia of Social Theory. Wiley-Blackwell.
PAPER
PRESENTATIONS:
·
Uz, I., Alper, S., Kemmelmeier, M., Fetvadjiev,
V., Kuittinen, S, Lun, V. M., Stanciu, A., Faniko, K., Toro, A. & Quero, B.
(2016, January). The position but not the omission of pronouns influences self-construal. Paper
presented at the annual
conference of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology- Advances in
Cultural Psychology preconference, Data Blitz session, San Diego, CA.
· Uz, I. (2014, July). Language and culture: Obligatory pronouns vs.
relative frequency of singular and plural personal pronouns across languages. Paper presented at the International
Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology Congress,
Reims, France.
· Uz, I. & Kemmelmeier, M.
(2014, July). Syntax and individualism:
Language family, obligatory personal pronouns, position of the pronouns. In
Y. Koc & H. Dobewall (Chairs), IACCP Next Generation Special Interest Group
Symposium I: Research Incubator Symposium. Paper presented at the International Association for Cross-Cultural
Psychology Congress, Reims, France.
· Pettis, A., &
Uz, I. (2010, September). Impact of
globalization and religiosity on tolerance for stigmatized groups and moral
transgressions. Paper presented at the International Conference on Global
Citizenship, Collective Identity, and Tolerance, Chillicothe, OH.
· Uz, I., & Kemmelmeier, M. (2010, August). Self-regulatory focus and achievement motivation. Paper presented at the annual convention of American Psychological Association, San Diego, CA.
· Uz, I. (2010, April). Consequences of globalization: Homogenization, polarization or hybridization?. In B. Berberoglu (Chair), Globalization in the 21st Century. Symposium at the annual conference of Pacific Sociological Association, Oakland, CA.
·
Uz, I., & Kemmelmeier, M. (2010, April). A test of three hypotheses on how
language shapes cultural values. In M. Kemmelmeier (Chair), Manifestations of Culture: Religion,
Language and Relating to Place. Symposium at the annual conference of
Western Social Science Association, Reno, NV.
·
Uz, I., & Kemmelmeier, M. (2010, April). Ambivalent identification in
response to social identity threat. In
M. Kemmelmeier (Chair), Intergroup Relations:
Prejudice, Conflict, and Identity. Symposium at the annual conference of
Western Social Science Association, Reno, NV.
· Vidoni, K., Ozdemir, S., Uz, I., Russell, J. (2008,
March). eMints in Nevada: Classroom
technology integration for the 21st century skills. Paper
presented at the annual convention of Society for Information Technology and
Teacher Education, Las Vegas, NV.
· Uz, I. (2004, April). Language, religion, and individualism - collectivism. Paper presented at the annual conference of the Rocky Mountain Psychological Association, Reno, NV.
POSTERS:
· Uz,
I. & Alper, S. (2016, January). Cultural
tightness and looseness measures cross-validated. Poster to be presented at the annual conference of
the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, San Diego, CA.
· Uz, I., Kemmelmeier, M., Krumov, K., Kühnen, U., Volkova, E., &
Gluzdova, O. (2014, April). Başarı
motivasyonunda bireyci ve toplulukçu kültürler arası cinsiyet farkları (Sex
differences in achievement motivation across individualist and collectivist
cultures). Poster presented at the annual congress of the Turkish
Psychologists Association, Bursa, Turkey.
· Uz,
I., & Kemmelmeier, M. (2012, January). What
is really assessed as risk-taking: Risk-seeking or loss-aversion? Poster presented at the annual
conference of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, San Diego, CA.
· Uz., I. (2011, January) Negative mood and judgment: Focus on peripheral vs. central aspects of
task. Poster presented at SPSP- Emotion
pre-conference, San Antonio, TX.
· Uz.,
I. (2011, January) Measurement of
cultural tightness and looseness. Poster presented at the annual conference
of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, San Antonio, TX.
· Uz, I., &
Kemmelmeier, M. (2010, January). Risk-taking and loss-aversion: Applying
prospect theory to self-regulatory focus theory. Poster presented at the SPSP- Judgment and
Decision Making preconference, Las Vegas, NV.
· Uz, I., Kemmelmeier, M., & Yetkin, E. (2010, January) To belong or not to belong: Ambivalent identification. Poster presented at the annual conference of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Las Vegas, NV.
· Uz, I. & Kemmelmeier, M. (2007, January). Language explains cultural values: An experimental study. Poster presented at the annual conference of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Memphis, TN.
· Kemmelmeier, M., & Uz, I. (2006, January). Patterns of individualism and collectivism across Europe. Poster presented at the annual conference of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Palm Springs, CA.
· Kemmelmeier, M., & Uz, I. (2005, May). Who relies on the accessibility heuristic when judging
environmental risk? Poster presented at
the annual convention of American Psychological Society, Los Angeles, CA.
· Uz, I. & Kemmelmeier, M. (2005, January). When ingroup deviants create ambivalent identification: The effects of terrorism committed in the name of Islam on the religious identity of Muslims in Turkey. Poster presented at the annual conference of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, New Orleans, LA.
· Uz,
I. & Kemmelmeier, M. (2004, January) Sex and
gender differences in achievement motivation: Evidence from Turkey. Poster presented at the annual conference of
the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Austin, TX.
GRADUATE
ADVISING:
· Pinar Ugurlar; Dissertation Monitoring Committee Member, Social Psychology, METU.
· Sinan Alper; Dissertation Monitoring Committee Member, Social Psychology, METU.
· Gaye Solmazer; Dissertation Monitoring Committee Member, Social Psychology, METU.
· Burak Dogruyol, Dissertation Committee Member, Social Psychology, METU.
· Seda Gulben Uzun, Thesis Committee Member, Business Administration, TOBB ETU.
· Tuba Ozsevinc, Thesis Committee Member, Business Administration, TOBB ETU.
PAST
AND CURRENT MEMBERSHIPS IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:
International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology, Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Association for Psychological Science, Turkish Psychologists Association, American Psychological Association (APAGS), Human Behavior and Evolution Society, Rocky Mountain Psychological Association, Society for Social Neuroscience.
OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:
Served as ad-hoc reviewer for:
· National Science Foundation- Decision, Risk and Management Sciences
· Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy
· European Journal of Social Psychology
· Evolution and Human Behavior
· International Journal of Psychology
· Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology
· Journal of Neuroscience, Psychology, and Economics
· Personality and Individual Differences
· Representative Research in Social Psychology
· Society
for Personality and Social Psychology, Outstanding
Research Award (1st round).
· Turkiye Bilimsel ve Teknolojik Arastirma Kurumu - Sosyal ve Beşeri Bilimler Araştırma Destek
Grubu (The Scientific and
Technological Research Council of Turkey)
(external consultant)
Served
as judge for:
· Society for Personality and Social Psychology Poster
Competition (2nd round)
· Turkiye Bilimsel ve Teknolojik Arastirma Kurumu - Sosyal ve Beşeri Bilimler Araştırma Destek Grubu (The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey) (panelist).
· Graduate Student Association of UNR, Spring Awards Program.
Conference volunteer for Western Social Science Association annual meeting in Reno, NV.
Member of advisory committee of the first Social Psychology Congress in Turkey to be held on Nov.2016.
ADDITIONAL TRAINING:
· Summer Institute in Cultural Neuroscience at
the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, July 18-29, 2011.
· Multi-Modal 5-Day
Intensive Program “Active Introduction to EEG/MEG, fMRI, High-Resolution
MR and fMRI, NIRS, PET, and TMS” at the Harvard-MIT-MGH-Athinoula A. Martinos
Center for Biomedical Imaging, Charlestown, MA, Dec 13-17, 2010.
· Audited a course in Cognitive Neuropsychology,
University of Nevada, Reno, 2010.
· Ph.D. level seminar in Marketing Theory, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey, 2001.
REFERENCES:
Markus
Kemmelmeier, Ph.D., Professor of Social Psychology.
Interdisciplinary Ph.D. Program in
Social Psychology
Mail Stop 300
University of Nevada, Reno
Reno, NV 89557
+1 (775) 784-1287
markusk@unr.edu
James T.
Richardson, Ph.D., J.D., Professor of Social Psychology, Sociology, and
Director, Judicial Studies Program and Grant Sawyer Center for Justice Studies.
Grant
Sawyer Center for Justice Studies
Mail Stop 313
University of Nevada, Reno
Reno, NV 89557
+1 (775)
784-6270
jsp@unr.edu
Thomas
Nickles, Ph.D., Foundation Professor of Philosophy, and Joseph Crowley
Distinguished Professor in Core Humanities
Department
of Philosophy
Mail Stop
102
University
of Nevada, Reno
Reno, NV 89557
+1 (775) 784-6717
nickles@unr.edu