Ilgin Erdem |
Bio
Ilgin Erdem is a fifth year graduate student in residence originally from Istanbul, Turkey. Her research and teaching interests are Social and Political Movements; State and Violence; State Ethnography; Power and Social Inequalities; Urban Sociology and Urban Marginality; Social Theories; Political Economy.
Education
M.A. Sociology, Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey 2007
B.A Economics, Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey 2004
Research
| 2011-present | Dissertation Field Research: “At the Crossroads of Couterpublics: Political Dissent in the Urban Margins of Turkey” |
| 2006-2007 | Master’s Thesis Field Research: “New Workers Confronting Old Rules: Vocational Educaiton in Alibeyköy School, Istanbul” |
| 2005-2007 | Research Assistant: “Social Assistance through Contribution to Public Welfare” Social Policy Forum, Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey |
| 2006 | Research Assistant: “A Study of Social Policy Transformation in South East Turkey” Social Policy Forum, Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey |
Teaching
| Summer 2011 | Online Instructor: Social Class and Inequality, Sociology Department, UMASS |
| Fall 2011 | Teaching Assistant: Social Theory, Sociology Department, UMASS |
| Summer 2010 Winter 2008 |
Online Instructor: Social Problems, Sociology Department, UMASS |
| Fall 2009 Spring 2010 |
Teaching Assistant: Data Collection and Analysis, Sociology Department, UMASS |
| Spring 2009 Spring 2008 |
Teaching Assistant: Crime and Deviance, Sociology Department, UMASS |
| Fall 2008 | Teaching Assistant: Race, Class, Gender and Ethnicity, Sociology Department, UMASS |
| Fall 2007 | Teaching Assistant: Contemporary American Society, Sociology Department, UMASS |
