MEHMET SOYER. Ph.D. in Sociology, Texas Woman s University, TX, USA (December, 2015)

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1 Page 1 MEHMET SOYER Office: Fax: mehmet.soyer@usu.edu Webpage: memetsoyer.wordpress.com Department of Sociology Address: 0730 Old Main Hill, Logan UT Office: 224C Old Main EDUCATION Ph.D. in Sociology, Texas Woman s University, TX, USA (December, 2015) Dissertation Title: Putting the Town on the Map: Power Struggle Over Fracking in the City of Denton Committee: Prof. Mahmoud Sadri, Prof. James Williams, Prof. Jessica Gullion MA in Sociology, University of North Texas, TX, USA (May 2010). MA Thesis: Examining the Origins of Sociology: Continuities and Divergences between Ibn Khaldun, Giambattista Vico, August Comte, Ludwig Gumplowicz, and Emile Durkheim Committee: Prof. Dale Yeatts, Prof. Mahmoud Sadri, Prof. Emile Sahliyeh BA in International Relations, Faculty of Economic and Administrative Sciences, Ege University, Izmir, Turkey (June 2005). CURRENT EMPLOYMENT Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology,, May Present. RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS Social Stratification Environmental Sociology PUBLICATIONS Journal Articles Social Movement Race & Ethnicity Media &Culture Qualitative Method 2017 Gonca Feyza Soyer & Mehmet Soyer MyStory: The Scary Head The Qualitative Report, Vol. 22 No:12.

2 Page Mehmet Soyer & Sebahattin Ziyanak Social Construction of Southeastern Turkey through the Bliss. National Forum of Multicultural Issues Journal, Vol. 14 No Sebahattin Ziyanak& Mehmet Soyer Applying Content Analysis Technique to Tennessean Newspaper the City Paper: Understanding Culture of the Kurdish Pride Gang in Nashville, Tennessee. The Journal of Academic Social Science, Vol. 2 No. 2(1) p Mehmet Soyer & Paul Gilbert Debating The Origins of Sociology: Ibn Khaldun as A Founding Father of Sociology. International Journal of Sociological Research, 5(12): (2012) John McCown & Mehmet Soyer The Nexus of Group Dynamics and Personality in FPSG. International of Comparative Sociology, 2(1): Gonca Feyza Soyer & Mehmet Soyer The Effects of Parental Activity and Family Structure on Adolescent's Substance Use. International of Comparative Sociology, 2(1): (2011). Encyclopedia Entries Dylan Leiker & Mehmet Soyer, Hate Crime, Race and Ethnicity in the United States McKayla Sharp & Mehmet Soyer, Discrimination Towards Black, Race and Ethnicity in the United States Simone Regan & Mehmet Soyer, Stereotypes of Native Indian, Race and Ethnicity in the United States 2017 Mehmet Soyer Gumplowicz, Ludwig ( ). Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology, 2nd Edition. Book s 2018 Sorenson, Haley and Mehmet Soyer Book : Boylorn, Robin M. and Mark P.Orbe, (eds.) Critical Autoethnography: Intersecting Cultural Identities Everyday Life. London, New York: Routledge. Qualitative Sociology 14(1): Broderick Grimshaw & Mehmet Soyer, Fracking the Neighborhood: Reluctant Activists & Natural Gas Drilling Nahomi Jimenez & Mehmet Soyer, A Field Philosopher s Guide to Fracking Manuscripts Under or In Mehmet Soyer & Sebahattin Ziyanak. The Battle Over Fracking: The Mobilization of the Local Residents. The Qualitative Reports.

3 Page 3 Mehmet Soyer & Sebahattin Ziyanak. The Power Struggle Over the Real ities: The Construction of Fracking. The Qualitative Reports. Mehmet Soyer. Local Newspaper as the Arena of the Power Struggle Over Fracking (Book Chapter) Sebahattin Ziyanak & Mehmet Soyer. Emerging Human Health and Evolving Environmental Concerns over Fracking. Journal of Professional Nursing Books Mehmet Soyer (Co-Editor), Power Struggle over Fracking Debate: The Environmental Studies About Natural Resources (Hamilton) (2019) 2014 Mehmet Soyer, Founding Father of Sociology: Ibn Khaldun. Lap Lambert Academic Publishing, Germany, TEACHING EXPERIENCE Visiting Assistant Professor Social Statistics-01, Fall 2018 Social Statistics-02, Fall 2018 Social Theory-01, Fall 2018 Social Theory-02, Fall 2018 (Online) Introduction to Sociology, Summer 2018 (Broadcasting) Social Theory, Summer 2018 (Online) Social Research, Summer 2018 (Online) Social Statistics-01, Spring 2018 Social Statistics-02, Spring 2018 Social Research, Spring 2018 Social Theory, Spring 2018 Social Statistics-01, Fall 2017 Social Statistics-02, Fall 2017 Social Equality-01, Fall 2017 Social Equality-02, Fall 2017 Social Equality, Summer 2017 (Online) Texas Christian University Adjunct Professor Introduction to Sociology, Fall 2016 Texas Woman s University Adjunct Professor Introduction to Sociology-01 (online), Fall 2016 Introduction to Sociology-02 (online), Fall 2016 Social Research (online), Fall 2016 Deviant Behavior and Social Control (online), Fall 2016 Instructor Introduction to Sociology (online), Fall 2015 Culture, Inequality, and Self (online), Fall 2015 Racial and Ethnic Groups in the US (online), Spring 2015

4 Page 4 Juvenile Delinquency (online), Spring 2015 Research Method, Fall 2014 Racial and Ethnic Groups in the US (online), Fall 2014 Texas Woman's University Teaching Assistant Prof. Ling Hwey Jeng, 2012 Spring (online) Mississippi State University Instructor Introduction to Sociology , Enrolment (72), 2011 Spring. Introduction to Sociology , Enrolment (53), 2010 Fall. Teaching Assistant Prof. Emory Morrison, 2010 Spring Prof. Matthew Hughey, 2010 Spring Prof. Jim Jones, 2009 Fall University of North Texas Tutor-Grader Prof Milan Zafirovski, 2009 Spring Prof Mike Itashiki, 2008 Fall Prof Fariba Mirbaha, 2008 Fall GRANT EXPERINCE 2017 Principal Investigator, Parental Perception of Air Quality and Their Asthmatic Children in Logan Student Researcher, Principal Investigator of Dr. Jessica Smartt Gullion. Every breath you take... Environmental Health for the American Lung Association Plains-Gulf Region, December Student Researcher, People s Clinic of Denton County, Inc. Metabolic Clinic Grant project. Principal Investigator of Dr. Beverly Davenport, University of North Texas, August PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS Sebahattin Ziyanak & Mehmet Soyer. Emerging Human Health and Evolving Environmental Concerns over Fracking. International Symposium on Society and Resource Management (ISSRM) June 17-21, 2018 at Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort, Utah (USA) Broderick Grimshaw & Mehmet Soyer. Community responds to Fracking. International Symposium on Society and Resource Management (ISSRM) June 17-21, 2018 at Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort, Utah (USA) Cassidy Gummersall & Mehmet Soyer. Discourse analysis of pro-fracking and anti-fracking groups in Denton, Texas. International Symposium on Society and Resource Management (ISSRM) June 17-21, 2018 at Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort, Utah (USA)

5 Page 5 Mehmet Soyer & Sebahattin Ziyanak. Fracking debate: "Tree huggers" vs "corporate pawn. International Symposium on Society and Resource Management (ISSRM) June 17-21, 2018 at Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort, Utah (USA) Scotty Peterson & Mehmet Soyer. White Like Me: Resolving Racial Disparity through Introspection and Integral Theory. Pacific Sociological Association s 89 th Annual Meetings/Conference, March 28 to Saturday, March 31, 2018 in Long Beach, California Gonca Soyer & Mehmet Soyer. MyStory: The Critical Auto-Ethnography of The Scary Head. Pacific Sociological Association s 89 th Annual Meetings/Conference, March 28 to Saturday, March 31, 2018 in Long Beach, California Mehmet Soyer. The Battle Over Frac(k)ing: The Mobilization of the Local Residents. 112 th ASA Annual Meeting. 12 August 2017 Mehmet Soyer. Local Newspaper as the Arena of the Power Struggle Over Fracking. 112 th ASA Annual Meeting. 14 August 2017 Mehmet Soyer. Power Struggle Over Fracking. 111 th ASA Annual Meeting. 23 August Mehmet Soyer. The Art of Fracktivism Student Creative Arts & Research Symposium. Denton, Texas, 10 April, Mehmet Soyer. The Scary Head Doing Ethnography, San Angelo, Texas, 26 February, Mehmet Soyer. The Relationship Between Commentaries and the News Coverage: Kurdish Pride Gang. Student Creative Arts & Research Symposium. Denton, Texas, April, Dian Jordan, Erin Ellis & Mehmet Soyer. Qualitative Research: Parental Perceptions of Outdoor Air Quality and its Effects on Their Asthmatic Children Presenters. Student Creative Arts & Research Symposium. Denton, Texas, April, Gonca Feyza Soyer & Mehmet Soyer. The Effects of Parental Activity and Family Structure on Adolescent's Substance Use. The Third Annual Graduate Student Research Symposium. Denton, Texas, 27 April, John McCown & Mehmet Soyer. The Nexus of Group Dynamics and Personality in FPSG. Jacksonville, FL, 6-9 April, John McCown & Mehmet Soyer. Life Balance and Social Influences within the MMORP Guild. 105 th Annual Meeting of ASA. Atlanta, Georgia, 14-17August, Mehmet Soyer & Paul Gilbert. Debating the Origins of Sociology: Ibn Khaldun is the Founder of Sociology. 105 th Annual Meeting of ASA. Atlanta, Georgia, August, 2010.

6 Page 6 Mehmet Soyer. Examining the Origins of Sociology: Continuities and Divergences between Ibn Khaldun, Giambattista Vico, August Comte, Ludwig Gumplowicz, and Emile Durkheim North Eastern Turkish American Scholars Association Social Studies Workshop (NETASSW), New Jersey, March 18-21, Mehmet Soyer. Khaldunian Cyclical Theory of Social Change in Relation to Western Sociological Theories. The 35th Annual Meeting of the Mid South Sociological Association. Lafayette, Louisiana, 4-7 November, Mehmet Soyer. The Transformation of Society in Ibn Khaldun s Understanding of Ilm al- Umran (Civilization): The Role of Asabiyyah (Social Cohesion) Theory in the Muqaddimah. Second International Symposium on Ibn Khaldun, Istanbul, Turkey, May, Mehmet Soyer. The Kurdish Issue in Turkey: Rethinking official ideology (Kemalism). Southwestern Sociological Association Annual Meeting Conference Denver, Colorado, 8 11April, Mehmet Soyer. Measurement of Racism at University of North Texas: Education Gender and Race. Future of an Illusion, Future of the Past An Interdisciplinary Conference on Race in Contemporary Society and History, Monmouth University, New Jersey, Novemeber, Mehmet Soyer. Factors Affecting Racial Discrimination Among College Students. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, July 31, Conference Services 2018 Panel Organizer/Presider, The Auto-Ethnographic Journey, Pacifica Sociological Association. INVITED LECTURES/PANELS 2018 Undergraduate Panel: Life as an Academic, 2017 Being Muslim in the US from Religion Privilege Perspective, 2014 Social Movements and Democracy in Turkey, University of North Texas 2010 Marriage in Islam and Turkey, Marriage and Family in Different Culture, Mississippi State University Educational System in Turkey, Comparative Sociology of Education Panel, University of North Texas. SERVICES

7 Page 7 Journal & Book er Armenian Sociology, International Sociology (Sage Publication), Juvenile Delinquency: Causes and Control, by Robert Agnew and Timothy Brezina, (Oxford University Press) Introduction to Research Method by Bora Pajo, Sage Publication. Organizational Services 2018-Present Pacific Sociological Association 2018-Present International Association for Society and Natural Resources 2007-Present American Sociological Association (ASA) 2008-Present United Chapters of Alpha Kappa Delta, Int. Sociology Honor Society Toastmasters- September September 2008 University Services 2017 Present Interfaith Advisory Council 2017 Judge Student Research Symposium Department Service Mississippi State University 2010 Alpha Kappa Delta Chapter at Mississippi State University, Secretary University of North Texas 2008 Alpha Kappa Delta Chapter at University of North Texas, Treasurer 2009 International Conference on Parent Education and Parenting University of North Texas, Facilitator, February 12-14, Research Assistant Fall 2017 Scott Peterson, Spring 2018 Dylan Leiker, Spring 2018 Nahomi Jimenez, Teaching Assistant Fall 2017 Hannah Harmer Fall 2017 Donghyun Kim Spring 2018 Emma Earl Undergraduate Teaching Assistant Spring 2018 Broderick Grimshaw REFERENCES

8 Page 8 Christy Glass, PhD Department of Sociology Logan, UT USA (435) , christy.glass@usu.edu Jason Lieker, PhD Senior Lecturer Department of Sociology Logan, UT USA (435) , Jason.leiker@usu.edu Celio Lo, PhD Chair, Department of Sociology and Social Work Texas Woman's University Denton, TX USA (940) , clo@twu.edu Mahmoud Sadri, PhD Professor of Sociology Department of Sociology and Social Work Texas Woman's University Denton, TX USA (940) , msadri@mail.twu.edu Philip Yang, PhD Graduate Program Director, Professor of Sociology Department of Sociology and Social Work Texas Woman's University Denton, TX USA (940) , pyang@mail.twu.edu