PhD in Psychology and Women's Studies, University of Michigan Chair: Prof. Abigail J. Stewart

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1 Özge Savaş 3261 East Hall, 530 Church Street, Ann Arbor, MI EDUCATION PhD in Psychology and Women's Studies, University of Michigan Chair: Prof. Abigail J. Stewart 2013-present MA in Developmental Psychology, Koç University Chair: Prof. Aylin Küntay BSc in Psychology, Middle East Technical University (METU) Minor in (History of) Philosophy, METU RESEARCH INTERESTS Psychology of belonging and intergroup relations in various contexts on issues ranging from political participation and activism to immigration, gender, and citizenship. Qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods FELLOWSHIPS, GRANTS, AWARDS Rackham Graduate Student Research Grant ($3000) Summer 2018 Patricia Gurin Award ($500) Winter 2018 SPSSI Graduate Student Travel Award ($500) Summer 2017 Nan Donald Award ($2000) Summer 2017 Barbour Scholarship ($19,738) Rackham International Students Fellowship ($10,000) Winter 2016 Women s Studies Travel Grant 2013 through 2018 Rackham Travel Grant 2013 through 2018 Koc University Graduate School of Social Sciences Travel Grant 2010 through 2013 Koc University Graduate Scholarship Best Abstract Award at the V. National Psychology Graduate Students Conference 2011 Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey Research Fellow 2010 (Project number: 109K599) Best Poster of the Year Award, Middle East Technical University Jan, 2010 PUBLICATIONS Savaş, Ö. & Stewart, A. J. (2018) Alternative pathways to activism: Intersections of social and personal pasts in the narratives of women s rights activists. Qualitative Psychology. DOI: /qup Blankenship, B., Savaş, Ö., Frederick, J., Stewart, A. J., (2018) Piecing together the American voting puzzle: How voters personalities and judgments of issue importance mattered in the 2016 Presidential Election. Analysis of Social Issues and Public Policy. DOI: /asap Blankenship, B., Frederick, J., Savaş, Ö., Montgomery, S., Stewart, A. J. (2017) Privilege and Page 1 of 5

2 marginality: How group identification and personality predict right- and left-wing political activism. Analysis of Social Issues and Public Policy 17(1) White Papers: McClelland, S., Rubin, J., Savaş, Ö., & Bell, S. (2015). A mixed method study of faculty attitudes about qualitative research methods in U.S. psychology graduate programs. Report submitted to the Executive Committee of the Society for Qualitative Inquiry in Psychology (SQIP). MANUSCRIPTS IN PREPARATION Greenwood, R. M., Savaş, Ö., Blankenship, B. T., Stewart, A. J., Deaux, K. (writing) All immigrants are not alike: Who and what matters in impressions of immigrant groups. Savaş, Ö., & Stewart, A. J. (writing) Creating affinity with immigrants: Perceptions of historical similarity and personal salience. Savaş, Ö. (analysis) Deserving to belong: The role of beliefs about acculturation, social representations, and refugee characteristics Savaş, Ö. (data collection) Negotiating belonging: Experiences of displaced Syrians in the U.S. CONFERENCE & WORKSHOP PRESENTATIONS Savaş, Ö., Greenwood, R. Blankenship, B. T., Stewart, A. J., & Deaux, K. (June, 2018). Immigrant Profiles from 21 st Century Americans: Capturing the heterogeneity. Paper accepted as part of the symposium in K. Deaux (chair), Immigrant Representations in the Making at 13 th Society for Psychological Study of Social Issues Convention in Pittsburgh, PA. Savaş, Ö. & Stewart, A. J. (September, 2017). Creating affinity with immigrants: Perceptions of historical similarity and personal salience. Paper presented in the EASP-SPSSI Joint Meeting To be both (or more): Immigration and Identity Multiplicity in Utrecht, Netherlands. Savaş, Ö. & Stewart, A. J. (June, 2017). Changing attitudes about immigrants before the 2016 U.S. Election. Paper presented as part of the symposium in A Stewart (chair), Making the US Home in the Changing Immigration Context at 12 th Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues Convention in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Savaş, Ö. & Stewart, A. J. (June, 2017). Overcoming internalized oppression: Transnational experiences for developing a feminist praxis. Paper presented as part of the symposium in T. Kurtis (chair), Transnational Feminist Psychology Approaches to Social Justice at 12 th Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues Convention in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Savaş, Ö. & Stewart, A. J. (November, 2016). Decolonizing Psychological Theory of Political Socialization with Evidence from Global Women s Movements. Paper presented as part of the symposium in A Stewart (chair), Challenging What is Given: Narratives of Feminist Activists in the Global Feminisms Project at Annual National Women s Studies Association Conference in Montreal, Canada. Savaş, Ö. & Stewart, A. J. (June, 2016). Alternative Pathways to Political Activism: A Contextual-Developmental Approach. Paper presented as part of the symposium in A. Stewart (chair), Commitments to Advocacy and Activism: Political, Relational and Page 2 of 5

3 Developmental Contexts at 11 th Biennial Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues Convention in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Rubin, J., McClelland, S., Bell, S., & Savas, O. (June, 2016). Faculty attitudes about qualitative research methods in U.S. psychology graduate programs. Paper presented at the 11 th Biennial Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues convention in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Frederick, J., Savas, O., Stewart, A. J., Montgomery, S. & Blankenship, B. (July, 2015). Privilege and Marginality: How Group Identification and Personality Predict Right- and Left-Wing Political Activism. Paper presented at Annual meeting of International Society of Political Psychology in San Diego, California. Montgomery, S., Blankenship, B., Frederick, J., Savas, O., & Stewart, A. J. (June, 2014). Movers and shakers: Personality, identity, and political activism. Poster presented at 10th Biennial Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues convention in Portland, Oregon. Pre-PhD Conference Presentations: Savaş, Ö., Altinok, N., Küntay, A.., & Liszkowski, U. (June, 2012). Within-Culture Differences in Caregiver-Infant Triadic Joint Actions. Paper presented at the Fifth International Conference on Language, Culture and Mind, Young Researchers Workshop, Lisbon, Portugal. Okuyan, M., Cingoz-Ulu, B., & Savas, Ö. (April, 2012). Kolektif Eylemi Etkileyen Faktörler: Psikoloji Öğrencileri Örneği [The Factors Contributing to Collective Action: The Case of Psychology Students]. Paper presented at the 17th National Psychology Congress, Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey. Savaş, Ö., Altinok, N. & Bilgin, A. (April, 2012). Dil, bellek ve duygu: Anılara atfedilen duygu yoğunluğunun anının anadil ve ikinci dilde anlatılmasına göre farklılaşması [Language, memory and emotion: Emotional intensity of the autobiographical memories vary depending on language competence]. Poster presented at the 17 th National Psychology Congress, Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey. Savaş, Ö. (April, 2012). Workshop I: Coding Audio and Video Data with ELAN, an Annotation Software. Workshop delivered as part of Language and Communication Development Lab Workshop Series, Koc University, Istanbul, Turkey. Savaş, Ö. (January, 2012). The effect of caregiver gesture-talk integration on communicative development in infancy. Paper presented at The British Academy Latin America Link Programme Communicative Development: A cross-linguistic, cross-cultural comparison, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK. Savaş, Ö., Altinok, N. & Bilgin, A. (September, 2011). Anılara atfedilen duygu yoğunluğunun anının anadil ve ikinci dilde anlatılmasına göre farklılaşması. [Emotional intensity of the autobiographical memories vary depending on language competence] Paper presented at the V. Graduate Psychology Students Congress, Dogus University, Istanbul, Turkey. Savaş, Ö. (July, 2009). Uzman Otoritesinin Sahte Anı Oluşturmada Etkisi: Bellekte Uymacılık [Influence of expert power on forming false memories: Does memory conform?] Paper presented at the XIV. National Psychology Students Congress, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey. INVITED TALKS Savaş, Ö. (November, 2016). Gender-based Violence: Intimate Partner Violence. Invited to Page 3 of 5

4 present to undergraduate students from Introduction to Women s Studies course at University of Michigan. (course instructor: Dr. Maria Cotera; 300 students). Savaş, Ö. (November, 2016). Gender-based Violence: Global and State Violence. Invited to present to undergraduate students from Introduction to Women s Studies course at University of Michigan. (course instructor: Dr. Maria Cotera; 300 students). Savaş, Ö. (October, 2016). Alternative pathways to activism: Intersections of history and personal pasts in the narratives of women s rights activists. Invited to present to the Gender and Feminist Psychology Area Brown Bag Seminar. University of Michigan. TEACHING EXPERIENCE Introduction to Women s Studies, GSI Fall 2015, Winter 2016, Fall 2016 Introduction to Psychology of Women and Gender, GSI Winter 2015 Political Psychology, GSI Fall 2014 GSI: Graduate Student Instructor Taught discussion sections Graded papers and exams Held office hours Abnormal Psychology, TA (Instructor: Banu Çankaya) Spring 2012 Learning and Cognition, TA (Instructor: İlke Öztekin) Spring 2011 Brain and Behavior, TA (Instructor: İlke Öztekin) Fall 2010, Fall 2011 TA: Teaching Assistant Graded exams and quizzes MENTORING EXPERIENCE Undergraduate Student Advising (University of Michigan) 2017-present Graduate advisor of honor s thesis by Alexandra Mangus. Title of the thesis: The Link Between Primary Prevention Programming and College Students Attitudes towards Sexual Assault Survivors. MA Student Supervisor (Koc University Summer Research Program) Summer 2012 Guided undergraduates gaining experience in data collection Delivered trainings on transcribing and coding of video data with ELAN and on data entry to SPSS Held regular meetings with the students Independent Study, TA (Instructor: Aylin Küntay) Spring & Fall 2012 Delivered transcribing and coding trainings (software: ELAN) Held regular meetings with the class Graded student papers. LAB MEMBERSHIP University of Michigan: Lab member, Progress Lab Lab member, Gender and Personality in Context Lab Winter 2018-present Fall 2013-present Koc University: Lab coordinator, Language and Communication Development Lab Fall 2012 Lab member, Language and Communication Development Lab Fall Middle East Technical University: Page 4 of 5

5 Lab member, Relationships Research Lab Fall 2009, Spring 2010 Lab member, Cognitive Psychology Lab Spring 2009 PROFESSIONAL SERVICE Co-coordinator of the Public Scholarship Rackham Interdisciplinary Workshop Winter 2018 Department of Psychology Graduate Student Leadership Council Member Co-coordinator of Studies on Turkey Rackham Interdisciplinary Workshop Brown Bag Organizing Committee, Department of Psychology, UM 2016 Society for Qualitative Inquiry in Psychology (SQIP) Taskforce 2015 President of METU Psychology Club METU Representative of Turkish Psychology Students Study Group (TPSSG) Organizing Committee of METU Psychology Days, Universality and Diversity 2009 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Languages Turkish (native), English (fluent), Arabic (elementary) REFERENCES Prof. Abigail J. Stewart Sandra Schwartz Tangri Distinguished University Professor of Psychology and Women's Studies Prof. Sara McClelland Professor of Women s Studies and Psychology saramcc@umich.edu Page 5 of 5

Kathryn J. Holland. University of Michigan Department of Psychology 530 Church Street East Hall Ann Arbor, MI Phone: (734)

Kathryn J. Holland. University of Michigan Department of Psychology 530 Church Street East Hall Ann Arbor, MI Phone: (734) Kathryn J. Holland University of Michigan Department of Psychology 530 Church Street - 3020 East Hall Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1043 Phone: (734) 763-3392 Home Address: 802 Fuller St. #7 Ann Arbor, MI 48104