Hello, I am Özgür.

I am a professor of Educational Sciences at the Faculty of Education, Middle East Technical University (METU) in Ankara, Turkey. I have been teaching in the area of Psychological Counseling and Guidance since 2000. Some of the courses I have taught include Disaster Psychology, Developmental Psychology I and II, and Theories of Counseling at the undergraduate level; Cross-Cultural Counseling, Advanced Individual Counseling, Contemporary Approaches to Counseling, and Crises Counseling at the graduate level. I have given international and national invited seminars, especially about grief, trauma and disaster psychology.

Other than teaching, I have assumed various administrative positions. I served as Program Chair of the department at Abant İzzet Baysal University between 2004 and 2006; served as Vice Program Chair of the department at METU between 2009 and 2012, and was Program Chair of the department at METU between 2012 and 2014.

Some of the awards I received are Fulbright research grant, a number of performance awards from my university, Turkish Higher Education Council’s scholarship, and theses of the year awards.

My research interests include outcome and process research in counseling, gender and culture-sensitive counseling, peer bullying (traditional and cyberbullying), trauma, grief, and disaster psychology.

These are some of the highlights of my academic background, and the details can be found on this website. You can also download my resume by clicking here.

Education

B.A.

Psychological Services in Education
Ankara University, Turkey
1987 – 1991

M.A.

Educational Psychology
University of Texas, USA
1994 – 1997

Ph.D.

Counseling Psychology
University of Texas, USA
1997 – 2002

Internship

Professional Psychology
Duke University, USA
2001 – 2002

Teaching Experience

Undergraduate Level

Disaster Psychology

Developmental Psychology-I

Developmental Psychology -II

Social Psychology

Educational Psychology

Theories of Counseling

Research Methods & Statistics

Graduate Level

Cross-Cultural Counseling

Advanced Individual Counseling

Contemporary Approaches to Counseling

Group Counseling

Crises Counseling

Theories of Counseling

Cognitive and Behavioral Counseling

Advanced Educational Research Statistics-II

Awards

2019

Fulbright Research Fellowship
Middle East Technical University (METU) Performance Award
Turkey’s Higher Education Council (YÖK) Scholarship