Department of Psychology

Nur Soylu Yalçınkaya
Associate Proffesor Nur Soylu Yalçınkaya
Acting Head of Department

Sosyal Psikoloji

Doç. Dr.

Bölüm Başkanı

Psikolojik Bilimler Yüksek Lisans Programı Direktörü

Dördüncü sınıf danışmanı

Office no: #214

Education:

  • PhD in Psychology, The University of Kansas, 2017
  • MA in Psychology, Koç University, 2012
  • BA in Political Science and International Relations, Boğaziçi University, 2009

Courses Taught:

  • Advanced Research Methods II
  • Advanced Social Psychology
  • Experimental Psychology
  • Social Identity & Intergroup Relations
  • Social Psychology

Research Interests:

  • Cultural psychology
  • Stereotyping & prejudice
  • Construction of gender and threats to masculinity
  • Construction of national/ethnic identities and immigration

Recent Publications:

Soylu Yalcinkaya, N., Gravelin, C. R., & Adams, G. (in press). Gendered virtual environments of STEM fields: A cultural-ecological analysis of predominantly White and historically Black institutions. Social Psychology of Education.


Soylu Yalcinkaya, N. & Adams, G. E. (2020). A cultural psychological model of cross-national variation in gender gaps in STEM participation. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 24(4), 345-370.


Şahin, Ö. & Soylu Yalcinkaya, N. (2020). The gendered brain: Implications of exposure to neuroscience research for gender essentialist beliefs. Sex Roles.


Molina, L., & Soylu Yalcinkaya, N. (2020). Immigrant to citizen: Identity concerns regarding immigrants’ motivation to naturalize. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 26(3), 327–337.


Soylu Yalcinkaya, N., Branscombe, N. R., Gebauer, F., Niedlich, C., & Hakim, N. (2018). Can they ever adapt? Perceived cultural malleability and support for acceptance of Syrian refugees. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 78, 125-133.


Kurtis, T., Soylu Yalcinkaya, N. & Adams, G. (2017). Silence in official representations of history: Implications for national identity and intergroup relations. Journal of Social and Political Psychology, 5, 608-629.


Soylu Yalcinkaya, N., Estrada-Villalta, S., & Adams, G. (2017). The (biological or cultural) essence of essentialism: Implications for policy support among dominant and subordinated groups. Frontiers in Cultural Psychology, 8, 900.


Soylu Yalcinkaya N. (2020). Social Class Differences. In: Zeigler-Hill V., Shackelford T. (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences. Springer, Cham.