Curriculum Vitae

Curriculum Vitae

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Last Updated: January, 2025 

Degrees

• Ph.D. in Economics, University of Connecticut, (August 2022)

Advisors: Stephen L. Ross, Eric Brunner, Jorge M. Agüero

• M.A in Economics, University of Colorado Denver (CU Denver), CO, (May, 2017)

• B.Sc in Econometrics, Cukurova University, Adana, Turkey (2011)

Research Interests

• Primary Fields: Economics of Education, Health Economics, Development Economics

• Secondary Fields: Labor Economics, Public Economics

Teaching Interests 

Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Public Finance, Program Evaluation, Econometrics, Applied Econometrics, Foundations of Gender Inequality, Development Economics, Labor Economics, Public Economics, Health Economics, Economics of Education, Data Analytics, Business Statististics

Ph.D. Dissertation

The causal relationship between human capital investment and non-labor market outcomes such as teenage fertility and marriage, civic participation, and risky sexual behaviors.