Department

Applied Health Science

Education

• University of Illinois at Chicago, Ph.D., 2021

• Northwestern University, Experimental Design Training, 2018

• Stanford University, Summer Institute in Political Psychology, 2016

• University of Illinois at Chicago, Survey Research Methods Certificate, 2016

• University of Illinois at Chicago, M.A., 2016

• Koc University, M.A., 2013

• Istanbul Bilgi University, B.A., 2010

Background

• Fulbright Ph.D. Scholar
• University of Neuchâtel, National Research Competence Center (NCCR), Predoctoral Research Fellow, 2019-2021
• American Association for Public Opinion Research, Roper Fellow, 2021
• Midwest Association for Public Opinion Research, Doris A. Graber Award for Best Public Opinion Paper, 2018
• University of Illinois at Chicago, Award for Graduate Research, 2018
• University of Illinois at Chicago, Institute for Research on Race and Public Policy, Dissertation Research Grant, 2018

Dr. Beyza E. Buyuker is a Postdoctoral Fellow on the DAMSS team. Dr. Buyuker's research is situated at the intersections of the public opinion scholarship on race and ethnicity with a particular focus on the underpinnings of democracy.

Selected Publications

Articles

Buyuker B., Jadidi-D'Urso, A., & Filindra, A. (2017) "Interethnic Contact and Impact on Attitudes," in S. Maisel (ed.) Oxford Bibliographies in Political Science. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press

Buyuker, B., & Salinas E. (2020) "Xenophobia," in Caliendo, Stephen M. and Charlton D. McIlwain, eds. The Routledge Companion to Race and Ethnicity (2nd ed.). New York: Routledge.

Filindra, A., Buyuker, B., & Tafolar, M. (2020) "National Migration Governance: Admissions," in Jeannette Money and Sarah P. Lockhart (eds). Introduction to International Migration: Population Movements in the 21st Century. New York: Routledge

Filindra A., Kaplan, N., & Buyuker, B. (2020) "Racial Prejudice or Gender Bias? White Americans' Outgroup Attitudes as Predictors of Gun Ownership & NRA Membership" Sociological Inquiry

Buyuker, B., Jadidi-D'Urso, A., Filindra A., & Kaplan, N. (2021) "Race Politics Research and the American Presidency: Thinking About White Group Identities and Vote Choice in the Trump Era and Beyond" Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and Politics. Special Issue co-edited by Alvin Tillery and Rodney Hero.

Filindra A., Kaplan, N., & Buyuker, B. (forthcoming) "Beyond Performance: Racial Prejudice and Whites' Mistrust of Government" Political Behavior