MEHMET SÜLEYMAN CANSOY
410 McGuinn Hall Boston College, Chestnut Hill 02467 MA | 857-498-8139 | cansoy@bc.edu
EDUCATION
Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA
Ph.D. in Sociology
Koc University, Istanbul, Turkey
M.A. in International Relations
Thesis: Turkish Welfare State in the Neoliberal Era: Emergence of
Class-Based Citizenship Regimes
Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey
B.A. in Political Science and International Relations
2012-2017
2010-2012
2006-2010
AWARDS
Presidential Fellowship, Boston College
2012-2017
Graduate Scholarship, Turkish Academy of Science and Technology
2010-2012
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Boston College, Dept. of Sociology
Teaching Assistant
2012-Present
Koc University, Dept. of International Relations
Teaching Assistant
2010-2012
PUBLICATIONS AND PAPERS
with John Williamson. 2013. “Rural Pensions: Policy Lessons from BRICS and Turkey.”
Paper presented at American Sociological Association 2013 Annual
Meeting.
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2013. “The Case for Citizenship Regimes: Reconceptualizing Social Citizenship.”
Paper presented at “Citizenship and Its Discontents” conference
held by UMASS Amherst English Graduate Student Organization.
2013. “Three Decades in the Making: Neoliberalization of the Turkish Welfare State.”
Paper presented at Eastern Sociological Association 2013 Annual
Meeting.
LANGUAGES
Turkish – native language
English – fluent
German – basic
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