TOLGA YILDIZ, Ph.D. candidate CURRICULUM VITAE (updated

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TOLGA YILDIZ, Ph.D. candidate
University: Istanbul Universitesi, Edebiyat Fakultesi,
Ordu Cd. 196 34459 Laleli / Istanbul
+90 212 455 57 00 / 15785
oykucu@gmail.com
info@tolgayildiz.org
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CURRICULUM VITAE
(updated October 2014)
Born 1985, Izmir / Turkey
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Education
PhD. Developmental Psychology, Istanbul University, 2016 (expected)
GPA: 3,78/4
M.A. Developmental Psychology, Istanbul University, 2011
GPA: 91,88/100 (with high honor)
Thesis: “Effects of Setting up The Cage of Meaning on Conceptual Development in The Children of 6 and
8” (in Turkish)
Supervisor: Sema Karakelle, PhD.
Jury: Aylin C. Küntay, Aydan Aydın, Gül Şendil, Yücel Bulut, Sema Karakelle
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B.A. Psychology (minor), Istanbul University, 2009
GPA: 3,64/4
B.A. Sociology (major), Istanbul University, 2009
GPA: 3,75/4 (with high honor)
B.A. Economics, Marmara University (Istanbul), 2018 (expected)
Experience
Editorial Assistant, November 2011-present
Istanbul University
Journal: Studies in Psychology
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Research Assistant, November 2011-present
Istanbul University
Division: Developmental Psychology
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Teaching Assistant, February 2013-June 2013
Istanbul University
Course: Seminar (MA)
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Teaching Assistant, November 2011-present
Istanbul University
Course: Research Methods in Psychology I-II (Undergraduate)
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Teaching Assistant, September 2012-June 2013
Istanbul University
Course: Introduction to Psychology I-II (Distance education)
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Moderator, Summer 2010
Ipsos KMG
Qualitative Research: Single-parent Families
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Research Interests
Concept formation in preschool and school children
Speech and meaning as dialogic and higher mental praxises
Semiotic mediation from Vygotskian and Bakhtinian perspectives
Semantic network modeling (Setting up the cage of meaning)
Mind-reading development in preschool children
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Research Skills
Experimental Designs
Double Stimulation Method
Microgenetic Analysis
Conversation Analysis
Discourse Analysis
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Publications
Yıldız, T. (in prep.). A dialogic model for conceptual development: 'setting up the cage of meaning.' (in
English)
Yıldız, T. (2014). That enormous loaf. Altüst, 13, 44-46. (in Turkish, press essay)
Yıldız, T. (2014). Dialogic versus dialectics. Studies in Psychology, 34 (1), 79-85. (in Turkish, book
review)
Yıldız, T. (2014). The relationship between language and culture from Saussure to Bakhtin: “total social
fact.” İdil-Journal of Art and Language, 3 (11), 115-136. DOI: 10.7816/idil-03-11-07 (in Turkish)
Yıldız, T. (2013). What does a word alter? The effect of conceptual networks on the dimensional change
sorting task. Nesne-Journal of Psychology, 1 (1), 1-19. DOI: 10.7816/nesne-01-01-01 (in Turkish)
Yıldız, T. (2013). Conservative DNA. Altüst, 10, 70-71. (in Turkish, book review)
Yıldız, T. (2013). Steven Pinker's Blank Slate. Altüst, 9, 63. (in Turkish, book review)
Yıldız, T. (2012). In what way should we look at human? Altüst, 8, 37-38. (in Turkish, press essay)
Presentations
Arık, E. & Yıldız, T. (2014). The problem of increasing higher education in Turkey: the case of psychology
departments. Papers presented at the 1st Eurasian Educational Research Congress, Istanbul, Turkey. (in
Turkish)
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Arık, E. & Yıldız, T. (2014). Positive and negative perceptions of psychology departments' students,
graduates and academic staffs aimed at their departments. Papers presented at the 1st Eurasian
Educational Research Congress, Istanbul, Turkey. (in Turkish)
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Yıldız, T. (2014). Whose problem is representational multidimensionality: little children's or big
researchers'? Papers presented at the 18th National Congress of Psychology, Bursa, Turkey. (in Turkish)
Yıldız, T. (2014). Culture-genetics: an unique synergy. Papers presented in the Proseminar Class of
Psychology Department at Koc University on 4th April 2014, Istanbul, Turkey. (in Turkish)
Yıldız, T. (2013). The genetics of culture, the culture of genetics. Papers presented at the Meeting of
Psychology Club at Istanbul University on 5th December 2013, Istanbul, Turkey. (in Turkish)
Yıldız, T. (2013). Has human always lived like "this"? Papers presented at the Spring Meetings of Marxism
2013, Istanbul, Turkey. (in Turkish)
Yıldız, T. (2013). A nuance: sharing. Papers presented at the Meeting of Psychology Club in Deutsche
Schule Istanbul on 10th January 2013, Istanbul, Turkey. (in Turkish)
Yıldız, T. (2012). “Is there a difference between us and monkeys!?”: Dostoevsky. Papers presented at the
1st Symposium of Disorder Structures in the Art, Cinema and Literature, Seferihisar, Turkey. (in Turkish)
Yıldız, T. (2012). Effects of “setting up the cage of meaning” on conceptual development in the children of
5 and 7. Papers presented at the 17th National Congress of Psychology, Istanbul, Turkey. (in Turkish)
Yıldız, T. (2011). A new socio-cultural semantic network model: setting up the cage of meaning. Papers
presented at the 5th National Congress of Graduate Students in Psychology, Istanbul, Turkey. (in Turkish)
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Yıldız, T. (2011). Ideology: children and childhood. Papers presented at the Öte-İstanbul Philosophy
Meetings on 24th and 31st January 2011, Istanbul, Turkey. (in Turkish)
Yıldız, T. (2010). 1980, the simultaneous patterns of our discontinuity: civil-societism, feminism and
psychology. Papers presented at the 3rd Symposium of Non-Linear Thoughts and Applications, Bodrum,
Turkey. (in Turkish)
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Yıldız, T. (2010). This is an ideological act. Papers presented at the 3rd Symposium of Non-Linear
Thoughts and Applications, Bodrum, Turkey. (in Turkish)
Yıldız, T., Akbaş, T. & Sımsıkı, H. (2010). Master in psychology: the reasons of undergraduate students.
Papers presented at the 4th National Congress of Graduate Students in Psychology, Ankara, Turkey. (in
Turkish)
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Yıldız, T. (2010). Microgenetic analysis of setting up the cage of meaning in children: actual and
transferred effects. Papers presented at the 4th National Congress of Graduate Students in Psychology,
Ankara, Turkey. (in Turkish)
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Yıldız, T. (2010). I am a language-elephant. Papers presented at the Öte-İstanbul Philosophy Meeting on
6th April 2010, Istanbul, Turkey. (in Turkish)
Yıldız, T. (2006). In spite of everything, the society must be defended. Papers presented at the 11th
National Congress of Psychology Students, Izmir, Turkey. (in Turkish)
Grands & Awards
Awarded PhD scholarship in priority areas, The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey,
(2013-2016)
Awarded MA scholarship, The Credit and Dormitories Institution of Prime Ministry of Turkey, (2009-2011)
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Qualifications
SPSS, LISREL, Microsoft Office, Adobe Premiere, Adobe Audition, Adobe Acrobat
Turkish as mother tongue, English as foreign language