
Sebahattin Ziyanak
Associate Professor
College of Arts and Sciences
Department of Social Sciences
Sociology Program
Educational Background
- B.A. in Sociology (With Honors), Mimar Sinan University, Istanbul, Turkey, 1999. Awarded Outstanding Student in Sociology.
- M.A. in Sociology, University of Houston, 2007.
- Ph.D. in Sociology, University of North Texas, 2013.
Awards and Recognitions
- President's Teaching Award, University of Texas Permian Basin, 2023.
- Freddy’s Annual Student Engagement and Leadership Award.
- President's Research Award, University of Texas Permian Basin, 2020.
- La Mancha Society Golden Windmill Research Award, 2018.
- Outstanding Excellence in Teaching, National Society of Leadership and Success, 2018.
- Outstanding Instructor Recognition in Teaching, University of North Texas, 2012, 2013.
- University of Texas Permian Basin Nominee, Minnie PIPER Distinguished Award, 2023.
- University of Texas Regent's Outstanding Teaching Award Nominee, 2022.
- Finalist, Pearson 2023 Exemplary Teaching & Learning Award.
Published Works
- Books:
- Native American Princess Pageants: Cultural Identity and Representation (Forthcoming, December 2024)
- Understanding Deviance, Crime, Social Control, and the Mass Media: The Construction of Social Order (2022)
- The Native American Contest Powwow: Cultural Tethering Theory (2021)
Political Sociology (2020) - Sociological Studies of Environmental Conflict (2019)
- Introduction to Sociology (2019)
- Turkish Immigrants in the Mainstream of American Life: Theories of International Migration (2018)
- Analyzing Delinquency among Kurdish Adolescents: A Test of Hirschi’s Social Bonding Theory (2015)
- Crossroad: A Grassroots Organization for the Homeless in Houston (2008)
- Contributions to Publications:
- The Qualitative Report
- Elsevier's The Extractive Industries and Society Journal
- Frontiers in Sociology
- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
- A Race Gender Class Journal
Community Involvement
- Advisory Board Member, Odessa Links of the Odessa Homeless Coalition (since 2016)
- President, Peace Academy of West Texas (2018-2019)
- Board Member, Peace Academy of West Texas (since 2019)
- President-Elect, International Studies at the Southwestern Social Science Association's 103rd Annual Meeting, April 2024, New Orleans, LA
Research Interests
- Delinquency
- Deviance
- Social Organization
- Social Movement
- Sociology of Education
- Environmental Studies
- Race and Ethnicity