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Sebahattin Ziyanak

Sebahattin Ziyanak

Associate Professor
College of Arts and Humanities
Department of Social Sciences
Phone
(432) 552-2361
Email
ziyanak_s@utpb.edu
Office
MB 3202
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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