Cagla Kilic
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Mail code: 3902Campus: Tempe
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Student Information
Graduate StudentPolitical Science
The College of Lib Arts & Sci
Cagla Kilic holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in International Relations from Bilkent University, Turkey. She completed both a Master of Arts and a Master of Science degree in International Relations simultaneously at the International Relations Departments of Bilkent University and Middle East Technical University in 2018. Currently, she is a Ph.D. candidate in Political Science within the School of Politics and Global Studies at Arizona State University, where she has been awarded a Fulbright Scholarship and Stephen Walker Fellowship in support of her research endeavors.
Her research interests are Foreign Policy Analysis, Political Psychology, Migration, Grand Strategies, and Public Opinion Research. Her dissertation proposes a novel role theoretical framework augmented by Operational code analysis to study the change in Grand Strategies. She applies this framework to examine the grand strategies of China, the United States and Russia. She employs a multidisciplinary approach, utilizing both quantitative and qualitative research methods to gain comprehensive insights into complex political phenomena.
She also had internships at European Parliament Information Office in Riga, Latvia; Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Ankara, Turkey; and European Union Ministry of Turkey in Ankara, Turkey. Cagla has been involved in multiple research projects as well, serving as the managing research assistant for projects funded by the Scientific and Technological Research Council in Turkey (TUBITAK) and the National Science Foundation (RAPID) in the USA. She also had internship in several think-tanks and have her analysis published in Anadolu Agency and FeniksPolitik. She taught Comparative Politics class at ASU. She contributed to three book chapters. Her academic articles have been published in All Azimuth and the Journal of Global Security Studies.
- Arizona State University Tempe, AZ
- Ph.D., Political Science and Global Studies. Expected May 2024
- Middle East Technical University Ankara, TR
- M.A., International Relations September 2017
- Bilkent University Ankara, TR
- M.A., International Relations June 2017
- B.A., International Relations June 2014
- Groningen University Groningen, NL
- Erasmus Fall 2012
Elite Decision Making, Role Theory, Non-Western Political Leadership and Foreign Policy, Public Opinion Literature, International Relations of the Middle-East and China
Courses
2024 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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POS 352 | European Democracies |
2023 Spring
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POS 350 | Comparative Politics |