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Argun Saatcioglu, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
Sociology Courtesy Position
1122 W. Campus Rd.
Joseph R. Pearson Hall, Rm 407
University of Kansas
Lawrence, Kansas 66045-3101
(785) 864-1826
(785) 864-4697
argun@ku.edu
Academic Degrees
- Ph.D., Organizational Behavior. Specializing in Sociology of Organizations and Education, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, 2007
- M.S., Organizational Behavior, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, 1997
- B.S., Management. Concentration in Industrial and Political Economy, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey, 1992
Research Interests
Sociology of education and organizations, educational policy, research methods
Courses
| Dept | Number | Course Name | Cr. | Syllabus |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ELPS | 757 | Education in American Society (sociological approach education and education policy) | 3 | syllabus |
| ELPS | 948 | Introduction to Research in Educational Policy (overview of methods in educational scholarship) | 3 | syllabus |
| ELPS | 954 | Sociology of Educational Organizations (application of organizational sociology to schools) | 3 | syllabus |
| ELPS | 998 | Applied Data Analysis in Policy Studies (advanced regression methods for analysis of large datasets) | (1-4) | syllabus |
| ELPS | 998 | Seminar on Proposal Writing (structured proposal development in doctoral research) | (1-4) | syllabus |
Related Information
Awards/Honors/Major Service
- General Research Fund Program Grant, University of Kansas ($7,500), 2011
- IES Fellowship, Seminar on NAEP Databases ($5,000), 2011
- AIR Summer Data Policy Institute on NCES and NSF Data Sets ($5,000), 2010
- Innovative Approaches to Research in Measurement and Statistics Grant, University of Kansas ($12,000), 2009
- New Faculty General Research Fund Program Grant, University of Kansas ($8,000), 2008
Recent Publications
- Rury, John, and Argun Saatcioglu. 2011. "Suburban Advantage: Opportunity Hoarding and Secondary Attainment in the Postwar Metropolitan North" American Journal of Education 117:307-42.
- Saatcioglu, Argun, Aarti Bjaj, and Michael Schumacher. 2011. "Parental Expectations and Satisfaction with Charter Schools—Evidence from a Midwestern School District" Kansas Journal of Law and Public Policy 20:428-51.
- Saatcioglu, Argun and Jim C. Carl. 2011. "The Discursive Turn in School Desegregation: National Patterns and a Case Analysis of Cleveland, 1973-1998." Social Science History 35:59-108.
- Saatcioglu, Argun. 2010. "Disentangling School- and Student-Level Effects of Desegregation and Resegregation on the Dropout Problem in Urban High Schools." Teachers College Record 112:1391-442.
- Rury, John, Argun Saatcioglu, and William P. Skorupski. 2010. "Expanding Secondary Attainment in the United States, 1940-80." Historical Methods 43:1-14.
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