About Me

I am a PhD student in Sociology at Boston University. My research interests are economic sociology, organizations, culture, urban sociology, political sociology, and social psychology.

Dissertation Research

How do people make investment decisions in creative industries? Bridging the sociological scholarship on investment and cultural production, my work focuses on the micro, meso, and macro-level dynamics within the film & TV industry, examining how individual actors, organizational structures, and broader economic and cultural forces shape investment decisions and outcomes.

Publications

Girgin, Yasemin, and Tuna Kuyucu. 2024. “ “My tears have dried from crying, I want to laugh now!”: Role Diversification Patterns and Gendered Accumulation of Status in the TV-Acting Field in Turkey” The Sociological Quarterly.

Mijs, Jonathan J. B., and Yasemin Girgin. 2024. “Review of ‘The Accidental Equalizer: How Luck Determines Pay After College.’” Social Forces.

Works in Progress

• Gentrification as a Political Project
• Echoes of Glory: A Comparative Analysis of Nationalistic Rhetoric in Erdoğan, Putin, and Trump’s Speeches (with Taylor Beauvais and Ekaterina Novozhilova)
• Natural Disasters and the Support for Authoritarian Leaders

Teaching Experience

Teaching Fellow at Boston University

• Introduction to Sociology (Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024)
• Sociology of Gender (Summer 2023, Summer 2024)

Research Experience

Research Assistant (June 2021– August 2022)

• “Digital Public Diplomacy of Terrorist Organizations: Cases of Syria & Iraq”, funded by TUBITAK (The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey). Supervisor: Akın Ünver

Research Assistant (July 2020 – February 2021)

• “The Effects of COVID-19 Uncertainty on Social, Economic, and Political Behavioral Patterns: Role of Risk Perception”, funded by TUBITAK (The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey). Supervisor: Arhan S. Ertan

Conference Presentations

• June 2023, “Gendered Accumulation of Status in the Field of Acting”, 15th INAS Conference, Princeton University, NJ, USA
• February 2021, “Role Diversification Patterns and Relational Dynamics of the TV Acting Field in Turkey”, ISA IV. Forum of Sociology, Online Conference.
• June 2019, “Actors’ Career Trajectories”, 3rd National Congress of Relational Social Science, Koç University, Istanbul, Turkey (received Honorable Mention).

Professional Service

• May 2023 - Present, Editorial Board Member, ASA Economic Sociology Section Newsletter, ACCOUNTS.