Yüksel Alper Ecevit

Ph.D Candidate at Binghamton University

yecevit1@binghamton.edu | alper@alperecevit.com

Binghamton University
Political Science Department

P.O. Box 6000
Binghamton NY 13902-6000

My name is Yüksel Alper Ecevit and I am a PhD candidate in the Department of Political Science at Binghamton University. My research interests are democratization, behavioral analysis,politics of immigration, institutions, elections and political methodology. Currently, I am working on my dissertation on understanding suffrage expansions in a comparative context.

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(2007-current) Binghamton University (BU), Binghamton, New York
PhD in Political Science
Dissertation Title: Understanding Suffrage Expansion (Defended on November 29th, 2012)
Dissertation Advisor: Prof. Michael D. McDonald
MA Degree Receieved: Fall 2010
PhD Degree will be received in Spring 2013

(2005-2007) Sabanci University (SU), Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) Istanbul, Turkey
MA in Political Science

(2004 -2005) Universiteit Leiden (UL), Faculty of Arts, Leiden, The Netherlands
Master in European Union Studies

(1999-2004) Marmara University (MU), Faculty of Economic and Administrative Sciences, Istanbul, Turkey
BA in Political Science and International Relations