Sociology and Criminology

Contact Dr. Yunus Kaya
Office: SB 208-J
Phone: 910.962.3428
Email: kayay@uncw.edu

2007 Ph.D. Sociology, Duke University

2003 M.A. Sociology, Duke University

2001 B.A. Sociology, Koc University

Specialty Areas

Globalization and Development

Economic Sociology

Political Sociology

Social Inequality

Comparative/Historical Sociology

Current Research Projects

Globalization and Attitudes towards Immigrants

Social and Political Attitudes In Turkey

The Impact of Worker’s Remittances

Globalization and Social Class

Recent Publications

• Kaya, Yunus and Ekrem Karakoc. 2012. "Civilizing vs Destructive Globalization? A Multi-level analysis of anti-immigrant prejudice." International Journal of Comparative Sociology 53(1): 23-44.
• Kaya, Yunus and Kimberly J. Cook. 2010. “A Cross-National Analysis of Physical Intimate Partner Violence Against Women.” International Journal of Comparative Sociology 51(6): 423-444. (PDF)
• Kaya, Yunus. 2010 "Globalization and Industrialization in 64 Developing Countries, 1980-2003." Social Forces 88(3): 1153-1182. (PDF)
• Kaya, Yunus. 2008 "Proletarianization with polarization: Industrialization, globalization, and social class in Turkey, 1980-2005." Research in Social Stratification and Mobility 26(2008): 161-181. (PDF)

Teaching Areas

Introduction to Sociology

Organizations in Modern Society

Sociology of Work and Occupations

Modern Social Problems

Inequalities in a Global World

Professional Associations

American Sociological Association

Southern Sociological Association