Biography

 NECATI SOZUOZ

E-Mail: necatisozuoz@hotmail.com

Citizenship: Dual Citizen, U.S.A and Turkish

Education:

 Sept. 1991                   Ph.D. in International Relations

UniversityofIstanbul,IstanbulTurkey

Concentration: International Relations

Minor: Political History and History

June. 1975                   M.A and B.A in History

UniversityofIstanbul,IstanbulTurkey

Concentration: Modern Turkish and Ottoman History

Academic  Experience

Yeditepe University, Istanbul Turkey. Professor (July 2003-Sept 2005) Department of International Relations .

Kadir Has University, Istanbul Turkey.  Professor (Oct 2003-June 2005) Department of International Relations.

UniversityofHouston,HoustonTexas,U.S.A.Professor (June 1998- June 2002)

Department of History and  Department of International Programs and Studies.

Taught several graduate & undergraduate courses in History and International Relations.

Directed Turkish Programs. Brought grants in total $550.000.

University of Nebraska- Lincoln, Lincoln Nebraska U.S.A,  Professor (June 1995- August 1998)

Department of History. Taught several graduate & undergraduate courses in History and International Relations. Directed Turkish Programs.

UniversityofKocaeli, IzmitTurkey,  Assistant Professor (July 1993 – Aug 1995)

Department of International Relations. Taught several graduate & undergraduate courses in International Relations and Political History and directed International Relations Directorate.

University of Istanbul, Istanbul Turkey, Assistant Professor ( Jan 1992- Jan 1993)

Department of  Political Science.

Taught undergraduate & graduate courses in International Relations.

Professional Experience

Ball State University, Muncie Indiana, U.S.A. Turkish Representative ( March 2009 to

2011)

VUZF, Higher School of Finance and Insurancei Sofia Bulgaria, Turkish Representative

(March 2005 to2006)

 RISEBA, Riga School of Economics and Business Administration. Riga Latvia Turkish Representative

(Sept 2007 to present)

 Bahcesehir University, Istanbul Turkey, President’s Advisor, (Sept 2005 to 2007)

Istanbul Ticaret/Commerce University, Istanbul Turkey,  President’s Advisor,

(Nov 2004 to 2006)

AYSAM, Ahmet Yesevi StrategicResearchCenter,Ankara,Turkey. Research Scholar,  (Dec 2004 to 2007)

Montana State University, Bozeman Montana, U.S.A Senior Consultant for Turkish Dual Degree Programs. (Nov 2003 to Present).

Fort Hays State University, Hays Kansas, U.S.A. contact person for the Turkish

Universities for distance education programs, (April 2003 to Present)

MUCIA Midwest Universities Consortium for International Activities E.Lansing Michigan, U.S.A. Senior Consultant forTurkey and the Region (June 2003-Present). As senior consultant  serving inTurkey, Middle East, Europe andCentral Asia.(Dec 2005 to present)

Turkish Business and Cultural Center, Houston Texas U.S.A,  Executive  Director (1998 2002). Directing Cultural and Business Activities including organizing conferences, work shops and seminars in theU.S.A.and inTurkey.

American Turkish Business Consultants Inc. Houston Texas U.S.A,

General Director, (1981-1991)

Sample of References, Reports and other Publications

Woodrow Wilson ve Osmanli Devleti, Woodrow Wilson and his policy on the Ottoman Empire,  Istanbul Universitesi Edebiyat Fakultesi Yakin Cag Tarihi bolumu, Istanbul  Turkey 1975

Turk-Amerikan iliskilerine genel bir bakis (1923-1950,  A General Review of Turkish-American Relations between 1923-1950),  Fakulteler Matbaasi IstanbulTurkey 1992

A Report on  Romanian Higher Education Development, Ministry of  Education ofRomania,BucharestRomania1991.

A Report on Multicultural Development of Turkish Higher Education, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska 1995, U.S.A.

A  Report on Modern Era Turkish Political History,Universityof Nebraska-Lincoln,LincolnNebraskaU.S.A 1996

A  Report onTurkeyand NATO,UniversityofNebraska-Lincoln,LincolnNebraska,U.S.A.1997

A Report onCentralAsianTurkicRepublicsand ModernTurkey, Bishkek, Kyrgyz ,

1997

A Report on Turkish-American Relations during the Gulf War of 1991,UniversityofHouston,HoustonTexasU.S.A.2000

A Report on Turkish-Armenian Conflict during the 1914-1920, University of Houston,

Houston Texas, U.S.A. 2000

A Report on Turkish American Relations since Ottoman Empire,UniversityofHouston,

HoustonTexasU.S.A.2001

A Report on Middle Eastern States and DemocraticTurkey,UniversityofHouston,HoustonTexasU.S.A.2002

Conference Proceedings and Professional Presentations

Presenter and Panelist, TurkishU.S.Relations,FortHaysStateUniversity, HaysKansasU.S.A, 2008

Presenter and Panelist, TurkishU.S.Relations since 1923,FortHaysStateUniversity, Hays

Kansas, U.S.A 2007

Presenter and Panelist, Turkish U.S Relations past to present,MontanaStateUniversity,

BozemanMontana, U.S.A 2006

Presenter and Panelist, Turkish – EU Relations,RISEBAUniversity, Riga Latvia 2006

Presenter and Panelist, Turkish-Bulgarian Relations,VUZFUniversity,Sofia,Bulgaria2006

Presenter and Panelist,Iraqissue and Turkish Foreign Policy, BahcesehirUniversity, İstanbul Turkey 2005.

Presenter and Panelist,U.S.Turkish Relations since Ataturk Era.UniversityofHouston,HoustonTexasU.S.A, 2004

Presenter and Panelist,  Turkish EU relations, past and future, JonkopingUniversity,

Jonkoping,Sweden2004.

Presenter and Panelist, Turkish U.S Relations,KansasStateUniversity,ManhattanKansasU.S.A, 2003

Presenter and Panelist, ModernTurkeyand Democracy,  Turkish Series,UniversityofHouston,HoustonTexas, U.S.A 2002

Presenter and Panelist, Secular ModernTurkeyand Islam,  Turkish Series,UniversityofHouston,HoustonTexas, U.S.A, 2002

Presenter and Panelist, Turkish-U.S Relations, American Turkish Council Annual Meeting,WashingtonD.C.

U.S.A 2002

Organized and directed Information Technology, Information Technology Seminar,  Sponsored by University of Houston,  Istanbul Stock Exchange, Federation of  Euro-Asian Stock Exchanges, Houston Texas U.S.A. November 2001 and February 2002

Presenter and Panelist, Turkish-American Relations, American Turkish Council Annual Meeting,WashingtonD.C.  U.S.A, 2001

Presenter and Panelist, Strategic Partnership,Turkeyand U.S, Lecture onTurkeyMeeting,UniversityofHouston,HoustonTexas, U.S.A 2001

Presenter and Panelist,CentralAsianTurkic Republics  andTurkey, Lecture onTurkeyMeeting,UniversityofHouston,HoustonTexasU.S.A.2000

Presenter and Panelist, Turkish-American Relations, American Turkish Annual Meeting,WashingtonD.C. U.S.A 1999

Presenter and Panelist, Emerging of ModernTurkey, Turkish Business andTradeCenterMeeting,HoustonTexasU.S.A 1999

Presenter and Panelist, Turkish-American Relations, American Turkish Council Annual Meeting,WashingtonD.C. U.S.A 1998

Presenter and Panelist, Turkish –American Economic Relations, GreaterHoustonChamber of Commerce Meeting,HoustonTexasU.S.A.1998

Presenter and Panelist, Turkey and Arab World, Seminars in Modern Middle Eastern History, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln Nebraska, U.S.A 1997

Presenter and Panelist, Turkish-American Relations, American Turkish Council Annual Meeting, WashingtonD.C,U.S.A.1997

Presenter and Panelist, Turkish-American Relations, Assemble of Turkish American Federations, Washington D.C, U.S.A 1997

Presenter and Panelist, Middle East andTurkey,MESAMiddle Eastern Studies Association Annual Meeting,WashingtonD.C. U.S.A 1997

Presenter and Panelist, Turkish-American Relations, American Turkish Council Annual Meeting,WashingtonD.C.U.S.A.1996

Presenter and Panelist, Turkish-American Relations, Assemble of Turkish American Federations Annual Meeting,ChicagoIllinois, U.S.A 1996

Presenter and Panelist,Turkish-CentralAsianTurkicRepublicsStandard Institutions Relationship, Bishkek, Kyrgyz, 1996

Presenter and Panelist, Turkish-American Relations, American Turkish Council Annual Meeting,WashingtonD.C. U.S.A 1996

Presenter and Panelist, Turkish -American Relations, Assemble of Turkish American Federations,WashingtonD.C.U.S.A.1996

Presenter and Panelist, Middle East andTurkey,MESAMiddle Eastern Studies Association Annual Meeting,

WashingtonD.C. U.S.A 1996

Presenter and Panelist, Turkish-American Relations, American Turkish Council Annual Meeting,WashingtonD.C.U.S.A.1995

Presenter and Panelist, Turkish-American Relations, Assemble of Turkish American Federations,WashingtonD.C. U.S.A 1995

Presenter and Panelist, NATO, North Atlantic Assemble Annual Meeting,BrusselsBelgium, 1994

Presenter and Panelist, Turkish-American Relations, Seminar on ModernTurkey, VirginiaTechUniversity,Blacksburg,VirginiaU.S.A 1994

Presenter and Panelist, Turkish-Norwegian Relations, Sandefyord  Businessman Association,   Sandefyord

Norway, 1993

Presenter and Panelist, Middle East andTurkey,MESAMiddle Eastern Studies Association Annual Meeting,

WashingtonD.C,U.S.A.1993

Presenter and Panelist, Romanian Higher Education Program,  MUCIA Midwest Universities Consortium for International Activities and Ministry of Education of Romania Meeting, Bucharest Romania 1993.

Presenter and Panelist, Bulgarian Higher Education Program, Ministry of Education Meeting,Sofia,Bulgaria. 1992.

Presenter and Panelist, Hungarian Higher Education Program, Ministry of Education Meeting,Budapest,Hungary. 1991

Presenter and Panelist, Turkish-Holland Relations, Sittard Businessman Association, Sittard,Holland, 1991.

Areas of  Academic Interest:

Turkish- American Relations

Turkish -Armenian Relations

Turkish – Greece Relations

ModernMiddle East

European Union

Central Asiaand Caucuses

International Relations and Trade

International Organizations

NATO

Courses Taught:

Turkish-American Relations

Turkish- Armenian Conflict

Modern Turkish Political History

World Order

Seminar in Middle Eastern Political Systems

World Politics

Seminar in Turkish Foreign Policy

Modern Middle Eastern History

Seminar in the Dynamics of International Conflicts

U.S.Turkish Diplomatic Relations

Central Asiaand Caucuses

Ottomans and Europeans

Ottomans and Armenians

Ottomans and Ethnic Groups

Ottomans and Arab World.

NATO

U.S Foreign Policy

 Sample of Grants and Contracts:

Ataturk Chair Project, University ofHouston,HoustonTexasU.S.A.Turkish Promotion Fund $500.000, (2002)

2001-2002, SelcukUniversityTurkish  Programs,UniversityofHouston,HoustonTexasU.S.A, $50.000, (2003)

Professional Societies , Organizations and Memberships:

American Historical Society

Turkish American Business andTradeCenter,HoustonTexas

MESA, Middle Eastern Studies Association

HoustonBusinessman Association

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Faculty Association

Samples of Committees and Academic Governance Experience:

Faculty Senator-at-large                                    University of  Nebraska-Lincoln

Faculty Senator Election Committee                 University of  Nebraska-Lincoln

President’s Advisor                                            University of  Nebraska-Lincoln

Affirmative Action Commission                      Universityof Houston

Department Scholarship Committee                 Universityof Houston

Political Science Search Committee                 Universityof Houston

International Relations Search Committee       Universityof Houston

History Department Review Team                    University of  Nebraska-Lincoln

Political Science Review Team                         University of  Nebraska-Lincoln

Languages:

Fluent in English, Turkish,  Azerbaijani