Seyma Akyol, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Education
- Ph.D., Political Science, University of North Texas
- M.A., Ethics, Peace, and Global Affairs, American University
- B.A., International Area Studies, Drexel University
Dr. Akyol is an Assistant Professor and teaches courses in international relations and comparative politics. Her research is in the intersection of conflict management, human rights, and peacebuilding. In addition, her research agenda also focuses on ethnic conflicts, and area-wise, Dr. Akyol has special interests in the Middle East and Africa. Her work is published in Journal of Asian and African Studies and Contemporary Islam. Dr. Akyol’s teaching interests cover peace and security studies, human rights, Middle Eastern politics, international organizations, and political economy.
About Dr. Akyol
- International Relations
- Comparative Politics
- Political Methodology
- Conflict Management
- Human Rights
- Peace/Security Studies
- Political Development
- Transitional Justice
- International Organizations
- Politics of the Middle East
- Global Political Economy
- International Organizations and Diplomacy
- Comparative Politics: Africa
- Political Violence and Revolutions
- War and World Politics
- World Politics
- Conflict Management
- Human Rights
- Violent Political Behavior
- International Intervention and Advocacy
- International Organizations
- Non-governmental Organizations
- Dataset on collaboration among conflict management practitioners and human rights advocacy groups.
- Coding data based on the publications of Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch on peacekeeping operations and mediation efforts (1961-2019) to capture coverage and expressed satisfaction/dissatisfaction.
- International Studies Association
- American Political Science Association
- Breuning, Marijke and Seyma Akyol. "Open Access: Benefits and Pitfalls for Scholars." International Political Science Association (IPSA), Montréal, Canada, September 13-14, 2022.
- Breuning, Marijke, Seyma Akyol, Sung Min Yun. "Foreign Aid, Debt and Gender Parity in African Cabinets." Southern Political Science Association, San Antonio, TX, January 12-15, 2023.
- Quinn, John James and Seyma Akyol. 2021. “Ethiopian Foreign Policy: A Weak State or a Regional Hegemon?” Journal of Asian and African Studies 56(5): 1094-1118.
- Gurbuz, Mustafa and Seyma Akyol. 2017. "Ethnic Reforms and the Puzzle of Public Framing: The Case of Kurds in Turkey." Contemporary Islam 11(2): 157-169.