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School of Public Health Profile
Beyza Buyuker is a Postdoctoral Fellow on the DAMSS team, and she specializes in qualitative and quantitative sexual and reproductive health research.
Her research is situated at the intersections of the public opinion scholarship on race and ethnicity with a particular focus on the underpinnings of democracy and processes of democratic erosion. Her dissertation focuses on the role of intergroup relations structured around race, ethnicity, or religion, in shaping public opinion about democratic norms and institutions in the U.S and Europe. Her dissertation work has been supported by UIC's Institute for Research on Race and Public Policy (IRRPP) and was awarded the Doris G. Graber Award for Best Paper in Public Opinion at the 2018 Midwest Association for Public Opinion Research Conference.